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Climate change can also be referred to as global warming
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Climate change can also be referred to as global warming is the significant alteration in the average weather pattern of a region or the earth as a whole. Climate change is a major challenge that is currently facing the human race. The following is a list of important things to know about climate change; temperature rise, change in wildlife population and their habitats, rising sea levels, man-made climate changes, extreme weather events, increased carbon emissions in the atmosphere and solutions to climate change.
Rising temperatures causes some of the most severe climate change impacts such as intense heat waves and droughts as have been experienced in different parts of the world. It also leads to the melting of the polar glaciers, expanding the oceans and raising the sea levels. The increase in carbon emission in the atmosphere is linked to temperature increase. Most of this adverse climatic changes are as a result of human activities such as deforestation and uncontrolled industrialization.
Vested interests are personal reasons that make an individual want to engage in an activity. Measures like the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions would negatively affect many large and successful corporations. The global economy is also dependent on exploitation of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil. Such corporations campaign on misinformation of the public on the impacts of climate change. These corporations and their lobbying groups are responsible for delay of policies and legislations and also shape those are passed.
Environmental inequality is the exposure of the minority and disadvantaged to environmental hazards. For instance, in the United States , African Americans, native American and Latinos have for long have been exposed to hazardous living conditions and activities. For example working in farms that use corrosive pesticides and also in coal mines.
Clean Energy
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Clean Energy
Due to pollution witnessed in the world a lot of people have taken towards making sure they make sure that they are doing what is right in terms of clean energy. This is because energy is a very big focus of a lot of people since it is one of the most aspects that bring pollution to the environment in the world. Energy refers to the fuel used to run machines, vehicles and generally almost everything in the world. Due to overdependence on fossil fuels, there has been an awakening as people want to change to green energy which is also referred to as clean energy and not just themselves from the effects of the fossil fuels but also from the destruction of the planet (Alola et al, 2017). This paper discusses the concept of clean energy with a close reference to how Tesla company is trying to bring forward clean energy in American homes.
A lot of people and majorly governments have been a very big player towards making sure that clean energy is given a way to be infused into the economy. A lot of governments especially in Europe and united states have given subsidies and other methods have been put in place for companies that tend to introduce green energy into the market while on the other side fining companies that are using fossil fuels and they are producing a very high rate of pollution to the environment. For instance, Bristol company was fined $20,000 for air pollution among other companies. Therefore, the world economy has realized that green or clean energy is the way to go and there is a very high need for clean energy.
Tesla has played a very big role in this (Kittner et al, 2017). When it began as a vehicle company it was making cars only and the cars were supposed to be all electrical vehicles (EVs). Even though it suffered great challenges it has risen recently to be the most valued car company with orders for a whole year. This means that a lot of people are realizing the importance of their role in making the world a better place by purchasing such cars that do not have any negative effects to the environment. Not only tesla but other companies that are working towards making sure that clean energy is available they are greatly supported. Therefore, clean energy has been appreciated by a lot of people and indeed it is the best way to beat global warming as other types of energy and majorly fossil fuels have a lot of negative effects on the environment. Tesla has also invested into solar energy which is picking up pretty well. A lot of people are having their homes connected to tesla solar energy and this is another example of clean energy apart from the cars (Matthews et al, 2020). This means that with time a lot of people will go to green energy and the other types of fuels will have no place in the economy and thus they will decline very fast.
In conclusion, these efforts and advances towards green energy is what is required for the world to be a better place. It is the very desire of governments, organizations and a lot of other promoters for climate change issues. Therefore, with time a lot will change for the good in terms of more people acquiring clean energy which will reduce pollution and make the world a better place.
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Alola, A. A., Ozturk, I., & Bekun, F. V. (2021). Is clean energy prosperity and technological innovation rapidly mitigating sustainable energy-development deficit in selected sub-Saharan Africa? A myth or reality. Energy Policy, 158, 112520.
Kittner, N., Lill, F., & Kammen, D. M. (2017). Energy storage deployment and innovation for the clean energy transition. Nature Energy, 2(9), 1-6.
Matthews, T., Hirve, M., Pan, Y., Dang, D., Rawar, E., & Daim, T. U. (2020). Tesla Energy. In Innovation Management in the Intelligent World (pp. 233-249). Springer, Cham.
Clausen (1968) defines socialization as the “means by which social and cultural continuity are attained” (p. 5).
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Clausen (1968) defines socialization as the “means by which social and cultural continuity are attained” (p. 5). This implies that socialization is in fact a lifelong process through which humans inherit and circulate personal and cultural traits including norms, ideologies, and customs. It is the process through which human interaction and education take place. Infants acquire the required knowledge and skills to function as members of a society through socialization (Billingham, 2007, p. 336). It is an integral learning process that occurs through human interaction. Sociologists normally analyze socialization from five major perspectives namely functional, symbolic interaction, conflict, rational choice, post modernist perspectives.
Functionalism, also called functionalist perspective, views all aspect of a human society, including socialization as being interdependent with each other. It is this interdependence that enables a society to function as a whole (Gerber & Macionis, 2010, p. 14). Famous social theorists associated with functionalism include Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer and Auguste Comte. A common example provided by functionalist’s is the role the government plays in provision of education to its citizen’s children while parents pay taxes to enable the government or state continue providing such core services. In a functional perspective, socialization occurs when all parts of the society work perfectly to produce order and productivity.
Symbolic interaction perspective is largely attributed to the works of George H. Mead, an American philosopher, though the whole concept can be traced to Max Weber’s claim that humans behave according to their peculiar interpretation of the world. The perspective asserts that people first attach meanings to symbols then interact with others according to their interpretation of the symbols. For example socialization occurs through verbal conversations which employ words as symbols.
The conflict perspective originated from Karl Marx’s writings that addressed class struggles in the society. Unlike other sociological perspectives such as functionalist and symbolic interaction that focus on societal attributes that positively contribute towards its stability, this perspective views the negative aspects of human socialization (Gerber & Macionis, 2010, p. 15). Conflict perspective encourages change in the society by all means including social revolution in a bid to eliminate the status quo in an ever changing world. Socialization is dictated by a social order imposed on poor and weak people by rich and powerful individuals. Attributes such as democracy, humanitarian efforts, and civil rights are considered as capitalistic efforts aimed at controlling the masses rather than preservation of social order.
Rational choice theory is a theoretical paradigm commonly used in social and economic studies. Friedman (1953) gives a concise definition of rational choice as the natural impulse for individuals to balance costs against benefits for every action they perform in order to arrive at a choice that provides the greatest advantage (p. 15). Rational choice perspective views socialization as an economic interaction in which individuals seek to maximize benefits at the lowest costs possible. Common patterns of behavior emerge in the society as a result of this kind of cost versus benefit interaction.
The post modern theoretical perspective is opposed to modern ways of socialization such as formal knowledge, sciences, realism, materialism, and dogmatism among others. Post modern theorists believe that what many perceive as realities of life are actually social constructs which are subject to change as the society evolves. The perspective is also opposed to binary classifications in the society such as male and female, black and white races, and straight versus gay relations among others. Social realities which govern human socialization, according to post modernism, are never static but subject to change since there is no absolute truth (Krug & Krug, 1993). Post modern ideas have largely influenced many aspects of human interaction such as in business and marketing, law, and religion since the beginning of the 21st century.
Through these perspectives, sociologists are able to come up with explanations on specific aspects of human social interactions. The perspectives seek to explain behavior patterns and beliefs in the society through theoretical frameworks that address concepts such as the functional relationships between different aspects of the society, the role of symbols in human interaction and learning processes, control of the weak by the elite, and post modern liberal ideas.
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Billingham, M. (2007). Sociological perspectives. In Stretch, B. & Whitehouse, M. (Eds.),Helath and Social Care Book 1 (pp. 336). Oxford: Heinemann.
Clausen, J. A. (Ed.). (1968). Socialization and society. Boston: Little Brown and Company.
Friedman, M. (1953). Essays in positive economics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Gerber, J. & Macionis, L. M. (2010). Sociology (7th ed.). Toronto: Pearson Canada.
Krug, L. D. & Krug, E. L. (1993). The new debate: Post modern analysis of the debate activity.Retrieved from http://www2.edutech.nodak.edu/ndsta/krug.htm