The Dystopia of Ready Player One The Earth that is portrayed in Ready Player One sucks. Wade Watts, the main character, calls the world's situation “the human condition” and describes it as “not good” (Cline, Ready Player One, 16). He begins to tell us the story of how he found out, through the libraries located in the OASIS. The world is going through a “Global Energy Crisis,” which was brought about by the consumption of fossil fuels (Cline, Ready Player One, 17). This is the dystopia that Cline paints for us, and, unsurprisingly, it's not that far-fetched from where we are now, as a society.
The dilemma in this situation is that high-powered engines use higher amounts of fuel, which emit toxins that pollute the air, which is a contributing factor to global warming. The pollution is a negative effect on air quality. Thus, building these cars is good for producers and fun consumers, but bad for society. Nuclear plants also have a micro-macro dilemma. While used to generate electricity from nuclear fuel, opponents of nuclear plants feel it poses many threats to people and the environment.
Eaarth Chapters 1 & 2 We’ve changed the planet. Global warming is no longer philosophical or future threat but instead a current and very real threat. The changes made to our planet are more evident in the toughest parts of the planet, and climate change is wrecking the lives of thousands daily. We need to consider the world we’ve created and how to live in it. We need to figure out what part of our lives we must forego and what ideologies we must abandon so that we can protect our societies and our civilizations.
Global warming has become one of the main environmental concerns of the twenty-first century, with debate spanning from the international level all the way down to the smallest local hamlet. One can hardly pick up a paper or turn on the news without seeing a story about how drastically the world is warming, or to hear that global warming is nothing but a myth caused by liberals for political purposes. With millions of ardent supporters and detractors of the global warming theory, the facts that science presents continued to be debated and it remains to be proved whether recent warming trends are caused by human progress or natural cycles, or whether they will have long term consequences on the biosphere or have very little effect on it at
David Zhang Ms. Khan ENG3U1-08 25 March 2012 Oryx and Crake: Climate Change Climate change is a tough subject for humans to deal with; ever since the Industrial Revolution, our dramatically increased consumption of energy over the century has brought about immense consequences. Abnormal weather conditions, an increased frequency of natural disasters, and rising sea levels are what many of us claim to be part of a “natural cycle”. However, it is no coincidence that we are on the wrong end of that “natural cycle”, and our behaviours and activities have only caused it to worsen. Climate change will worsen if we continue to disregard its existence and compromise with its consequences, rather than confronting the source of the issue and taking responsibility. Our irresponsibility could ultimately lead to the destruction of our world and civilization, as portrayed in “Oryx and Crake” by Margaret Atwood.
Environmental health Unit 38 P1 Explain how human activity can damages the environment For years now we have been warned about human activity destroying our planet and environment. Some of the things that humans are affecting are Climate Change, Depletion of Ozone Layer, Pollution, Deforestation and Extinction of Species. Overcrowding, urbanisation and population growth Overcrowding can affect our planet more than some people think, Overcrowding means more people this means we use more natural resources this means the earth in the end isn’t going to have enough resources to support the growing population. Remember every person on the planet takes up space which could be used for farmland, and forests. People excrete wastes and litter that flow into water systems, and animal habitats, this is slowly polluting water and killing wildlife.
This book also tends to create awareness to the public on how things may playout if we continue on this path of destruction. Reading this book reminded me so much about two movies I watched called “the day after tomorrow” and “2012” these movies somehow changed my perspective on nature and the world as a whole. Because watching these movies made me realise the natural anomalies we are experiencing in present times like earth quakes, tornados, tsunamis and so on they all have reasons as to why they have happened and most of the reasons offered by scientists are that we are killing the earth slowly with our industrial and technological advancements which in turn is causing a drastic climate change around the world. Also all these consequences shown in the movie and also depicted in this book has heightened my appreciation for the mother earth and increased my desire to try and abstain from causing more harm to the earth. In terms of the relationship between humans and nature I would say we are a long way away from solving our major problem which is maintaining the earth so it can sustain us.
If more people fight to force the government to make wiser energy decisions we can turn around global warming. Many communities are surrounded by nuclear energy plants or other harmful energy plants. This is a dilemma that local communities face when trying to fight global warming. Each individual can only do so much to fight these huge corporations and energy plants. The best thing we can do as a society is establish better laws for what is considered acceptable when creating energy.
The 11th Hour shows us the consequences of irreversible global warming that have already begun to affect our life and environment. The film cites many recent climate change and natural disasters. Throughout the facts, we see that human life must depend on the natural environment. According to Thom Hartmann, “We are a part of nature. We can’t separate from nature.” As DiCaprio tells us we cannot survive without nature.
Presently, pessimism prevails. Many feel that the technology solutions created by an industrial economy to improve human well being has led to insurmountable environmental degradation. As coal and oil technologies reach an inevitable peak in production, unanticipated and uncontrollable consequences of their abuse are becoming more pronounced in natural systems not long after their introduction as the economic life vein. Even so, pushes for new technological development have emerged to counteract the damage already done and optimism remains to reverse their effects on the environment through innovation. As explained by Paul Gray, therein lies a technological paradox, that environmental deterioration is brought about by the industrial economy, but the progression of this industrial economy is and will be the road to successful environmental stewardship (Ausubel, 1989).