Our World

Summary of Class

I'm not sure exactly how I'm supposed to do this, so I'll just give it a shot.

In class we began by taking a load of notes on various greenhouse gas emission reduction attempts by the UN. The first agreement was signed in 1992 at the Rio de Janiero Earth summit, which set target emissions levels for each of the 167 countries that signed. Unfortunately, the US, India, China, and Japan all failed in their goals.

Green House Gas

The Kyoto Protocol was another international treaty that was signed in 1997, but has yet to gain adequate international support to make it a law.

Many groups of people, most notably business types and thus Bush, object to this, because they say it could hurt our economy, and the Global Warming it's supposed to cause is just an imagining. I would love to say various things about those people on this blog, but some of it wouldn't be, ah, appropriate, and besides that, I just like to keep my postings concise. Simply put, I'm of the opinion that delving into alternative energy sources and production methods that result in less emissions would only help our economy, because it would create more jobs in multiple fields, and take jobs away from only one area of our economy.

Moving on *clears voice*, we also took down notes about the various effects of Global Warming, such as the fact that we're supposed to heat up another 2-4 degress farenheit by 2030. This may only be because of the cycle of the planet. I'm betting it's a bit of both.

Then we learned about the difference between weather and climate, how to read climographs, and what important terms we need to understand before the test, like anthropogenic, mmm, smell that new vocabulary word smell. Similar to a new car, but mintier.

For all those that bothered to read this to the bottom, here's a helpful little tip:
When talking negatively about something or someone, always use the phrase "I'm of the opinion", or "It's my opinion that," because then you can't be sued for lible. When using those phrases, your words become a statement of opinion, and not an assertion of fact.

posted by Anonymous @ 9/19/2006 08:56:00 PM