It's gettin' hot in here!!

I’m sure almost everyone around the Chicago land area noticed a summer-like October this year. Yes, it was nice and a little surprising, but it totally took away the “fall feeling”. It was so bad that the annual LaSalle Marathon was stopped half way through due to the insane temperatures and unfortunately one man passed away from participating in it. There is only one reason for this unusual weather and that is global warming.
Whether you believe in it or not, global warming is indeed taking effect and has been for the last few years.

The major cause that leads to global warming is the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are burned by driving, mining, industrial work and burning garbage. CO2 is the leading gas that causes global warming and the majority of it comes from driving and from factories. Methane is also a gas that contributes to global warming and that gas is released from the burning of garbage and landfills in general.

Two ways to prevent these gases from endangering our atmosphere even more than they already have are to start driving fuel efficient cars and start recycling. Hybrid cars are the best alternative to driving regular cars. They get many miles to the gallon, which will limit the amount of gas burned, therefore limiting the amount of CO2 getting into the atmosphere. If you choose not to drive a hybrid vehicle, try to drive a car that gets more than twenty-five miles to the gallon. If everyone in the country were to participate in this, the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere will be minimal. Recycling will also limit the amount of gas released because the country will not have to mine for glass, plastic or metals. Mining releases methane into the air, which is also bad for the environment. By reusing these products, we can control the amount of mining the United States does. If we as a country don’t do anything about this soon, it will be way too late.