Bret Bluhm
Professor Becker
E120
21 April 2013
Word Count: 1,930
The Peril: Car Emission Millions of people wake up every morning and turn their cars on. They willingly drive off, but are oblivious to what damage they are doing. The fuel emission coming out the back ends of millions of vehicles are ultimately harming the earth and future generations, a problem the government is making a priority and taking action on. In her article “Car Emissions are EPA’s Problems,” Emma Marris explains how the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate the carbon dioxide produced from cars and trucks in the United States. She goes on to say that, “[t]he climatic changes caused by the Global Warming are due to greenhouse gases and the responsibility of EPA is to regulate pollutants under the Clean Air Act” (Marris). This article provides support and evidence to show the serious effect car emission has on the earth. It is evident that car emission is the leading cause of global warming, a problem that can be addressed through being responsible. Although global warming is a highly disputed topic, certain pieces of hard evidence make the problem difficult to ignore. In 2000, more than three hundred NASA scientists published a report:
NASA scientists directly correlate global warming with the cooling stratosphere and the depletion of the ozone. Global warming does not necessarily mean only warmer temperatures. The stratosphere is sensitive to temperature and the atmosphere tends to migrate due to variations. Areas with an active stratosphere will experience warmer temperatures as areas with an inactive stratosphere will be cooler. The world on a whole, US being only 2%, has experienced nine of the hottest years ever in just the last ten years (2000).
Every morsel of proof that global warming is real can be traced back to car emission as its