Global Warming – An Environmental Issue

One of the most real and threatening concerns that our planet faces today is global warming. In early February this year, the United Nations scientific panel called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change studying climate change, declared that the evidence of a warming trend is “unequivocal”, and that human activity has “very likely” been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. Over the years, there has been increasing scientific evidence that the release of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gases from the burning of forests and fossil fuels has played a key role in raising the average surface temperature of the earth by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900. With that having become public knowledge, the debate has now shifted focus to the problem – what do we do about this global warming?

How does one grow back the green cover of the planet, a cover that has taken hundreds of years to grow? This is a question that has plagued not just environmental groups but also common citizens. The bottom line is that global warming is no longer restricted to only urban cities where pollution levels are high; it has now become a planetary concern. We all need to find a workable strategy that can be implemented with immediate effect so that we can bring the green back to earth and help put a full stop to its rising temperatures. One of the first thoughts that come to mind to solve an environmental issue like this one is to notably reduce the use of non-renewable sources of energy like oil and natural gases that emit harmful gases when burnt.

Switching to renewable sources of energy like solar or wind power is a solution that would not only reduce greenhouse gas emission across the globe, it would also help residents in cutting back their soaring electric bills. In Bakersfield itself, Pure Energy Systems has been working with the local administration not only to increase awareness about using renewable sources of energy but also providing residents with options that they can easily adopt. Bakersfield is blessed with a great environmental set-up that can only be enhanced if residents switch to using solar or wind powered appliances. This will cost them only an initial investment, but will help them bring back the green cover of Bakersfield. And this can be very easy with a wind power generating system located close by.