effects of global warming - "Carpool More, Protect Your Environment" By: Fru sina Csery You probably !

ear" about t!e greatest environmental t!reat of our time: t!e global warming# Maybe you t!in$ t!at your personal attitu"e an" !ouse!ol" consumption "on%t !ave suc! a big effect on our beautiful blue planet# You%re rig!t# But more people woul" c!ange t!is situation# &ow you t!in$ t!at you%ve !ear" it for t!ousan"s of times, an" you $now t!at ot!er people t!in$ t!e same way an" won%t "o anyt!ing to protect our planet# 't%s not your business, t!ere are t!e green peace activists to solve t!is problem# But w!at ma$es you t!in$ t!at ot!ers "on%t try to c!ange( &owa"ays more an" more articles an" films "eal wit! t!is topic# )o, let%s imagine t!at you are intereste" in t!e global warming problem, an" you ten" to ta$e some steps# * t!ic$ layer of atmosp!ere, w!ic! grows t!inner furt!er out into space, surroun"s t!e Eart!# +!e atmosp!ere is consists mainly of &itrogen# ,-. of t!e atmosp!ere is /0ygen w!ile 1ust aroun" -. of t!e atmosp!ere consists of ot!er gases li$e Carbon 2io0i"e# 3!en sunlig!t stri$es t!e Eart!, some of it escapes bac$ into t!e atmosp!ere, but t!e presence of %green!ouse gases% li$e carbon "io0i"e, nitrous o0i"e, met!ane, prevents all t!e ra"iation from escaping out into space# +!ese gasses trap t!e sun%s ra"iation, !eat an" energy, an" t!erefore, t!e Eart!%s temperature remains warm# )o, more an" more of t!e Eart!%s ra"iation gets trappe" by t!e atmosp!ere an" t!e Eart! gra"ually gets warmer an" warmer# 't is believe" t!at over t!e past century t!e Eart! !as grown warmer by aroun" - "egree F# +!is is calle" global warming, w!ic! occurs "ue to t!e green!ouse effect# 4e!icles an" t!eir wi"esprea" use are t!e lea"ing pro"ucer of green!ouse gas emissions an" ot!er air pollutants, suc! as carbon mono0i"e, nitrogen o0i"es an" !y"rocarbons# )o your car also pro"uces a lot of green!ouse gases# +!ere are several ways you can limit t!is# For e0ample, you can use public transport or wal$ more often5 you can c!oose a fuel-efficient mo"el w!en buying a car5 or you can "rive more fuel-efficiently# But t!ere is anot!er great solution: carpooling# 2o you !ave more cars in your family( *ll members of t!e family leave from !ome at a "ifferent time( 6sually you go to wor$ alone by car( +!en, you are a main enemy of your environment# 'f you can travel wit! your family, try to use one car# 't may ta$es more time, but means less consumption of oil an" you can also save money# 'f you "on%t !ave a family, or you really can%t travel toget!er wit! somebo"y, try to use carpool services# +!ere are several sites !elping you to fin" ot!er people intereste" in carpooling# 't "oesn%t matter w!ere you live, carpooling !as become wi"esprea" all over t!e worl"# 7eave your car !ome an" s!are a ri"e wit! somebo"y w!o travels to t!e same "estination# 8ust try to avoi" empty seats in your car, carpool w!enever possible, an" you alrea"y "i" a lot# Car e0!aust fumes e0tremely contribute to global warming# +!e 6nite" )tates, as *l 9ore writes, is responsible for some :; percent of green!ouse gas pollution, more "t!an )out! *merica, *frica, t!e Mi""le East, *ustralia, 8apan, an" *sia -- all put toget!er#" Embarrassingly# You can watc! !is new film, *n 'nconvenient +rut!, w!ic! mig!t !ave little effect on you if you are not rea"y yet#