Air is one of the world’s most vital renewable resources. It is also one of the “commons”, which makes its protection difficult. Its pollution could become the source of major global political conflicts, even of a shift in the world power structure. Damage to the ozone layer and the build-up of greenhouse gases are contributing to a global warming which could drown coastal cities and radically change the geographical spread of agriculture. Ultimately, human life on the planet could be threatened.

There are many innovative solutions to the current questions concerning high gasoline prices and greenhouse emissions. Crops grown especially for fuel. Ethanol made from corn has no harmful emissions it is made from a reusable resource, the US government is pushing for 80% bio-fuel mixed with 20% gasoline, they can better than that! Bio-fuels produced from crops such as soybean and corn are at an effective alternative to gasoline both being a renewable resource that helps the farmers have a constant demand for their crops all the better for a continuous cash flow. However, if all the corn currently grown in the US was used to produce ethanol it would only meet only around 12% of the current demand for fuel, more and more land is being bought up for the production of ethanol, and it’s largely dependent upon the weather, a yield of around 18 gallons of oil from corn can be produced per year per acre, more can be possible with genetic alterations, the growing process also requires fertilizes, pesticides and heavy machinery to harvest, effectively adding to soil contamination. It is also estimated the process uses as much energy to produce and transport as regular oil. There are also concerns that the farmland required for producing ethanol from crops will take up valuable space previously used for food crops, as recently food crops have suffered from extreme weather conditions and natural disasters pushing food prices higher, is then using this land, to produce ethanol feasible or even ethical?

Other alternatives being looked at are probably more efficient but less appealing to some, include reusing vegetable oil, a converter with filter, which can be placed in any diesel engine to allow it to take 100% used vegetable oil such as that from restaurants, it is refined slightly after being collected, and then sold at less than half the price of regular gasoline, higher end cars such as Saab and Mercedes are using this technology.

 How seldom do we think that our activities are affecting our surroundings to a great extent? Though some of us might think about this for a minute or two, but there are very few who take out time which is required. Reports suggest that global warming needs our consideration as human being have also contributed a lot for causing this problem.

Driving on the city roads, our vehicles emit carbon monoxide. With millions of vehicles running on the roads, these emissions gets multiplied thereby degrading the environmental conditions. Additionally, we are contributing towards the cause of global warming by deforestation. Number of herbs and plants are cut due to their curative abilities and utilization in medication industry. This makes the area difficult for survival as the excess of carbon dioxide floating in the atmosphere makes it complication for human beings to breathe. And as we know that carbon dioxide is the gas that causes green house effect hence this reason can be postulated as a major reason behind global warming