Team+3-Action+Plan

=__Reduce Climate Change Funding__=

The first part of our climate change plan would be to reduce funding for global warming research. Recently, President Obama proposed that the budget should be increased to a total of 2.6 billion dollars. Between 2002 and 2003, 116 million dollars was spent on global warming research and the research they gathered was inconclusive. So overall, billions of dollars is being wasted on climate change research while the outcome is inconclusive. Another part of our climate change plan would be to stop climate change funding to developing nations. For example, the U.S. is funding developing nations in order to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. This is a significant part of our plan because it hasn't been scientifically proven that carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming. Also, our action plan would allow the United States more money to use on more important issues and it would allow developing nations to prosper which would overall aid the world's economy. []



=__Fossil Fuels__=

Another important part of our climate change plan would be to continue to use fossil fuels. Many people believe that the carbon dioxide emissions expelled from fossil fuels cause climate change, but there is no specific scientific evidence that proves it and moving to alternative energy sources would deeply hurt the world's economy. Petroleum aids in the development of many third world countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran. Without the demand for fossil fuels those countries and many others would be in deep poverty because petroleum acts as their main export. ([]) Also, major countries such as the United States demand on petroleum greatly. For example, the United States uses 20,680,000 barrels of oil a day. Over 95% of transportation energy in the United States comes from oil too. ([]) Many people argue that alternative energy should be used instead of petroleum. However, it would have a negative effect on the world's economy. For example, solar panels require a constant flow of energy, therefore small amounts of electricity are produced. Also, the panels are very expensive to produce and begin to break down after they are exposed to large amounts of sunlight. ([]) It is also estimated that there is enough oil and natural gas from the off shores to fuel 50 million vehicles and heat 100 million homes for the next 25 years. ([])

[|Oil Consumption] =__Car Mileage__=

The last pat of our climate change plan is to increase car mileage so oil and natural gas supplies will last longer than only a third of the average human's lifetime. Currently, the U.S. gas mileage standard is 27 miles per gallon which is one of the lowest in the world. ([]) Also, supporting President Obama on his national program to raise mileage by 30 percent. It is estimated that this program will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil in the next five years. This would then prolong the life of international oil supplies because it would be used at a slower rate more efficiently. It would also benefit the economy because even though cars will cost $1,300 more, you will still save an average of $2,800 per year. ([])

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=__Advantages and Disadvantages__=

There are several advantages and disadvantages involved in our action plan. First, the advantages of reducing global warming funding would save the United States millions of dollars which wouldn't be spent on inconclusive research. Also, the millions of dollars saved could have a positive effect on the economy. Secondly, the continued use of fossil fuels would have several advantages. It would allow third world countries to prosper in exchange for their resources. Also, fossil fuels are a major part of the world economic system so the continued use of them would keep the economy stable. The main and obvious disadvantage of the continued use of fossil fuels is that they are nonrenewable resources so we cannot rely solely on them. Finally, the last part of our plan was to increase car mileage. The advantages would be more fuel efficient cars, a reductin in pollution, and it would extend the supply of fossil fuels. The main disadvantage of increasing car mileage is that it would increase the prices of vehicles.

__Government Responsibilities__

 * ** To reduce funding for climate change research.
 * To increase gas mileage standards on vehicles.

=__Citizen's Responsibilities__=
 * To contunue the use of fossil fuels to keep the economy stable.
 * To buy vehicles with high gas milage.
 * To use energy saving products to preserve Earth's fossil fuel supply.