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Turn on any 24 hour news channel or open up the newspaper and you’re sure to find a number of articles, editorial comments and information on some of the proposed government regulations on companies that burn fossil fuels and even on any object that burns fossil fuels. The question that comes to mind is why would the government want to step in and regulate the burning of fossil fuels?
Many scientists and research studies have suggested that the burning of fossil fuels are what is causing the massive changes in temperature and global warming. As the world becomes more and more dependent upon fossil fuels and more forms of transportation use fossil fuels to run on; the world is being effected slowly by these massive burning of fossil fuels. Besides the effect that global warming is having on the plant, there is also the increase in incidents where acid rain has destroyed forests and plant and animal life are being effected by the change in weather patterns.
Since the burning of fossil fuels has so many proposed negative side effects, the government believes that by stepping in and regulating the burning of fossil fuels then the negative side effects can be diminished greatly. Some proposed changes include trying to use other less harmful substances that release less toxins in the area. Other changes to the burning of fossil fuels include only burning off these substances for a certain length of time. Instead of running a plant for 24 hours a day, a plant can only operate a maximum amount of time to offset what they are releasing into the environment.
There are always people who are for and against any proposed change. That that believe that these types of regulations can help believe that these regulations will reduce carbon dioxide that is released into the environment and reverse some of the effects that the massive burnings have caused. Those against these regulations believe that it’s just another way for government to step into another area of our lives.
Only time will truly tell if these regulations will help the environment.
