TED ÇORUM COLLEGE / 8-A
Minimising Global Warming
Effects by Replanning Cities
Kerem YALÇIN
Global warming affects the sun
rays and the temperature of the
Earth increases dramatically
every year. Global warming is
not a natural disaster and we,
the human race, cause it. Fossil
fuels, unfiltered factory chimneys,
greenhouse gas emissions and even
deodorants increase the effects
of global warming and it becomes
uncontrollable day by day. However,
we can put an end to this by replanning
our cities and changing
our transportation habits.
First of all, we can expand
wastewater treatment plants in the
cities. We can reduce household
wastes and we can build biogas
plants in which we can obtain energy
form mixture of biogas, carbon
dioxide and methane to produce
electricity and heat resource. It is an
alternative and renewable energy
resource produced by organic
wastes. Biogas plants dispose waste
of animal and agricultural farms and
convert it to energy which increases
its importance among alternative
energy resources.
Second, we should also change the
way we transport. It is not enough
to leave our personal cars and use
public transportation vehicles such
as buses, trams and ferries. It may
reduce the amount of emission rate
but, it would be still so high. People
in the cities should use sustainable
resources instead of fossil fuels
for a sustainable life in the future.
Electric cars, hybrid and CNG fuel
technologies and innovative engine
systems should be used more.
All in all, global warming affects our
world negatively more than anything
now but, we can reverse this by
making simple changes in our cities
and the way we travel around. We
need to remember that we do not
own this world and we should not
act against the mother nature.