LarryA2J's Blog

Stop Global Warming……Plant a Tree. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, some bacteria, and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar, which cellular respiration converts into ATP, the "fuel" used by all living things. The conversion of unusable sunlight energy into usable chemical energy, is associated with the actions of the green pigment chlorophyll. Most of the time, the photosynthetic process uses water and releases the oxygen that we absolutely must have to stay alive. Six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide produce one molecule of sugar plus six molecules of oxygen. This is the basic principal to stop Global Warming and everywhere I look trees are being cut down and buildings put up. It takes most trees ten to twenty years or more to reach maturity and they are cut down in minutes. We are destroying the very green leaves that we need to absorb the carbon dioxide in the air and produce oxygen. For the sake of progress we are erecting buildings we don’t need, look at all the vacant buildings just in the St Louis Metro area, and destroying our future and the future of generations to come. Even if we planted thousands of trees this year it would not have an effect for years to come. It’s obvious that we can not get rid of automobiles and auto emissions in the near future but we don’t have to add to the problem. We have folks building houses that are further and further away from work, this not only destroys “green space” but the travel distance adds to the carbon emissions and oil consumption which adds to the price of oil and gasoline. I would like to see gasoline sell for $5.00 a gallon and put a dollar or so into a fund for real tax incentives given back to folks based on how little gas they use during the year. Every driver would get a gas card for two thousand gallons of gas, paid for by the government out of this dollar. Any gas left at the end of the year and the cardholder would get that amount back as cash, like a tax refund. This is just a general idea but with time and research it could become a reality. Folks would have a real incentive to conserve gas and oil. This along with every house planting two or more new trees in their yard would have a big impact on global warming. Plus the shade from the trees would keep houses cooler in the summer and cut back on air conditioning usage, an added bonus. Plant a fruit tree and you would help even more, fresh apples are delicious.