ENVR130-ChristopherCardenas

These two photo collages are the amalgamation of all the plastic items I use in one day. At first I had a hard time finding photos as I was just overthinking but after watching Dudas Microplastics are everywhere ted talk and saw her example and what images she illustrated things made a lot more sense. WHat is suprising to me as well while I had over 30 plus images of plastic made utilities I used today. That number doesnt include items used at school. This photo collage is a tool for people to understand just the shere quantity of items we own or use that are made of plastic. Putting the number of items into perspective when thinking about how many people live in UNites States helps explain why there are tons of plastics thrown out each year. Definition of Microplastics Water is one of the most important resources to humans, all of life for that matter. With 75% of this Earth being covered in water one might think this resource would almost be infinite. However it is fresh drink...

Air Pollution Basics Energy is essential for all our lives as, without the consumption of nonrenewable resources the industrial revolution would never have begun and life as we know would not look the same. However, the process of turning coal and oil into energy is not a clean one. In fact, when burned coal and oil release air pollutants. As "people became more numerous and industrialized, air pollution increasingly developed into a much bigger problem" (Freedman, 366). As such, problems stemming from these emissions today are becoming a major cause of concern not just for the air quality here in the US but everywhere on Earth. The three main chemicals emitted when burning coal and oil are sulfur pollutants, nitrogen pollutants, hydrocarbon and volatile organic compound pollutants. When sulfar is burned it turns into a dioxide, meaning a gas and goes up into our atmosphere, typically staying there for "SO2 in the atmosphere is about four days" (Freedman, 368). Th...

Six-Point Critical Analysis of Current Event My blog posting is available online at: 1. Exploratory "As a global society, we consumed over twice as much energy in 2015 than we did in 1973" (Mutiti, 4). This is a problem for our world as we know it because the burning of coal and other gases discharges carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and causes global warming. That is why “How Georgia Became A Surprising Bright Spot In The U.S. Solar Industry” is a very important ongoing story to follow “Dalton added a new industry to its manufacturing mix: the largest solar panel assembly plant in the Western hemisphere, a $150 million investment.” (Hsu, 2). This kind of investment is no small deal and from this we see an effort from Georgia to diversify its portfolio of energy used in the state. This is all without laws passed to add more renewable power plants. One of the hardest things for politicians and people is for people to accept the idea of renewable resources “Like most state...

Alternative energy is most commonly defined as renewable energy as "in general, most industrialized countries do not rely on it as their main energy source" (Mutiti, 3). Some of these renewable alternative energy sources include "wind, water, solar or biomass" (Mutiti, 3). As the world operates today, we need energy for all functions in our society. However, "current levels of energy consumption and production are not sustainable because of the heavy reliance on non-renewable energy sources" (Mutiti, 3). If we as a society continue to rely on these non-renewable resources, they will all be depleted soon. This is why it is very important that countries start to invest in renewable energy sources. Another argument for renewable resources: "energy comes from the sun (considered an "unlimited"; some renewable energy sources are really indirect forms of solar energy" (Mutiti, 3). Because of our dependence on energy, our consumption of energy...