Okay, the topic that I’m doing for the global issues topic is Global Warming. But, since I’m on a computer now and I don’t have to read it out loud to the class, I can write all of my thoughts. So, here I go.Global Warming is, in my eyes, one of the largest, and catastrophic event that man will ever experience on this planet. Why? This effects everyone who currently owns something on this planet. And those effects that are happening are starting now.What are the effects? Global Warming has many effects to it, some that you may not even know, which are going to be demonstrated in this post. The only effect that you’ve all heard of is the great flooding of the heat being trapped within the atmosphere, and causing the ice caps to melt. But did you know how much the water levels are going to rise? Scientists and computer models say that the total water level rise in the world by 2040 is around 8-10 meters. (Around 30 feet.) This will force two thirds of the world’s population to have to move away from the coastline, and back into the mainland. This will be the world’s largest migrations ever known by man. Just think, in our time, 4.2 billion people having to move inland. Having to co-operate with these billions of people, resources will run dry, cities will grow and take out great forests. This could cause another great depression as farms, trees, and wildlife will become wide spread.But that’s only part of it, the other part is weather. With the raise of fresh water from the melting icebergs, this creates a larger area for the water to be evaporated from, and fresh water evaporates quicker then salt. Now I didn’t look this up, but some people who know weather well know of the lake effect. What’s the Lake Effect? It’s the combination of the Jet stream of the rushing air from the Rockies and the gulf stream clashing in an endless fight, but the main power of the lake effect is where it gets it’s name, and where it is. Over the Great Lakes. The massive amount of fresh water evaporates into this concoction, magnifying any storm that happens to pass. To be more specific, by about x2-5 it’s current strength. So the oceans may become this new weather effect. Rewriting the face of meteorology. (The study of weather.)Wait, I’m not done yet. Keeping on the subject of the waterways, another effect of the changing paths of water is the change of ocean currents. (Yes, oceans have currents too.) But what will this cause? Ocean life as we know it, may be changed forever. As fresh water will send these currents into disarray. Changing weather again, but sending some species of ocean life to extinction, some we may not even know about. Also this may change the migrating habbits of all fish. Bad news for the fishermen supplying the 4.2 billion people trying to live in the mainland.This, Great Warming, will also make us more venerable to the sun’s catastrophic rays of radiation. Due to Carbon Dioxide’s riaction to O-Zone (As represented by 02) by trying to combine together to make a non-useable substance. This new substance, sadly enough, doesn’t do as good of a job at deflecting the googolplex (thats 10 to the power of 10 then to the power of 100, I am not doing that math.) of electrons constantly being hurtled at us every day. To put this into prospective, say that the Earth is one little boy. And the O-zone layer and magnetic field of the Earth are a bunch of football player’s defending the boy. This layer of defence defending the boy isn’t 100% bullet-proof. The ocational person can get threw. But as we know, and speak, this layer of protection is disappearing. As this happens, the boy slowly, yet gradually gets hit more and more by these evil people representing the radiation and electrons from the sun. And soon, he may get hit so commonly that there is no way of anything not getting damaged on his body. But in the modern age, where computers dominate, Earth becomes more of a sheet of strong glass, but the electrons and radiation people are now not touching or slapping the kid/object, there punching it. With a strong enough hit, the radiation can be shrugged off, but the real danger are the electrons. All electronic devices run on electrons, but only a certain amount of electrons, if large enough, can blow a fuse, no matter what material is blocking the outside world. These electrons are being catapulted at around half the speed of light. So anything that you try to use to defend your electronics, wont work. This chance will only happen every 30 years at every Solar Maximum. But the next one is in 2011, so after that, it will be in 2051. Possibly were we become so dependent on computers, that they completely replace every worker. And at the hight of the “Great Migration.” These electrons will destroy any electrical circuit within your household, and in the world. Including ones that supply our civilization. Imagine a world were there is no power for 5 years as they get the system working again… think of it…Well, that was almost everything I know of the topic that i could think of at this time. But now here’s one question that we are all thinking, “what can we do?” There are multiple ways to prepare:1. First and Foremost, as everyone says, use more effecent ways to get to your destination. Examples: Ride a bike, walk, take a bus, carpools, ect. Any way to clean up your output of emissions. And help in the development of cleaner fuels.2. Do NOT make a 100% computer reliant household. If you do not know why I’m saying this, look at paragraph five again.3. Find out how many zero’s are in a googolplex.4. Do not worry about the cottages around the great lakes. Their far out of reach of the floods.5. Prepare. Remember what I said years into the future. (Unless new science proves otherwise.) Learn survival skills, sports that relate to history like kayaking, snowshoeing, hiking, cross-country skiing, ect.So, this concludes the end of my long rant on this subject. If you managed to read this far, you will be well aware of the dangers of just driving a car. I hope i managed to get you all to understand the major dangers of global warming, what you can do to prevent it, and what you should do if it is imminent. Please ask questions if anything is confusing you.Stats of this rant:Total time of production: 3 hours.Total amount of words: +2000Total amount of letters: +7000Total lemonade drank: 5 letersTotal Distractions/ hour: 4Total # of hours spent onwatching documentaries +100in the past 3 or so years:Songs listened to in time: 21 (Some repeated)Thanks For Reading,Grant Conway 8-1