Too Hot To Handle, Too Cold To Hold

By Brandon Winters
The Blue Print
on Energy & Natural Resources:

In a world with polar bears dying, glaciers melting, the ozone depleting, temperature rising, and inconvenient truths, people all around the world can’t help but ignore the issue of Global Warming. The Committee of Energy and Natural Resource will be greatly concerned with the topic of how to deal with carbon dioxide emissions.

Some may argue that because the geographical location the US, the government should not take expensive steps in solving the problem, and that there is no cause for concern as well as increase agricultural production.

The idea of Cap and Auction may also play a key role in the issue of global warming. This means that the possibility of providing allowances to pollute, thus creating a carbon market, similar to that of the European Union’s, will be thrown around during the conference. But
there are downfalls to this option, such as the long amount of time it takes to start becoming useful. As we know, time is one thing we have little of.

One last possible take on fixing the issue is the idea of a carbon tax. All taxes have been known to raise issues among the public and the government making it hard to even get passed through Congress, but are the lives of the future not worth helping?

As the rest of the week moves ahead, the Committee of Energy and Natural Resource will discuss the issue of carbon emissions and the effects of global warming, hoping to come to a conclusion to help not just the people of America, but also the future people of the America.