Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Top 5 World Problems

List of the top 5 biggest problems
1. Science proves that the world is warming slowly. Look at power plants and you can physically see all of the emissions being let out, primarily CO2
2. Obesity in developed countries is a huge concern.
3. The homeless population is on the rise in developed countries like the USA.
4. Lots of countries, even well developed countries do not know how to feed their own people.
5.China is polluting at a level never seen before killing their own people.

List of top feasible solutions to these problems

1. By properly labeling foods that contain mass amounts of added sugar this trend can be stopped.  Sugar is literally proven to reduce life span, decay teeth, cause diabetes, and a multitude of other life threatening diseases. Another way to stop this issue would be for the Federal Government to stop subsidies to the sugar industry.

2.  A solution to this problem would be for countries like the USA who have already solved this to start selling their overstock to these countries for pennies on the dollar. This would bring money to small farmers in the USA and provide food for people who do not have it in the under developed countries!

3. A way to fix this would be for states and communities to coordinate together and develop a way to get these people jobs in low skill sectors. If these homeless people had jobs cleaning bathrooms on the interstate, picking up trash on the beach, or cutting grass on government properties the whole population would benefit!

4. The government needs to install fines and penalties on companies and people to clean up their country.  The government needs to sacrifice their relaxing environmental rules to ensure there is an environment tomorrow.

5. I think a practical and logical approach to solving this problems would be to look at the country Germany. Germany ( Primarily Conservative leaders ) is investing in their citizens and businesses by giving incentives to going green. Giving companies tax breaks and individuals refunds for buying products that produce electricity. Literally, in Germany citizens have window screens that create electricity, thus providing a house  enough power to curve their electric bill. Notice how I did not say eliminate.  The electric companies are still providing power to citizens just not as much, and emissions are down. Something like this should be done in all developed countries.  This would also give jobs to the companies who manufacture these products.


So let me justify my first list of world problems.  Global warming affects the whole planet not just one demographic, so this is problem number 1 by a landslide.  After that I think obesity in high developed countries is an issue, but with the right steps it can be fixed.  Homeless populations is next as this leads to deaths every year.  I think smaller countries who cannot feed their own people is an issue but not as severe as the others. Most counties ask the USA for help and they are given it. Only small villages in the middle of no where these days do not receive help.    Lastly I listed China because they are polluting themselves and this will eventually affect the whole globe but at the moment it is just their own people. 





Now let me justify which big problem is the most feasible to fix.   Obesity by a landslide is the one thing people can control.  Think about this 99% of obese people are self caused. Meaning only a small fraction of obese people have medical conditions that prevent them from loosing weight and living healthy lives. Most people consume way too much sugar and the solution is easy to end obesity.  If you look in California Gregg Glassman is getting a bill to be signed into law that will regulate the sugar industry. All foods that have added sugars that are not found naturally in the food must be labeled as so. This will lower all consumption of high sugary foods and will drive obesity downwards.   It is proven that by eating a low sugar diet people live longer, stay thinner, and live healthier lives.   If a label with some words on it can provide all of this imagine what can happen after the fact when people wake up!












2 comments:

  1. Hi Stephen! I completely agree with you that global warming is the most important and pressing issue the world faces today. If we don't take care of our planet, then these other issues will not even be relevant. It's amazing that people in Germany have window screens that produce electricity. I studied abroad in Australia and we stayed at a place that was completely run by solar energy; so it is completely possible to do, it's just a matter of getting people on board and diminishing all of the corporate greed in the country. I agree that all of your other issues are extremely important too! Obesity is most likely the one that is most feasible to fix, and I think people are already living healthy lifestyles because so many studies and facts have come out about processed foods and bad health. I enjoyed reading your post, take a look at mine to compare if you'd like: http://jenniecarmody.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-world-problems-in-my-opinion.html

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  2. Hello Stephen! I must say I agree with you in that global warming is indeed a pressing issue in the international agenda. There is so much that leaders of other states have yet to understand about the situation, yet the general population is often times also oblivious to the dangerous consequences. I too included global warming as one of my top risks and issues the world is currently facing. I encourage you to take a look at my blog and draw your own conclusions!
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