Blog Post #5 - Persuasive Essay

The efforts to ensure a sustainable future

 

In these days, the air pollution is a serious issue. The increased population have contaminated our environment severely. And it threatens the environment to live for the next generation. After all, our future generation will inherit what we leave behind. However, it is our duty to ensure a sustainable future for our future generations to grow and prosper, rather than perish. And the most important way of ensuring sustainable future is reducing air pollution. Then what should people do to reduce air pollution? Using public transportation and reducing use of disposable products are two important acts to prevent air contamination.

 

 

First of all, we have to use public transportation to reduce air pollution. Buses, as an example of public transportation, are generally recognized as an environmentally friendly form of transport, particularly in relation to the number of car journeys needed to carry the same number of passengers. A full bus produces 377 times less carbon monoxide than a full car, which means that a bus uses less fuel per person carried, and hence less fuel than the number of cars needed to replace it. Therefore, by using public transportation, we can reduce the amount of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions generated by car, diesel vehicles. In addition, public transit relieves traffic congestion which increases fuel consumption from cars stuck in traffic. This is because vehicles cannot run efficiently. Public transportation is the easiest way to solve this problem. Public transportation such as buses or subway helps to reduce the traffic on roads then it can also leads to reducing wasted emissions contributing to air contamination. Thus, using public transportation can lead to reducing air pollution.

 

 

Secondly, reducing use of disposable products is another action that we have to take to prevent air pollution. Most of plastic water bottles, as an example of disposable products, are not recycled. And they just end up lying stagnant in landfills, leaching dangerous chemicals into the ground or infiltrate our streets. The only way unrecycled plastic bottles seem to go away is by breaking down into smaller pieces until they get so tiny that we no longer notice them. And it causes an environmental pollution. Furthermore, plastic bottles need large amounts of fuel to produce, package and transport themselves to the our local supermarket, home or office. Fossil fuels, however, are a limited natural resource and contribute to greenhouse gases which are bad for the environment and cause global warming. In short, by reducing the use of disposable products, we can prevent air contamination.

 

 

By using public transportation and reducing use of disposable products, people can prevent air pollution, which plays a key role in ensuring a sustainable future. As I mentioned above, our future generation will definitely be affected by what we are doing. Therefore, we need to think more about what responsibilities we have to the environment and our future generation. And let’s begin to preserve our environment by commuting to work with riding public transit instead of personal car and taking indisposable products such as tumblers or eco-bags rather than plastic bottles or paper cups for sustainable future.