Going green is when individuals and companies put in effort to reduce their impact on the environment. The goal is to reduce their carbon footprints, mainly by increasing the use of recyclable products and decreasing their waste production. Going green has many benefits, not only for the earth but for individuals as well.
First, going green is highly beneficial for the environment. It can reduce environmental pollution by reducing the amount of waste. Since the industrial revolution, pollution has gotten worse to the point where it is causing irreversible damage to the environment. Going green can reduce this damage by slowing down the production of waste and giving nature time to recover.
Second, it can lead to an increase in profits for companies. According to a report on global sustainability published by the market research firm Nielsen, 45% of consumers are influenced by the image of a company. Moreover, they are more driven to buy the product if the company has an eco-friendly image. Going green allows the company to earn the trust of customers, ultimately increasing their sales by saving the environment.
Third, going green allows people to save money. Going green can reduce the cost of resources used in everyday life, such as energy, for both individuals and companies. For example, the installation of solar panels can reduce the money spent on electricity in the long run, especially when the cost of such resources is increasing day by day. Thus, going green saves the environment and money at the same time.
The reading passage claims that going green has many benefits, not only for the earth but for individuals as well, and provides several evidences that seem to uphold the claim. However, the lecture mentions that there are a few points that need to be considered before going green and refutes the point made in the reading passage. The reasons used in the lecture will be elaborated in more detail below.
First of all, the lecture disapproves the point made in the reading passage, which claims that going green is extremely beneficial for the environment, by commenting that while this may be true, it actually wouldn't have much effect to the environment in a realistic sense. Damaged environment is not achieved by small amount of humans and companies. It is actually a consequence done by immense number of humans and companies for a very long time. Having all the people worldwide going green wouldn't reverse the effects that have already been made.
Second, while the reading passage contends that going green would lead to an increase in profits for companies, the lecture counterpoints the claim by commenting that the cost of eco-friendly products are expensive and will have the customers turn to products that are cheap. To prove this point, the lecture mentions coffees with paper straw as an example. People would rather choose to purchase cheap coffees with plastic straws instead of costly coffees with paper straws. This will be a huge disadvantage for the company.
Last but not least, the reading passage asserts that going green would allow people to save money. However, the lecture refutes this point by claiming that the initial cost of going green is very expensive. The cost for installing and maintaining the solar panels for individuals is very costly. The same goes for companies because the initial electricity usage will also increase.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: wouldn't
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wouldn't
...ng all the people worldwide going green wouldnt reverse the effects that have already b...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, may, second, so, well, while, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1560.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 308.0 270.72406181 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06493506494 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51060325211 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.503246753247 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 472.5 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.2901366888 49.2860985944 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.0 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5333333333 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.26666666667 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.151804086889 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0544858339414 0.0996497079465 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0443686677492 0.0662205650399 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.102401428397 0.162205337803 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0134829847926 0.0443174109184 30% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.06 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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