Some people believe it is imperative for individuals living in developed nations to reduce their energy consumption and lead a more sustainable lifestyle, given the evidence for global climate change. Others believe that such drastic lifestyle changes are unwarranted, based on the existing evidence for global climate change.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
Climate change has been cited as one of humanity's biggest challenges since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, and the end of the World Wars. Developed countries are known to have used a lot of fossil fuels and non-renewable resources in reaching their current 'developed' status, but the developing countries of today have been working towards becoming developed in a more sustainable manner. The issue of whether people living in developed nations should live more sustainably is a complex one, and taking a strong stance on it is hard. In my opinion, I agree with the first view provided, albeit only to a certain extent; my reasoning for not 'fully' agreeing does not fall in line with what the second view expresses. There are three main things to consider in this conversation, that must be explored in further detail.
To begin, developed nations may have to compensate for their past use of non-renewable energy sources. It is true that developed nations such as the United States and the United Kingdom account for a significantly larger portion of the cumulative human carbon footprint, as compared to the rest of the countries combined, since the Industrial Revolution: This has been reflected in the evidence presented by most climate-change studies. This could be used as a reason to justify why such countries must adopt sustainable practices, purely out of a sense of responsibility. If developed countries do not adopt sustainable measures now, then how would they clear their conscience of the several tons of greenhouse gases that were released into the air for their development? Thus, this reason supports the first view. If developed countries such as the United States believe that they are responsible for ensuring the world's safety, they must take responsibility of their history of emissions in a comprehensive and meaningful manner.
One may respond to the previous point by saying, "The current state of global climate change is not caused by the individuals currently living in developed nations, so they do not have the responsibility of being sustainable. If anything, they inherited this blame." But this claim is not logically sound for the following reason: Citizens of developed nations (and the nation as an entity) are more likely to be able to afford to live sustainably, in a world where living sustainably is still quite unaffordable. Products such as 'Beyond Meat', that intend to decrease one's carbon footprint caused by meat consumption, attempt to do so with plant-based alternatives. Innovations like this are emerging in many developed nations, but are still costly, and hence, are generally less sought-after in the Third World. If anyone could help by shifting to a sustainable life style in this regard (via consumption habits), then it would be the developed countries. If sustainable products are subsidised by governments of these countries, and research in these areas is encouraged, only then can there be a possibility of these products becoming more affordable and accessible to the rest of the world. Individual decisions to consume sustainable alternatives, coupled with legislative/subsidy-based measures would help target climate change head-on. It may even inspire other nations to become more sustainable, once the associated costs are lower.
Finally, one must consider the gravity of the situation: Scientists around the world have provided ample evidence to prove that we are still headed towards a global temperature shift of +2 degrees Celsius. Beyond what was discussed in the previous points, developed countries have the resources to potentially even help developing countries move to sustainable ways of living. The First World may have caused a lot of environmental degradation, but turning a blind eye to the current situation, and not considering the harms climate change may put countries in, would lead to highly unfavourable results. The second view states that drastic changes are unwarranted, but climate scientists have time and again shown evidence to prove that large-scale change is necessary. Nihilism is perilous, and a dangerous path to go down.
In conclusion, I agree with the first view provided, albeit with some minor changes, such as a more top-down approach via legislative measures (government-based solutions), as well as individuals shifting to sustainable options if they are able to afford it. Based on all the existing evidence, I am of the opinion that the 'unwarrantedness' stated by the second view is plain irresponsible.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 41, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'humanitys the biggest'.
Suggestion: humanitys the biggest
...Climate change has been cited as one of humanitys biggest challenges since the advent of the Indu...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 321, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to develop' or 'develop'.
Suggestion: to develop; develop
... the resources to potentially even help developing countries move to sustainable ways of l...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 520, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'harms'' or 'harm's'?
Suggestion: harms'; harm's
...rent situation, and not considering the harms climate change may put countries in, wo...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, hence, if, may, second, so, still, then, third, thus, well, in conclusion, such as, as well as, in my opinion, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 98.0 58.6224719101 167% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3820.0 2235.4752809 171% => OK
No of words: 719.0 442.535393258 162% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31293463143 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.17824056563 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13209522287 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 341.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.474269819193 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 1200.6 704.065955056 171% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 11.0 1.77640449438 619% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.1318444257 60.3974514979 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.923076923 118.986275619 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.6538461538 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46153846154 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.290393877603 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0745788498372 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0537064619951 0.0758088955206 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.154751365703 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.055593125421 0.0667264976115 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.4 14.1392134831 123% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.1639044944 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 182.0 100.480337079 181% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 41, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'humanitys the biggest'.
Suggestion: humanitys the biggest
...Climate change has been cited as one of humanitys biggest challenges since the advent of the Indu...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 321, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to develop' or 'develop'.
Suggestion: to develop; develop
... the resources to potentially even help developing countries move to sustainable ways of l...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 520, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'harms'' or 'harm's'?
Suggestion: harms'; harm's
...rent situation, and not considering the harms climate change may put countries in, wo...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, hence, if, may, second, so, still, then, third, thus, well, in conclusion, such as, as well as, in my opinion, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 98.0 58.6224719101 167% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3820.0 2235.4752809 171% => OK
No of words: 719.0 442.535393258 162% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31293463143 5.05705443957 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.17824056563 4.55969084622 114% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.13209522287 2.79657885939 112% => OK
Unique words: 341.0 215.323595506 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.474269819193 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 1200.6 704.065955056 171% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 11.0 1.77640449438 619% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 23.0359550562 117% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.1318444257 60.3974514979 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.923076923 118.986275619 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.6538461538 23.4991977007 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46153846154 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.290393877603 0.243740707755 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0745788498372 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0537064619951 0.0758088955206 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.154751365703 0.150359130593 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.055593125421 0.0667264976115 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.4 14.1392134831 123% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 48.8420337079 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 12.1743820225 123% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.81 12.1639044944 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 182.0 100.480337079 181% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 11.2143820225 114% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 30 minutes.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.