Climate change gives us a reason to change

How many hints is it going to take the world to realize how we are living isn't good for the environment? Our people need to change the way they live their daily lives. Our planet needs to be able to go on for thousands of years to come so that everybody has a chance to live like we did.

Floods, fires, melting ice and feverish heat: From smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High Arctic, the planet seems to be having a midsummer breakdown. It's not just a portent of things to come, scientists say, but a sign of troubling climate change already under way.

Our people need to figure out how to predict these drastic outbursts of violent weather so we are more better prepared for a national disaster. Scientists blame all of this warming due to emissions from power plants, cars, trucks and other fossil fuel burning sources. The carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gasses are all getting stuck in the atmosphere. If we can better our emissions we could easily have not had all of these bad occurrences in our world. This is exactly why Friedman called for a "Code Green" because we don't want to have to deal with our consequences so we might as well fix it now instead of going any further.

South Korea on the right track towards Tom Friedman's "Code Green"?

Hanwha Chemical Corp. may then double its revenue in 2015 by increasing production of components used in solar-power panels and rechargeable batteries. Hanwha is really investing their money into solar, that they even had their first acquisition with an overseas solar company, Solarfun Power Holding Co. of China.

South Korean companies are betting orders for solar-power equipment will rise as governments take steps to cut carbon emissions blamed for global warming. The country's 30 major industrial groups, including Hanwha's parent Hanwha Group, will invest 22.4 trillion won by 2013 in clean-energy development, according to the energy ministry.

I think what South Korea is trying to achieve is great. Our world obviously needs a better energy source because our fossil fuels aren't going to last forever. Hanwha has a great idea by putting most of its money into solar power and not only that they are making rechargeable batteries for cars. Rechargeable batteries are a great idea because we don't need to waste the materials needed to make a car over and over again when we can easily recharge the battery and have the car last much more longer and that also cuts out a lot of the bad emissions with a battery car.

Japan is hot, hot, hot!

Temperatures over the world are increasing, and everyone is looking at global warming for the blame. This summer, Japan has recorded the highest temperatures on record. This ties into Friedman's, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, because the "hot", global warming, is causing Japan's temperatures to raise.

The Asian country joins a large swath of the Northern Hemisphere that has experienced an unusually hot summer. Meteorologists say 17 nations have recorded all-time-high temperatures this year, more than in any other year, and scientists have said that July was the hottest month on record for the world's oceans. 

The heat isn't something to mess around with. It can kill, and it's not a fun death. Its said that around 150 deaths have occurred because of heat stroke. The highest temperatures recorded have been beat by almost three percent, but who is to blame? Of course the obvious finger is going to be pointed at global warming, and most of us would agree, like I am. But these temperature rises aren't just occurring in Japan, they are also occurring in other countries like Saudi Arabia, China, and Kuwait. All of these countries have been hitting high temperatures that they are not used to. On the flip side to all the "hot" drama, there is a good thing about this. The economy is getting a boost, by about three percent, from the consumers buying cool drinks, summer clothes, and cooling products. I'm not really sure what to think, because yes the economy is going up, but on the other side, our world is steadily getting hotter and hotter.