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Environmental Destruction
Imagine a world where it is not possible to light a room, heat a home, drive a car, or even
breathe freely. It would be like going backwards in time, only 100 years in the future. The use of
fossil fuels today is leading to an unpromising tomorrow. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and
natural gas have been abused so greatly over the past century that the environment is slowly
being destroyed and the sources of these fossil fuels are dwindling down. A person fills up the
gas tank in his or her car, pays the electrical bill, and takes big deep breaths of fresh air without
thinking twice. But what happens when these fossil fuels run out for upcoming generations
because we, the people of today, abused them and did not prepare for the future? Not protecting
the environment by using an immense amount of fossil fuel is an environmental ethical violation
that will harm the people of the future.
Not only is the human population using up all the oil, coal and natural gas, but we are
also destroying the environment. This huge ethical violation is going to cause people in the
future to have shorter, unhealthy lives. Because of the excessive amounts of fossil fuels used
today, the air will be polluted and possibly cause death by inhaling the toxic air. The casualties
would be our children and grandchildren that we are putting into danger by abusing fossil fuels
like we do. At this time, in this century, we know what fossil fuels are doing to the environment;
yet, we still continue to use them without really finding an alternative solution. Not doing
everything in our power as an intelligent country to save the environment is immoral and
unethical.
I would not call myself an environmentalist, but I do care about the environment and I
want to do everything I can to protect it for future generations. All the greenhouse gases being
emitted by fossil fuels are slowly but surely polluting the environment and causing global
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warming. To be honest, global warming terrifies me. Movies such as, “The Day After
Tomorrow” show me—in an extreme way—what could possibly happen if we do not protect our
earth. As citizens of the United States and of the world, we need to do our part to help save the
environment and save future lives from polluted airs. In order to do so, we need to carpool more
often, recycle always, and save electricity. I know I will follow these guidelines in order to
protect the earth for future generations, and hope others will follow in my footsteps.
Although fossil fuels are destroying our air and environment, society is taught nothing
different but to use them. Driving gas guzzling trucks is thought of as “cool”, not thought of as
destruction to the earth. We tolerate polluting the environment because there is no other way to
carry on daily tasks without using fossil fuels. Not justifying that harming the environment is
acceptable, but we are not given the tools to carry on tasks like turning on a light without
harmful fossil fuels. As a nation, there needs to be funding for research in order to find new
energy sources, better for the environment and more reliable, so that these fossil fuels can once
and for all vanish from use. There needs to be change; changes so that we cannot only hope, but
know that our loved ones in the future will be protected from polluted airs and global warming.