Human Activity and Global Warming

Nowadays, it is common knowledge that due to issues such as global warming the Earth is being harmed, but does that necessarily make the Earth a worse place to live for both humans and other living creatures or could that make it a better place to exist?

Everyday, we see on the news people worrying about how much we contaminate the Earth and the consequences of doing so. When we hear all those terrible things, our first impulse is to start to recyle, use less water, use more the public transport and in general try and live the least contaminating life. Nevertheless, I see eye to eye with people who believe that in this century, it is not a bed of roses to stop contaminating. Every time we turn a light on, or every time we take a shower, we are polluting in one way or another. Actually, a few days ago, I read an article which explained that by polluting we are not just damaging the Earth, we are also harming ourselves as all this, is helping to develop new diseases.

By throwing all those toxic substances to the sea and rivers, we are intoxicating ourselves as every time we go to swim in the sea our body absorbs all those substances. In fact, last summer I went to a beach in Spain and I noticed that the water was very oily. I directly asked a man who lived there why that was happening and he explained that a nearby company was spilling their used oil to the sea. Therefore if I were all those people who believe that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live, I would stop for a second and think about how all this pollution affects humans. Moreover, I would suggest that they see some YouTube videos where people show in what state some places of the Earth are due to the deterioration, as that is the only way people will realise that human activity is destroying the Earth.