Idea I wrote for a paper for class, hope nobody steals it, if they do, well, my lawyer will find ya.
Global warming is a big issue in today’s world. Specifically the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, in addition to other small particles of carbon, creates an increasingly warm climate in the world today. This can have many consequences, some of which may be adverse to human survival. These consequences may adverse to the survival of other species living on Earth as well.
To sum it up, global warming is thermal energy. As has been demonstrated in this class, increasing the number of particles in a set area increases the temperature in said area. Basically, this amounts to friction. As more particles are condensed into an area (while in a gaseous form), they continue moving. The movement is sprinkled with tiny collisions of particles. These tiny collisions are measured in terms of heat, but in reality they are simply the manifestation of thousands of tiny particles utilizing kinetic energy. In other words, what we as humans feel as heat is actually just the rapid collision of particles against us. As more particles in a gaseous form are condensed into an area, the collisions happen more frequently. When gravity is added to the equation, these particles centralize, pulling themselves towards the center. In our particular case, the center would be the Earth. As matter is diffused within a system, heat is diffused. So basically, the average temperature of the Earth and it’s atmospheric system will be roughly the same throughout time. However, if matter (in particulate form) is transferred from one region to another, the ‘heat’ will be transferred in an echoing fashion. So, as matter moves towards the center of a gravitational system, the center will increase in the number of collisions an therefore increase in heat. In a similar fashion, the outer edges of the system will decrease in ‘heat,’ ‘temperature,’ or basically thermal energy. Thermal energy is, of course, the micro-friction that occurs as particles collide. Conversely, if matter from the center of a system is distributed to the outer edges of said system, the temperature at these regions can increase. The average temperature of the system remains the same, the thermal energy is just distributed more evenly. A less dense ‘nucleus’ of a system implies a more even distribution thermal energy throughout the entirety of that system. While no system is completely independent (systems are affected by other systems), there is some semblance of internal consistency.
With this in mind, one can logically reason that global warming is real. Contrary to the common belief that releasing carbon dioxide acts as some sort of ‘greenhouse’ type of barrier, allowing heat in but not out of the Earth’s atmosphere, global warming is more accurately the redistribution of thermal energy due to increasing the amount of particulate matter present in the outer reaches of the atmosphere. Basically, when removing coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels, one is decreasing the thermal energy in the deeper regions of the Earth (regions which are already intolerably hot to most living organisms). In redistributing this matter into the atmosphere, one increases the temperature of the air. Due to gravity, the ash will quickly settle. However, the carbon dioxide takes longer, thus distributing higher temperatures throughout the atmosphere.
It is with this in mind that I suggest a new approach (or at least a novel twist on an old idea). Plants convert carbon dioxide to oxygen, and it has been suggested numerous times that increases in various types of plants and reforestation techniques may be an adequate solution for global warming. My idea, however, is to specially ‘breed,’ or select, plants in a genetic engineering fashion in order to create a ‘super’ carbon reducer. Plants such as hemp and corn have been greatly altered over the course of human history to meet a great diversity of human needs. Algae is a common idea for this, and correct placement of various plants in between the burning and emission process present in the creation of most energy (those which involve burning and the creation of carbon dioxide) could greatly reduce the effects of global warming. However, other variables should be considered. Accidental creation of a ‘super’ carbon dioxide consumer could prove fatal and have devastating effects, so control for such breeding must be included. Resistance to heat and ‘pollution’ should be selected for. Finally, rapid consumption of carbon dioxide and growth could leave researchers with an end product which drastically reduces carbon emissions at the ground level. The abundance of a plant could leave us with a problem from an ecological standpoint, so the benefits of selecting an organism or plant which can be used to feed other organisms or plants (such as cattle, another producer of carbon emissions) could be vast. Additionally, if said plant could be burned upon dehydration for additional fuel, a relatively self sufficient system could possibly be developed.
To conclude, a blueprint for a possible solution to global warming has been presented. Global warming has been explained in detail, and further research is suggested. With careful planning and more funding, this seems like a viable solution. More research and peer review would be needed and it should be noted that this idea has been discussed publicly. However, all ideas presented in this paper were a result of personal thought by the author (Tuscanooga Keith) and have not been confirmed, negated, devalued, or edited in any way, shape, or fashion.
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