Friday, May 22, 2020

2A- Bug List

  1. Front car bumper falls off

Why?

It’s not always strong enough to take the shock of impact 
  1. Too many fossil fuels are causing climate change

Why?

We need to generate electricity 

  1. Our water gets contaminated and polluted

Why?

Because our pipes are rusty and old

  1. Many restaurants have closed

Why?

Vivid-19 requires us to stay six feet apart

  1. Our food gets contaminated

Why?

Because there are many different contact points through transportation and processing 

  1. Our classes don’t hold our attention

Why?

Technology and social media have minimized our attention span 

  1. There are many repeat offenders in prison

Why?

Because we do not have a strong reform program

  1. Many buildings are demolished in earthquakes 

Why?

They are built with strong enough foundations 

  1. Electric cars still burn fossil fuels

Why?

Because they require electricity to charge which comes from power plants 

  1. Solar panels also burn a lot of fossil fuels

Why?

Because the rare earth minerals needed for the material need to be burned and infused with coal

  1. Biomass isn’t actually helping us 

Why?

It kills millions of trees and in order to generate electricity, the wood chips are burned with coal

  1. Paper straws fall apart

Why?

They are made of extremely comparable material

  1. Air pollution is visible in some places

Why?

We don’t filter our air and our fumes as much as we should

  1. Our rivers get poisoned

Why?

Because corporations sometimes dump toxic material into them

  1. Our dumps are getting more and more full

Why?

Because we are using more and more trash and non-biodegradable items

  1. Social media is more and more addicting

Why?

Because there is always more and more instant stimulus

  1. Many people fall down the stairs and break bones

Why?

Because stairs can be steep and dangerous for the elderly

  1. Many people get into car crashes

Why?  

Because they are texting or not paying attention 

  1. There is not enough food in the world

Why?

The environment does not always permit growth of certain foods

  1. People are not passionate about their jobs

Why?

They don’t feel purpose or their own creative potential 


When thinking of these bugs, I really just looked at my own life and saw all of the problems. A lot of them happen on a daily scale, but not all of them are things I can visually see. Climate change for example is just something that is invisible until it isn’t. The visual factor is rising sea levels. Air pollution can be visible and so can a car front bumper. The difficulty comes in remembering these problems, because we tend to see the good things in life before the bad things. It took a while to get started, but once I did, I couldn’t stop. Many of these problems we all share together. I think it’s important we find the bugs so we can create the solutions. 

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