Global Warming
A Problem!
Intro
Did you know that things like expanding ranges of diseases and crop failures from global warming cause about 16,000 deaths a year? It is a worldwide issue that is claiming lives of thousands of people and damaging the overall health of the planet. Global warming is defined as the gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans.
Claim
We should try to stop global warming by doing things like recycling, driving cars less, and using renewable reesources.
Concession
Some may say that the average temperature is not rising at all and that global warming is not something to be spending billions of dollars on.
Concession
Some may say that it is just a normal warmer-than-normal average right now, and that the Earth will cool down after a period of time.
Rebutal
Global warming is happening right now! In fact, Earth's average temperature rose about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the 20th century. Now that may not seem like a lot, but if the average keeps rising by 2 degrees and 6 degrees every 100 years like scientists predict, future generations will have big problems on their hands. Also, the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are higher than the past 400,000 years.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we should try to help the cause against global warming. Do we really want to leave a dirty, pollution filled world to live in for our future generations? Using renewable resources like the wind, sun, and water instead of burning fossil fuels will provide them will a clean environment in which to live and breath.
WORKS CITED
"Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming." N.d. World Almanac and Book of Facts. Web. 12 Feb. 2015.