Companies Manipulate the Youth

Nowadays everyone seems to be insecure, and they make decisions based on their desires. They get so blinded by what the media exposes that they start doing things that make them forget about who they really are. Many companies use psychology to manipulate people, and make them think that they are missing something if they do not have what it is that they advertise. Companies use commercials such as the 1950’s Colgate commercial, to emphasize that Colgate’s toothpaste attracts girls or boys. Although they just speak about what the toothpaste does, they hide the real subliminal message. Companies target younger kids because they know that it is easier to get kids to consume their products. Children are an easy target, because they aren’t mentally strong enough to think outside the box. If you constantly tell a child that they are missing something then they eventually start to believe it and they strive to get that missing part of them. Psychology is one of the biggest advantages that successful companies utilize the most.

According to “The Story of Stuff,” consumers buy products without realizing that they are adding to global warming. People buy new things because what they had before wasn’t good enough for them. They become insecure and throw away their old products for new ones. Furthermore, every time they throw something out they create dioxide because that piece of garbage gets burned or thrown into mixtures of other garbage. All of that dirty garbage turns into dioxide, which mixes in with the air to create air pollution. Companies persuade you and make you think that you aren’t noticed unless you have what is in style. That product becomes a consumer desire for many insecure people. Companies know that young kids want the new Ipods and the new sneakers, but they fail to tell them that they cause global warming once they throw out their old necessities. Kids don’t understand the concept of global warming, so companies advertise commercials with jingles to attract the attention of kids. Kids don’t know that the little things that they cry for cause a problem that can annihilate the human species in a couple of years.

According to “The All-Consuming Self,” by Allen D. Kanner and Mary E. Gomes, the media makes people believe that technology is the face of this new generation. However, the media usually targets the youth because many kids are easily tricked. Companies come out with new technology all the time, but kids are so blinded by what’s in style that they miss the fact that every new invention affects global warming. Technology makes it easier to consume materialistic needs. Companies use this form of psychology to keep their business growing. Technology has become the new face of the earth, and it uses psychology as its partner, so that the both of them together become unstoppable.

Viewed:

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Kanner, D. Allen, and Gomes, E Mary. “The All-Consumng Self”

Rockafeller Center and Global Warming

It’s crazy to know that the beautiful ice skating rink, surrounded by tall buildings that tower over it, will one day crash, or sink underwater due to global warming. This tourist attraction is known as the Rockefeller Center. It’s right in the heart of New York City. Imagine if New York City’s heart was stabbed or taken away; New York City can’t survive without it. Furthermore, the Rockefeller Center is in the middle of New York City, which unites people from all around the world. Ice skating is a main attraction when your surrounded by a beautiful Christmas tree that lightens up everyone’s smile. It’s hard to have a bad day there; however, what would happen if global warming was to abolish New York City?
Global warming has been spoken about for years, but no one has really paid much attention to it. Since no one paid attention to global warming in past events, global warming is expected to become so destructive that New York City will be underwater. This means not only will the Rockefeller Center be underwater, but also 42nd Street, and the rest of “the city that never sleeps.” The 19 commercial buildings that surround Rockefeller Center will probably collapse by the time this happen. Nothing will exist if global warming does the damage that it is predicted to do.
This tourist attraction is also home to many people. People do live in this wealthy area, so Manhattan natives would also be affected. All of them would probably die by the time that global warming does the damage that it is suppose to. No one could picture Rockefeller Center being underwater. One way or another someone needs to put an end to global warming by creating some type of law that stops the usage of a lot of gas and oil; if they don’t the heart of New York City will be destroyed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/southen/3500364115/

In Class Blog on Immigration Video

Immigration increases population, which leads to a horrifying impact of global warming. According to a mini clip, “The Impact of Immigration Policy on the Environment,” Leon Kolankiewicz mentions an equation that refers to population: I = PAT. In other words, population times affluence times technology equals Impact. More and more people immigrate to North America, which increases global warming because more and more oil and gas will need to be provided for them. In an article, “In Shift, 40% Immigrants Move Directly to Suburbs,” about four in ten immigrants move to North America’s suburbs; this allows immigrants to drive and use more gas because suburbs are so distant from everything else. These immigrants come to North America to cause global warming by using all the gas and oil that is left. Immigration has been an ongoing conflict that needs to be restricted by putting security around the borders to stop illegal immigrants that enter North America.

Viewer: "Sprawl City"
(http://www.sprawlcity.org/)

Response to Suburbia

The United States of America is a country known for providing the American dream, but many people do not know that the American dream comes with many conflicts that add on to the destruction of global warming. According to a mini clip provided by Sprawl City, “The Impact of Immigration Policy on the Environment,” many people immigrate to the United States of America to live better lives. Leon Kolankiewicz, an environmental planner from the mini clip, “The Impact of Immigration Policy on the Environment,” visited Honduras and witnessed a great level of poverty. Many of them immigrate to the USA to follow the American dream, but they do not know that their causing an increase of pollution. Of course immigrants are going to take any job they can get to keep their family breathing, but the jobs that most of them take are factory jobs. Not only is it Americans who cause global warming by hiring them, but it is also immigrants that cause it by working there everyday. It isn’t their fault because they are just trying to make a living. There is nothing wrong with trying to make a living except for an addition to global warming. Kolankiewicz states that the population increases by two and a half million every year. Most of the population comes from countries all around the world that believe that the American dream is here for them.
Furthermore, whites and blacks that live in America are a huge accumulation to global warming as well. Everyday there is another argument about racism. However, people need to understand that racism is an existing problem that will never end. Slavery still exists, but it is just in a form that blinds many people. According to a video provided by YouTube, “Gangs and White Flight,” the 1950’s was a time of gang violence. Compton was a very segregated place that allowed many people to start gangs. White people formed a click called the spook hunters, who believed in white supremacy. They kept alive a slavery tradition that they followed for generations, which gave whites the opportunity to beat blacks. This on going gang violence still exists until this day, but now this white and black division has added on to global warming. Whites did not want to live in the same communities as blacks, so whites moved out to areas that later became known as the suburbs. This means that new roads have to be created, which make whites drive more when they want to get to their destination. All the gas that is used causes carbon dioxide, which also causes global warming. This on going racism conflict has cut short the American dream for many Americans because many people have to worry about where they are going before they can get there. I don’t know how any one can reach their American dream without coming face to face with a racism hardship.
The community separation between whites and blacks has left behind a trail of global warming that no one can reach. Where I’m from the minority makes up the majority of the urban community; however, if you go to the suburbs you see the exact opposite. Whites make up the majority of the suburbs. The majority of those white people work in many places around urban communities, which reject many opportunities for the minority. The minorities now have to struggle to find a decent job. Whites rather drive hours from the suburbs to urban communities to work. According to the You Tube video, “Radiant City: Commuting,” an average North American spends about 55 eight hour workdays driving. Due to racism, global warming increases on a daily basis because whites do not want anything to do with blacks, and vise-versa. This question is asked everyday: what is the American dream? It’s different for everyone, but one thing I do know is that the American dream does cause an increase in global warming, which has to be abolished.


Viewing: “Sprawl City”
http://www.sprawlcity.org/

You Tube:
“Radiant City: Commuting”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXNb1uifds&feature=channel
“Gangs and White Flight”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVHMJzoIYQM

Your Parents Do Not Know What They're Talking About

July 15, 2009

Dear Simon,

I have no idea about what your parents are telling you, but you really need to know the truth about global warming. Although you might be a little confused about human contribution to the atmosphere, you should know that you are probably a main cause to climate change. I do understand that you and your family are probably filthy rich, but I guess you guys do not know anything about reality. Come back to planet earth, and you will see that the earth is slowly making a transition, but for the worst. It’s kind of like when you start to throw a little fit for something you don’t get, and the worst comes out of you.
Every time a car is turned on, gas is released, and it finds its ways to the heavens of the sky. Obviously, the gas goes into the atmosphere, which makes the atmosphere polluted, and thickens the atmosphere. You do take science class right? If you do, you would know about the atmosphere.
According to Mark Maslin’s Global Warming (A Very Short story), temperature increases as carbon dioxide increases. In graph A, based on ice core data, on page 61 of Maslin’s short story, temperature is affected by carbon dioxide, and it makes it seem like the temperature is the carbon dioxide’s shadow (Maslin, p. 61). When the carbon dioxide increases, or decreases the temperature increases or decreases. When the carbon dioxide gets trapped inside of the atmosphere the earth starts to rise in heat. Maslin stated, “There is, therefore, excellent evidence that atmospheric carbon dioxide increases before overall global temperatures rise and the ice sheets melt” (Maslin, p. 60). When high temperatures melt ice sheets, global warming gets heavily impacted. As ice glaciers melt, water rises. Based on the mini clip, “Global warming: junk science vs. real science,” New York City will be underwater if ice sheets continue to melt. Humans force increasing temperatures because of all the gas and oil they release into the polluted atmosphere.
According to a mini clip, “The Climate Change Denial Industry,” companies use advertisements to persuade many people that climate affect isn’t being caused by humans. Dr. Tim Ball strongly disagrees with human contribution to climate change. He believes that climate change is natural. However, when people wanted to interview him for his opinion he rejected. If he strongly believes that he is correct, why doesn’t he want to be interviewed? Instead of being interviewed, Ball decided to sue the company and say that the media was mistreating him by asking him to explain his perception on climate change. In the clip they show companies such as Exxon, a gas company that it used everywhere, to show how gas has always been used, but what they don’t say is that all the gas that it used is going into the atmosphere adding on to the polluted atmosphere.
Face it brother, you’re wrong. Whatever your parents are telling you is extremely wrong. Your parents also cause global warming. They own an oil company that ships out oil to other companies. When humans use the oil that gets shipped out, they change the climate because carbon dioxide increases, which causes the temperature to rise. Now tell your parents that they contribute to climate change every time they ship out oil or use gas. Ask your parents if they know that. I’m glad that I took this opportunity to tell you this because you needed some real knowledge inside that thick head of yours.
Sincerely,
Jason Acosta


Maslin, Mark. Global warming: A Very Short Introductions (Very Short Introductions). New York University Press, USA, 2008
Global Warming: junk science vs. real science. Dir. k21desmog. Perf. Dr. Andrew Weaver, Tim Ball. 2006
The Climate Change Denial Industry. Dir. k21dsemog. Perf. Chris Gailus, James Hogan, Tim Ball. 2006

"Your Viewpoint Determines the Future"

Although global warming is one of the biggest issues in this world today, I never really paid much attention to the transition that it is slowly making. I used to be very careless when it came to talking about the earth, but after learning about the various affects of global warming, I sometimes wish I can put an end to it. According to chapter 3 of “Your Viewpoint Determines the Future,” by Mark Maslin, many people have different beliefs about global warming. Some believe that there is nothing that humans can do to fix the problem that we are suffering from today; global warming. Others believe that there is a way you can fix it, but by viewing past events, global warming looks like it can’t be abolished. In reality, I don’t think that there is anything that we as humans can do about it.
My “Writing Seminar I” class at Skidmore College, influenced me to learn more about global warming, a conflict that has existed for centuries. Maslin states, “The future may turn out to be good or bad, but in any event it is beyond our control” (“Maslin, p.38). Due to the fact that no one tried to stop climate change in the past, global warming is hitting extremes that no human can survive. Many people didn’t start paying attention to global warming until it struck in 2005, with Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina killed about 3,000 people, and many people still ignored that tragedy. According to Maslin, “By looking at global warming in this way…there are clear reasons why those who do not believe in the threat of global warming may never believe in it until it is too late” (Maslin, p. 42). Global warming is ready to make a transition that no existing species can handle.
Mark Maslin is a great influence in my life because he allows me to view global warming as a dangerous hazard. If people don’t realize the conflicts that are in store for us in the future, then the world will be hit with a huge surprise.

Maslin, Mark. Global Warming: A Very Short Introductions (Very Short Introductions). New York University Press, USA, 2008

Personal Impressions

Seeing Manhattan underwater is a frightening sight that no one wants to see. Due to climate change and global warming, no one will be able to live in the “city that never sleeps”. New technology might have to be invented if people expect to do anything in New York City. Everyone ignored the most important issue in the world, and now Mother Nature is making them pay through natural disasters. Instead of preparing for the future, everyone is worrying about oil, and war. They need to use those same tactics to find a solution to global warming. As years go by, the atmosphere will be full of pollution, and carbon dioxide will be at an extreme high. Ice glaciers will continue to melt, and water will continue to rise. Not only will water increase, but there will be drastic weather changes. Scientists predict that heat will rise, and more forest fires will occur. The picture of Manhattan underwater is preparing everyone for a natural disaster that will happen if no one finds a solution to global warming.
Rising precipitation, temperatures, and many other weather conditions, are future problems that are expected to be fatal. It seems like ice glaciers are going to be abolished. Heat will increase and ice glaciers are going to vanish because of CO2 that is trapped in the atmosphere. Although the NECIA is looking for solutions, they still predict that future problems are going to occur. Global warming seems like a conflict that is impossible to solve.

The Scientific Explatnation for Climate Change

The earth’s various climate changes have created many conflicts that seem impossible to solve, but there has never been a conflict as enormous as global warming. Al Gore and Mark Maslin have witnessed this first hand, and as they continuously spread the news, global warming will continue its journey. According to Mark Maslin, “The temperature of the Earth is controlled by the balance between the input from energy of the sun and the loss of this back into space” (Maslin, “What is Global Warming?” p.4). This created a load of greenhouse gases that causes nature to react in a way that no one can prepare for. Greenhouse gases aren’t the only thing that helps create global warming; carbon dioxide, also known as CO2, is one of the leading causes of this new terror. Although global warming has existed for centuries, people still do not pay attention to it. They tend to pay more attention to wars and other problems going on around the world.
Infrared radiation is the irritation that causes Mother Nature to react in such a horrifying way that no one can survive it. The earth absorbs energy from the sun that has to return back as infrared radiation. As the infrared radiation is being released into space, it gets trapped and it creates a thicker atmosphere that turns into pollution, which creates heat. The heat becomes so powerful that it starts many forest fires and volcanoes. However, no one has found a way to stop these melting weather conditions. Many people call this beautiful glorious earth home, but what was once know as a home has turned into a reality that seems impossible to escape.
Carbon dioxide is released everyday into the atmosphere by people who call this earth their hometown. According to Davis Guggenheim’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore stated that the world would be exposed to global warming if no one put an end to it. Roger Rabel was the first person to measure the killer gas that goes by the name of Carbon Dioxide. In 1968, Rabel predicted where global warming would be decades from 1968, and it would rise up to its most dangerous time period. Global warming has become a part of everyone’s everyday life. As the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun, CO2 experiences a decrease in gas. However, as the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, leaves of all sort fall into the river and create a great deal of global warming. 90% of the sun that hits ice glaciers get reflected back to the atmosphere. 90% of the sun’s energy that hits the water gets absorbed. That water later establishes warmer weather, which evolves into hurricanes, tornadoes, and all sorts of natural disasters. In 2005, one of the worse cases of weather was recorded. What started out as a thunderstorm turned into a killer hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was the reason for about 3,000 deaths. The United States of America has never experienced Mother Nature like this. Not only did global warming cause many deaths, but it also discovered many new diseases that were attracted to people.
Everyone would love to see global warming vanish, but with the help of humans, global warming will become so powerful that it will soon take over the world. Instead of finding a solution to global warming, the military spends its time creating weapons such as nuclear bombs. Not only would they make weapons, but they would also help global warming by killing many people. In about 50 years, ice glaciers are expected to melt, and the weather is expected to increase so high that it will shatter records set before. Global warming will continue destroying the earth if no one gets the world to realize what is at stake for future generations.

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. DVD. Paramount, 2005

Maslin, Mark. Global Warming: A Very Short Introductions (Very Short Introductions). New York University Press, USA, 2008

The Climate of Man-1

It all started in the nineteenth century when a British man named John Tyndall experimented with the different types of green house gases. Over a century later, each one of those gases was exposed to the world, creating a problem that seems impossible to solve. “In the Climate of man-I,” by Elizabeth Kolbert, a young lady describes her journey through Alaska and Greenland’s territorial ice sheets and the horrors of global warming. Global warming is such a threat that natives of Shishmaref, Alaska had to develop a group that debated about relocating their small village. What was once known as a huge land bridge, has turned into a nice gigantic slushy. Because of this terror, ice lands all around the world have melted. However, ice ages aren’t the only thing that have been impacted; specious of all kinds have been affected.
Global warming continues to be a constant problem and many people are expected to suffer as heat rises. 1990 and 1991 have the record for the warmest days ever, but it doesn’t stop there. Kolbert was able to witness this firsthand. During her stay in Alaska, Kolbert realized that men hunted for food and women ripped the skin off the animals to prepare it as meals, but since many of the glaciers have melted, people have to find other sources of food. Food is limited for Alaskan natives, and it will only continue to worsen.
Polar bears are a huge source of extinction. Because of a rise in heat and sea level, polar bears are struggling to eat. Not only does heat affect global warming, but also green house gases. As the earth absorbs energy from the sun, it releases energy back to the sun. In order for the earth to be at a stable temperature it has to keep the amount of energy on earth equal with the amount of energy released. Whenever the earth is disturbed by the amount of energy released or absorbed the earth gets warmer or colder, but as of right now the earth has had increasing heat.
Global warming is affected by people’s actions. In a couple of years, about 2085, ice glaciers are expected to melt and temperatures are suppose to reach so high that people are expected to suffer or even die. Greenland already started showing signs of fading. Although it is filled with snow and ice lands, it is still expected to be one huge body of water. After Kolbert visited, she knew that Greenland wasn’t going to make it far. She said, “If I returned in another decade, the glacier would probably no longer even be visible from the ridge where I was standing. I climbed back up to take a second look” (Kolbert, p.15). The world will only continue to see global warming as a threat.
Kolbert, Elizabeth.“The Climate of Man-I.” The New Yorker. Copyright2005,The New Yorker

Summary of Mark Maslin

According to the IPCC, global warming will continue to impact how we, as a society, will live. An increase in higher temperature and water stress will force us to adapt to an enviornment that we are not familiar with. If we do not change our lifestyles now, about 85% of the world will be in trouble.