Among the biggest and most pressing Ecology problems are
1) Global Warming
2) Littering
3) Public Health (or the lack thereof)
a) Pathogens
b) Toxicological threats
4) The Energy Crisis
First, cities should start making it easier to take bicycles to work. Also, city officials should be hard pressed by their voters to increase public transportation. For the worlds most industrialized country, the United States has done a lackluster job of providing adequate public transportation, and only New York, DC, Boston and Atlanta have Decent public transportation systems.
There are too many SUV’s on the road, so city council members should think of ways to deal with this problem. SUV’s consume a lot of fuel and release a lot of greenhouse gases.
City council members should create recycling programs, and simultaneously use recycling plants to help bring jobs to the area. Recycling plants create raw materials for manufacturing plants, and the eliminated need to invest in people to chop down trees or gather other materials for aluminum cans and glass allows for the reduction of costs needed to compete with companies that utilize outsourcing. Steep fines should be posed for littering, and recycling bins should be easily accessible.
Public health is threatened by the presence of pathogens. With the irresponsibility of both citizens and building owners, pathogens are allowed to accumulate in Bathrooms. Janitorial positions should have a higher minimum wage to compensate for the increased responsibility of dealing with hazards, and Janitorial programs should offer Janitors training in sanitation chemistry, which can be easily done with online learning. It should be a crime to intentionally create biohazards using your feces or urine in a public restroom.
Furthermore, cities should make sure that building owners keep up to compliance on lead, asbestos and radon issues. To many munincipalities are slacking up on their regulations, and many foreign building materials that are manufactures in China still contain asbestos and lead.
Government housing should utilize solar energy and hydrogen fuel cells. Cities should offer generous tax breaks to utility companies that offer alternative methods of energy.
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City officials? Well, that would depend on the city. My city seems to do okay. Working with the local electric company, they have developed an energy cooperative to promote solar and other alternative energies along with guidelines for efficient energy use.
That said, conservation by individuals is no longer the issue…it’s been reduced to a feel-good catch phrase. Most Americans already conserve what they can, within the restrictions of enjoying their chosen lifestyle. Most pragamatic analyses show that to be the case…we’re not going to reduce energy consumption by conservation alone. In fact, there is no real need to reduce consumption, but rather to find more efficient ways to produce energy. Yeah, I know…blasphemy!
Among the biggest and most pressing Ecology problems are
1) Global Warming
2) Littering
3) Public Health (or the lack thereof)
a) Pathogens
b) Toxicological threats
4) The Energy Crisis
First, cities should start making it easier to take bicycles to work. Also, city officials should be hard pressed by their voters to increase public transportation. For the worlds most industrialized country, the United States has done a lackluster job of providing adequate public transportation, and only New York, DC, Boston and Atlanta have Decent public transportation systems.
There are too many SUV’s on the road, so city council members should think of ways to deal with this problem. SUV’s consume a lot of fuel and release a lot of greenhouse gases.
City council members should create recycling programs, and simultaneously use recycling plants to help bring jobs to the area. Recycling plants create raw materials for manufacturing plants, and the eliminated need to invest in people to chop down trees or gather other materials for aluminum cans and glass allows for the reduction of costs needed to compete with companies that utilize outsourcing. Steep fines should be posed for littering, and recycling bins should be easily accessible.
Public health is threatened by the presence of pathogens. With the irresponsibility of both citizens and building owners, pathogens are allowed to accumulate in Bathrooms. Janitorial positions should have a higher minimum wage to compensate for the increased responsibility of dealing with hazards, and Janitorial programs should offer Janitors training in sanitation chemistry, which can be easily done with online learning. It should be a crime to intentionally create biohazards using your feces or urine in a public restroom.
Furthermore, cities should make sure that building owners keep up to compliance on lead, asbestos and radon issues. To many munincipalities are slacking up on their regulations, and many foreign building materials that are manufactures in China still contain asbestos and lead.
Government housing should utilize solar energy and hydrogen fuel cells. Cities should offer generous tax breaks to utility companies that offer alternative methods of energy.
City officials? Well, that would depend on the city. My city seems to do okay. Working with the local electric company, they have developed an energy cooperative to promote solar and other alternative energies along with guidelines for efficient energy use.
That said, conservation by individuals is no longer the issue…it’s been reduced to a feel-good catch phrase. Most Americans already conserve what they can, within the restrictions of enjoying their chosen lifestyle. Most pragamatic analyses show that to be the case…we’re not going to reduce energy consumption by conservation alone. In fact, there is no real need to reduce consumption, but rather to find more efficient ways to produce energy. Yeah, I know…blasphemy!