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Directly Proportional, Not Inverse; Global Warming In-Class-Essay Tempering the effects of global warming already seemed like a grueling task in the relatively healthy economy of 2004. With the global economic collapse of 2008, it now appears an impossible one. Cleary, ﻿ (clearly) lawmakers can not draft any policies without first considering their effect on the economy. Not only that, ﻿(not only that) moderating global warming would require massive changes to the infrastructure of the United states. The lawmakers are focused with the nearly impossible challenge of balancing the effects of their actions on the economy, ecology, and infrastructure of the United States. (excellent introductary paragraph) The largest counterargument, in fact possibly the only valid one against combating global warming is the need to focus on economy rather than ecology. (not a eloquent introductary paragraph) ﻿ Anybody who does not believe in the severity of global warming will warn you (avoid using you, I, we in essays) of the massive economic reppercussions of passing legistlation to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Even if this viewpoint were correct, it would be an incredibly myopic way to look at the situation, and it is not correct. (this sentence is choppy and not very significant in content. Combine it with another sentence or just get rid of it.) Scholar Lomborg Bjorn stated in his book, "environmental development often stems from economic development." If everybody could afford solar panels and electric cars, the majority of them would buy them. There's really no reason not to. Economic growth is advantageous to the fight against global warming because economic growth leads to more people being able to invest time and money into the cause to limit global climate change. The opposite is also true, ecological advance can lead to economic advance as long as the means of ecological advance are compotent. If the government funds a steep increase in the rate of creation of windmills and solar panels, a company needs to construct the panels and a blue collar worker needs to construct the mills. The government backing of alternative energy creates jobs. Environmentalists are not socialists who want government to fund everything, or anti-capitalists attempting to hamper the profit of big business. Since ecologic and economic advance can happen simultaneously, leaders should aim to draft policies that are both effective towards perserving the environment and stimulating the economy. Clearly, the best way to do this is to draft energy policies that can increase jobs. Though the introductary paragraph and ending of the paragraph well written and significant, the quotes and opening sentences are obsolete and unneeded.

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