The title of the article is “Wyoming plagued by big-city problem: smog”,
it was posted on Tuesday; march 8, 2011 by Mead Gruver. It talks about how the
city Cheyenne, Wyoming got hit by of the record smog levels after it began
drilling for natural gas. The smog was in some of the largest quantities ever seen
and even exceeding the levels seen in LA. Some of those levels are as high as
124 PPB, which is 2/3 greater than what the EPA says is healthy, which is 75 PPB.
Wyoming has one of the lowest unemployment rates so getting jobs is not a
problem for them that mean that they are putting profit ahead of health as said
by Elaine Crumpley, a retired science teacher who lives just outside
Pinedale. With that, their mountains are slowly losing their amazing look and
the quality of their city is degrading because of the pollution being given off
by the drills for natural gas.
In my opinion this is an important topic not because
it it’s a revolutionary way to stop pollution but because it shows that anybody
can get hit by this pollution, which is slowly spreading everywhere. It shows
that if you have one coal burning power plant or one drilling operation going
you have a chance of this happening to you. It also shows how inefficient our
methods are and how much we need to work on to make them better, and how it
effects everybody.
1. Should we make off less drilling operations and
any refining process that pollutes air more efficient, or make more but have
them be smaller?
2. Should the EPA shut down companies if they are
the reason they exceed healthy reasons?
3. Would it be easier to devolve on the
technological scale and go back to how it was in colonial times to stop
pollution?
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1) I think that we need to find an alternative way to get our energy. We could start using cleaner energy so that we don't keep having these problems. Sooner than later someone needs to act.
ReplyDelete3) I don't think that going back to how it was in colonial times will fix anything. We need to focus on alternative energy. That will fix the problem better than dropping the new ways.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-zABFlrE0
ReplyDeleteThis video shows what types of smog can happen in cities around the world. In this video they talk about China. When you look at the smog readings in Beijing they are sometimes over the maximum level. o
Should we make less drilling or make drilling smaller? I believe that containment of this pollution is the best way to stop pollution like building tanks to collect the air pollution that is a byproduct of the process.
ReplyDeleteShould the EPA shut down companies that exceed health risks? I think that depending on how much they exceed the limit, the repercussions should differ from a small fine to a full company shut down.
Should we devolve and go back to how people in colonial times delt with pollution? I believe that degression is not the answer and that finding better, newer methods is the answer to our problems.
1. How much funding should be put into research for these pollution containment projects?
2.When do you think we will have worry about the air outside everyday if this continues?
3. Why do you think we don't hear as much about this issue compared to other ones featured on the news or other programs?
Zach Reilly