▶ Your Answer : Environmental problem is a world wide concern. There are various efforts to cope with the environmental problems such as campains or tariffs on imported products. Regarding the statement, I believe that these efforts will not solve the environmental problems. First, more people enjoy activities that creates pollution, and second, the development of technology to cope with environmental problems has some drawbacks.
First of all, as a way to find emotinal relief, people enjoy various activites such as travelling to foreign countries. Today, many people get weary with too much stress, however, by traveling to different countries, people get breathing space and forget about their problems. Moreover, due to cheaper and easier access to different countries, and rise in linving standard, travelling abroad is more frequent than ever before. According to a survey conducted from ASDF, there are 2% rise in people using airplane each year. The problem with this is that airplanes not only consume important natural resources but it also creates air pollution by producing noxious substances. Likewise, efforts to compensate all these environmental problems is never sufficient.
Second, due to the development of technology, scientists have delved to produce massive products without harming the environment. These methods include using bacteria and chemicals to eradicate noxious substances that will eventually leak out to the environment. However, these efforts sometimes create problems that are unsolvable. For example, in 1840, scientists in Australia found a non-harmful bacteria to remove waste products from crop animals. It received numerous spot lights for the invention. However, later on, these methods caused genetic mutation, producing viruses to indigenous people around. Moreover, more natural resources had to utilized in order to solve the problem. This incident proves that efforts to reduce environmental problems could aggrevate the situation, causing more severe problems.
In conlusion, despite the efforts to solve the environmental problems, they are hopeless. This is because more people enjoy activities that aggrevate the situation and some efforts can lead to a more severe problem. In this respect, I disagree with the statement. |