October 25, 2012
Chapter 13- Environmental
Problems
In this chapter they
discuss different environmental issues that affect everyone worldwide. A main
issue that always comes up is energy and clean energy. Petroleum, coal and
natural gas and the most used means of energy while clean renewables like
solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel only make up 1.9% of the world’s power. The
chapter also talks about issues concerning global warming and climate change,
the main issue regarding climate change is the problems that happen with crops,
like drought and flooding, with the crops failing an estimated 30,000 people a
year die. The chapter then discusses different kinds of pollution and their
effects of the environment and ecosystems.
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