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The Benefits Of Global Pollutions On Global Imperatures

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"Since the Industrial Revolution began in about 1750, carbon dioxide levels have increased nearly 38 percent as of 2009 and methane levels have increased 148 percent" (NASA). What NASA is describing in the above quote is how humans have impacted global temperatures. NASA estimates that in the last century, the global temperature has risen a little over 1 degree fahrenheit and they see no reason to doubt that this trend will continue as long as humans continue to carelessly produce these greenhouse gases. Companies that produce soda should be banned until they can be run off of solar power at least 60 percent of the time. Soda is a luxury item, as it is not necessary for survival. The companies that produce these products generate unnecessary pollution that contaminates the air and groundwater. The shortage of soda will make people who drink soda regularly think about what they put into their bodies as many of the ones who drink soda with caffeine go through withdrawals. Requiring companies to go solar would also help improve solar technology as the companies would be paying a lot of money on solar panels. First of all, soda companies produce unnecessary pollution as "[s]oda was ranked lowest among all beverage categories for health and nutritional value" (nutritionfacts.org). A drink that carries no nutritional value should not cause as much pollution as it does. Lorraine Chow of ecowatch.com states, "Americans went through about 50 billion plastic water bottles last

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