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Tupua Persuasive Essay

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Tuvalu, a small island with a population of less than 11,000, is on it’s way to sinking. The island has been struggling to keep it’s inhabitants safe from it’s rising waters for many years now, but it had gotten to the point where their plight can no longer be ignored. With the climate1 continuously on the rise due to high CO2 2 emission rates, from countries such as China and the United States, there has also been an increase in ocean acidification3 and ocean water levels4. These consequences both have had an adverse effect on the island of Tuvalu. As the water levels rise the island, which at it’s highest point is roughly 15 feet above water, more and more of the island is flooded and deemed inhabitable. This negatively affects the inhabitant’s ability to grow crops and have property. The island’s main form of protection from storms were the coral atolls off the coast, but ocean acidification …show more content…

The issue is that most countries think of this as an economic venture. Considering the fact that Tuvalu is a small island, which only exports fish and coconuts (and mainly to just islands around them), with little business connections there aren’t really any economic benefits to its existence. So consequently to countries like the US, China, Saudi Arabia, and India there is no real economic harm to Tuvalu sinking. However, there are real economic damages to trying to save Tuvalu. For the aforementioned countries they mainly thrive on the emission of greenhouse gases5, specifically carbon dioxide. From coal-burning power plants to vehicle exhaust the countries are completely reliant on process and machines that release unhealthy gases. Attempting to remove theses process would require a large amount of money on cleaner energy sources that all have their own downfalls that make them less attractive. And ultimately this has led to the countries lack of desire to lower their emission

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