The Purpose of Why I’m Writing This

A lot of times on this site we have stressed the danger of Global Warming and how it with biofuels can destroy our environment. This is an important problem, people! We need to act before it gets out of hand. This article ’splains what we- the average people of America- can do to stop this oncoming demise of our planet, just to catch those people up who don’t have a clue and are a little lost reading our articles.

What is Global Warming?

If you don’t know what global warming is, then you have either been living under a rock or cannot read. Global. Warming. Our Earth getting hotter. Ice melting. Lots of ice. The world floods, or dries up because of lack of rain, and then we can say good-bye to many farms and food supplies out there.

Why is it our world’s ‘impending demise’ as you say?

Okay, okay, ‘impending demise’ is a little over the top. A little melodramatic. But, as I stated in the PREVIOUS answer, lots of agricultural problems can happen, most of them dealing with water- our very important resource. Think of this as a big, huge variable equation. A lot of things could happen, but when- and if- they do happen a lot of other elements could play in to the equation either amplifying the effects of disastrous ‘variables’ or decreasing their threat. Scientists don’t know exactly what will happen when all the pieces fit together, so to speak.

Do you have a grudge against biofuels or something?

Rika and I rarely share the same viewpoints. (When I say rarely, I mean NEVER) But on biofuels, we both have decided that using them in their current state actually is worse for the environment. Why?

1. Biofuels use food that should be eaten (I don’t want my chocolate fueling cars, thank you very much)
2. More energy is used to make the biofuels than the biofuels actually produce.
3. When the food substance used for that fuel becomes overused, the products associated with that food rise in price, causing some economic problems.

So biofuels- until we can get them to run on something that doesn’t damage our economy or the environment (example: banana peels or orange rinds) then they are just bad news for our planet, possibly being responsible for our ‘demise’. (I’m not being melodramatic! I swear!)

Why do I need to know this?

The next time you go to buy a new car, you have a decision to make: destroy the world, buy a Hummer. Destroy the environment AND economy: buy a car that runs on corn fuel. Possibly help the world: buy a hybrid. When we say ’save the world’ we really mean it.

If the oceans flood over and rainfall patterns change drastically enough, then deserts may even be underwater. I, for one, don’t like the idea of scuba diving and then running into a cactus.

What’s up with the serious writing?

Serious issues deserve semi-serious writing. No, our idea of ’serious’ doesn’t mean throwing in complicated words into sentences that make almost no sense. “The aberration in rainfall patterns…” isn’t our type of writing. But when there’s something you need to know, we joke about running into cacti while scuba diving. Not too serious, but still serious enough.

-Calister F. Wells