In the book
Climate Casino, William Nordhaus gives us an example how we burn fossil fuels
in our daily lives. We might not realize how much carbon dioxide we are putting
in the atmosphere when we are going on a long drive, heating or cooling our
homes or when we are cooking, but think of it as a whole not just you itself.
Nordhaus shows us with an example of his own how 100 pounds is produced for
driving just 50 miles and how a person will not pay attention while driving. But
if everyone around the world produces that 100 pounds of carbon dioxide twice a
week it will make about 30billion metric tons of carbon dioxide to the world’s
atmosphere. I find this very interesting how Nordhaus is telling us how we
produce so much carbon dioxide in our daily lives then he states himself that he
enjoys his lifestyles. We all love our current lifestyle, we get everything
done very easily. Why would we go back to lives of a caveman? And work hard to
get everything, like we don’t complain enough about the easy way out we have.
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