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Carbon, Blessing or Bane?
Carbon is truly wonderful. With its four outer shells, carbon easily links with other
atoms in the atmosphere. Thus, numerous carbon compounds are formed. While this may
Indicate that carbon is helpful to man, it can also be destructive. Carbon has its good functions,
it should be used well to produce desired results. As humans and animals breathe out carbon
dioxide during respiration, the air retains a little amount of carbon. This is where the problem
lies. Due to the wide use of carbon-based fuels by automobiles, the combustion of these fuels
gives off carbon dioxide. Carbon quickly combines with oxygen and this is when we have to
find quick solutions.
With so many cars, buses, and jeeps running, on these fuels, carbon dioxide level in the
atmosphere is high, very high indeed. With the high amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, the terms "greenhouse effect" and "global warming" became household words. It
was found out that the alarming accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been
trapping heat from escaping into the outer space. This has caused man to respond alarmingly
to the situation.
There are new efforts to limit carbon dioxide emissions. If not, there will be disastrous
changes. Global warming will bring about climate change in all parts of the world. As we now
experience, wet seasons, become wetter, there are more fiooding, and dry seasons have become
hotter and drier-there are droughts. Man has awakened to the reality of carbon, while a friend
to the environment could also be an enemy if abused and misused.
Vocabulary: Match column A with column B
Column A
Column B
1. carbon
2. blessing
3. bane
4. accumulation
A. causing great damage
B. the product and discharge of
something especially gas or radiation
C. God's favor
D. the chemical element of atomic number 6.
a non-metal which has two main form
(diamond and granite) and which also occurs
in impure forrn in charcoal, soot, and coal.
E. something produced as a copy
F. acquisition or gradual gathering of sometising
G. a cause of great distress or annoyance
5. emission
6. disastrous
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