Step 1- Read all the proposed laws from the previous assignment.
Step 2- Choose one proposed law which is thoughtful.
Step 3-
First, paraphrase the proposed law you are responding to: For example: “Mr. Nicholas Sterlacci thinks that…”
Then, write a question about the proposed law. The question must be: clear, sincere, useful and be the sort of question which leads to more questions. The question you write must complicate the comment’s argument, make the reader of the comment you are questioning think deeper. Stir up some intellectual trouble.
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Ms. Nicole Quintana believes that if she was a senator the law she would make is that factories need to stop burning fossil fuels. She believes that companies should switch to healthier and smarter techniques of making energy. She believes that you can make energy by using solar energy. She believes that even though it will take a lot of time for companies to switch over the process they burn energy, it will be one step to solving global warming. My question to you Ms. Quintana is how do you know that factories have enough money to just switch over the type of energy their using in a blink of an eye? With the bad economy, factories may not have enough money. Also, these days everybody wants to make money to provide for their family. If the factories make energy a different way their product may not sell as much as before. Their whole business may shut down. My second question is do you know the major cause of global warming? How do you know that burning fossil fuels is a big cause of global warming? What if it isn't? There are may other actions that are needed to take place to help solve global warming.
ReplyDeleteMs Emily Kaufman’s comment on if she was a senator really interested me. She said that if she were senator to help stop global warming she would tell us that there are many other healthier forms of energy that the companies can use instead of burning fossil fuels. One option is solar energy. Sure, it would take a lot of time and money to make the switch, but it would be worth it, and there is plenty of time. She also said that you might think that only the large production companies contribute to global warming and climate change. But, even you can take steps to save our planet. Some questions I have for you Ms. Kaufman is what if these companies cannot change as soon as possible? What if it cost too much money that our state would be in debt? Yes we all know that it would help our environment, but are these companies’ fuels the only cause of global warming? These scientists have to think of more ideas then spending millions of dollars just for these companies. Ms Kaufman also said that if we change to solar light bulbs that it would be an environmentally friendly change. Yes she is absolutely right. But what happens if Americans do not change? What If they don’t help? My last question to you is how do you think Americans are helping to stop global warming? Thank you for your time and Ms. Kaufman’s comments on global warming were very interesting to read.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I read Mr. George Ogorodnik's comment I found he was little vague when he spoke about his law. He said no one could travel in their cars unless their destination is less than 1.5 miles away, but does that include hybrid cars? And also, he said that if the city has a large enough river, they could use a hydro power plant. What if there is no river nearby? Will they just keep on burning fossil fuels? What about solar panels?
ReplyDeleteI have a question for Francisco Aparicio's law. His law stated that all cars are to be made either hydropowered, powered by nuclear energy, or hybrid. A section of his law stated that any dealers or consumers in defiance of this law will be fined a payment of $100,000. My question to Franciisco is this:
ReplyDeleteWouldn't this law be breaking the Eighth Amendment, which states that no excessive fines are to be imposed? Wouldn't 100,000 dollars be an excessive fine?
Mr. Brain. You would pose a law to increase reasearch to find a soulution to slow down global warming.my question for you is what if you don't? What if you can't find a solution to slow down global warming? What if in your reasearch you do find a solution, but it is to late? What if you , instead of slowing it down, you speed up the proses? There are multiple worst case senaarios. Thoose are my questions.
ReplyDeleteMr. Yu Sangs law states that he would get scientists to study about global warming and how we could prevent it, my question to him is: what if scientists don’t find answers, it might be to late to stop global warming without expensive "geo-engineering, I think it’s to late to stop global warming because how can we stop something that we can’t control.
ReplyDeleteThe law Francisco would make if he was senator interested me. He thinks that making all required business' change to Hydro energy, will be the solution to global warming even if it cost a lot of money. I disagree with his idea. Global Warming isn't the only cause we have on this planet today, we also have the economical issue, where people don't earn the money they are supposed to earn because of business' not having enough money to give to their workers. Now, if you think that business will spend a ton of money to change into hydro energy, yet they don't have enough to give to workers,you can kiss this idea bye-bye. People need money to take care of their family, once the economical issue is cleared then we can try all ideas that can change global warming. If you are going to fine companies who don't switch, you will make matters worse. Also most people don't like Hybrid cars, because they can brake easily, and it will cost people to fix them, and I am not talking about $10 repair, I am talking about a couple thousands. My basic disagreement to this idea is:
ReplyDelete1. Too much money
2. Bad Timing
3. People's Opinions
4. Overruling Idea
This is a good idea, for the future, not for now where people didn't even see what benefits this idea gives us.
Ms. Kaufman's opinion of how to help fight global warming was interesting. She mentioned some other healthier forms of energy which can be used to replace fossil fuels. One of her examples were solar energy. Yes, it does take a large amount of time and money to switch but it will worth it, I hope. I have a question for you Ms. Kaufman. If your law comes true, and people don't follow it and reject it, what would you do?
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ReplyDeleteMs. Sarah Walsh’s comment on her law to stop global warming was very interesting and thoughtful. She said that companies should stop burning fossil fuels and start using better energy such as solar energy. Another cleaner energy Ms. Walsh stated was wind energy. Ms. Walsh feels that this is a big part of global warming but not the only thing causing it and if these companies do switch over it will help the Earth tremendously. Ms. Walsh stated that she would give the company five years for the change because it can take a lot of time and money to do this.
ReplyDeleteMy questions for Ms. Sarah Walsh are, you said that companies aren’t the only thing causing global warming, so are there any other things that are causing it, besides people? What can the people do to help stop global warming? My last question is what if the companies do not have enough money to switch or they don’t completely switch in time? If they don’t completely switch in the five years, will you still fine them, or not? After all they did try to switch, they just didn’t switch completely yet.
Mr. Brian Belilovsky thinks that we should open facilities for studying and preventing global warming, if the solution is to be found. My question for you is that why can’t they study somewhere else? It’s not like that's the only place to study about global warming. Even if that’s the only place to study global warming what happens if some people can’t get in, should they just give up on finding a way to solve global warming or prevent it?
ReplyDeleteMr. Francisco Aparicio’s laws that he would make if he were senator took interest me. He thinks it would require all business to switch to hydro energy (energy from water) or clean nuclear energy to stop Global Warming. In my opinion this is not the best idea because this cost tons of money and many people are having a hard time with money as it is already. Hybrid cars break easily and it will cost a couple thousand dollars to get fix. So even though this might save the whole world, wouldn’t this affect other people’s pay check because as it is already many people aren’t earning enough money? My question is will this affect people’s pay check and if it gets lower than it already is do you have a plan to change it back?
ReplyDeleteMr. Jae Yu says that if he was the senator he would pass down a law that would have researches on global warming so that we can prevent it. My question is “what if global warming can’t be stopped or prevented? Should we just give up trying to find a solution? If there is a solution how long would it take for us to prevent it from becoming worse?” Since we cannot answer these question we will not know if this can or cannot be stopped.
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ReplyDeleteWhat Ms. Sherpa said was very interesting. She said that the factories were making a lot of carbon dioxide which is the main source for green house effect.
ReplyDeleteShe said if the she was a senator that she would try and make the factories use less fuel and start using solar energy. My question to her is what if using less fuel and start using solar energy isn’t enough or their isn’t enough time to make as much factories slow down a lot so that global warming can stop before it is too late.
I agree with Mr. rosendo because he pretty much summed up the paragraphs everyone else wrote into one paragraph. I also wrote that we would need to work harder to accomplish our goal when coming to lowering the tempurature that has risen through out the years.
ReplyDeleteI have a question on Mirheta Osmanovic's comment. If you were to create a law you would try to cut down on the pollution coming from cars. You would try to accomplish this by getting people to try to carpool in order to get to school and work. What would you do if some people wouldn't be able to carpool and would have to buy their own cars to get around. And what would you do about public transportation and the pollution created by it? How would you try to change the way people get around in order to prevent these greenhouse gases from heating up the earth.
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ReplyDeleteMs. Misserello's comment was thorough and interesting to read. She tells us what the purpose of the Copenhagen Conference was and what her opinion of it is. If she were a senator, one of the laws she would make would be to not drive cars unless we absolutely have to, given a good reason to. My first question is, what if it's too cold outside to walk? Would that be considered a good reason to drive? And in winter that coldness lasts a whole season, so would it really be cutting down on emmisions so much? And if we have a long way to travel, what are we supposed to do- take a bike ride there? The second law she would make would be to close down unnecessary factories. Well, if the factories were so unnecessary then why would they be there in the first place? Also, think about all the money the companies that ran those factories would be losing. Hundreds of people would be losing their jobs- so would it be worth it?
ReplyDeleteMs. Kyla Formey believes that if she were a senator she would create a law stating that if a tree was chopped down, another one must immediately be planted in its place. In my opinion, this law would be extremely helpful in the fight to save our planet. This is especially helpful because carbon dioxide can be poisonous to humans if their intake of it is high. Since trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out the oxygen that is essential to us, we need as many trees as possible. I have a few questions for Ms. Formey, though. What penalties will people who break the law face? Would it even be worth planting a new tree if in about 10 years that tree might also be chopped down? Who would be planting these trees? Where would they be planted? Who would pay for them?
ReplyDeleteMr. Brian Belilovsky’s law was very interesting. He suggested that we open facilities for the study and prevention of global warming, in hoping a solution will be found. This is not much a law, especially since there are already existing faculties all over the world that are looking into the issue of global warming. Although research must be done to stop global warming, and since it’s such a major issue, I think that a more drastic law, with a much larger impact, would help solve or prevent global warming better.
ReplyDeleteMr.George's law stated that there should be a hydro power plant built in a large rive such as the Hudson River. Although this is a good idea, there are some bad effects. Large rivers such as the Hudson River are historical sites and some tourists would dislike the idea of the Hudson River replaced with hydro power plants.
ReplyDeletegeorge's law that demands people cant use their car unless it is in 1.5 mile drive. this ridiculous. the subway and busess would be full. more money and a longer, shorter time inbetween schedule would be needed. the second proposed law is harazourds. rivers like the mississpi river are important water sources. giving up water for electricity is crazy.
ReplyDeleteMr. Francisco Aparicio would propose a bill saying that ‘required all businesses to switch to hydro energy or clean nuclear energy. Businesses who refuse to switch will have to pay a fine of $100,000.” A question I have is does this bill apply to small businesses? What happens if a business can not afford to switch to hydro energy or nuclear energy? Some small businesses are going bankrupt in this struggling economy. A business can go out of business if they have to spend extra money. It is unconstitutional to force a business to spend money on a product they can not afford. The fine will also make the economy go down because businesses are going out of business and there will be fewer jobs.
ReplyDeleteMr. Brian Belilovsky thinks that if he were a senator he would pass a bill saying that he will open facilities for studying and preventing global warming. I thought that was very thoughtful and that studying global warming will probably let us understand it more. I have a question about the bill though, don’t they already have labs set up, and have scientist studying and learning more about global warming trying to come up with answers of how to stop global warming?
ReplyDeleteMr. George’s law was very…interesting. Mr. George’s law states the people can not use there car unless it is within a 1.5 mile drive. Now I do understand where he is coming from, he is trying to cut the gas mileage. But there is a very serious problem with that. The public transportation would be full to capacity , and some people don’t always have metro cards so they would be forced to walk, and lets say, god-forbid someone close to you was in the hospital, in stead of wasting un-necessary time going from bus to bus, wouldn’t it be better if they had a car to drive in? I’m not saying it’s a BAD law, it just could be just be modified.
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