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发表于 2012-9-16 07:51:41
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Do you agree or disagree the following statement? The most important problems in today’s world will be solved in our lifetime. Will the air become fresh and clean again regardless where it is in only 100 years? Will all the river and ocean turn to limpid and all the marine animals won’t extinct in merely 100 years? Will all the rainforests turn to their original appearances and won’t be destructed again in a 100-year period? I severely doubt it. As far as I am concerned, the most important problem in the world today—the environment issue will not be solve in our lifetime, and only generations of people work hard and seriously on this problem together can it be solved one day in the future.
To begin with, the air pollution will not be address in a relatively short period in lots of developing countries. China, for example, has developed very fast since 1980’s. As the expansion of the industrialization, people sacrifice the environment in exchange for the temporary economic gain. There is a steel plant near my high school, every time I look toward north, large amount of smoke go up to the sky. The sky is seldom blue and I have never seen real stars at the age of 8. Workers in the steel factory became sick, but still a lot of young people want to join in that factory for relatively high payment, so the factory still running very well regardless the serious air pollution it generated. Such circumstances are common in many developing countries, and as time is needed for the improvement of technology to reduce the pollution, this issue cannot be settled in a short period.
Moreover, the water pollution, which become even more severe today than in the past, can hardly be solve in next 100 years. Considering an increasing number of oil spill incidents happened around the world during the recent years, it takes a long time to pure the sea water and restore the marine ecosystem. Additionally, large amount of factories emit wasted water and bury tons of trash to the river and sea, making the conditions even worse. Only by stopping such actions, which is impossible in some areas, and by collaboration of the countries around the world to solve the water pollution issue, can the river and ocean turn back to their original condition. Apparently, it will take so long to fulfill that it won’t be achieved in our life time.
Last but not least, the acreage of rainforest is decreasing annually. Even though people stop destroy the forest and start to plant trees to restore the forest ecosystem, it takes very long time for the seed to grow up to tall plants. Not to mention the time it will take to educate people cease cutting trees for profit and to protect the planet we live and the resources we will pass to the next and next generations.
In conclusion, environment problem, the most important issue in the world, will not be solved in our life time. The expansion of industrialization, the selfish behavior of thousands of factories, and the lack of education are the serious obstacles in addressing the environment issue. I hope our environment will become so great one day, and I know it will happen in very far future. |
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