January 26th, 2012 
Alexander Sorenti-Burns
While RVing full time, I noticed a lot of effects on global warming.
I just recently watched the movie An Inconvenient Truth
Global warming is important to stop because there is no other place to go to live. It effects many people, wildlife, and habitats. There are also cleaner ways to make energy. Global warming must be stopped.
RVing in Mitchell south dakota KOA, those guys recycled!
Recycling at RVing Parks
One of the things I noticed was that not a lot of RV parks recycle their trash. Many of the KOAs we went to ll across the country did not recycle at all. On my trip back home, I want to change this and talk to the RVing parks about recycling. I think this will help alot.
However, the KOA in Mitchell South Dakota had recycling. Those guys were cool!
Climate Changes while RVing
When we were RVing in the West this past summer, it was over 103 degrees in some places that have never been that hot before. This is a sure sign of global warming.
Global Warming Effects on Wildlife
Global warming effects wildlife in so many ways. It melts the ice that polar bears live on. It warms the water and as a result it is killing fish like Trout and Salmon. Global warming causes drouts and that kills plants.
When I was in Glacier National Park, I saw that many glaciers had melted because of global warming
I Saw Glaciers Melting While RVing
When we visited Glacier National Park, we saw that global warming had taken its toll. In 1910, there were over 150 glaciers there, now there are only 25. Many scientist think that all of them will be melted in the next 30 years. I am glad I saw them, but sad that they may disappear soon.
RVing and Pollution in Salt Lake City
Also, pollution is ruining the environment. People throw litter in the water and that is bad for the environment. This kills fish and coral. When I was in Salt Lake City, Utah RVing, the smell was awful because of the chemical plants around the city polluting. Also, there was lots of trash in the lake which is bad for birds and fish.
Other Effects of Global Warming
Global warming also ruins habitats like rain forests. The rainforests are over-populated by people. They are cutting down trees and that shrinks the rainforest.
Also, global warming effects the wetlands. We are draining all the water so we can build. We saw this in some lakes we saw in the West that are lower now than they were years ago. I saw this in Nevada and Utah. When this happens, the ground gets hard and animals that lived there can’t survive. Trees are also dying which creates less air and it effects the weather, the environment and us.
We Need to Use Cleaner Sources of Energy
We need to use cleaner sources to get energy; like using solar panels or wind turbines. We must do little things too like turning off the lights or car pooling and using hybrid cars. Plus pick up garbage when you see a piece.
These simple things will help save our environment. We can educate people to stop cutting down trees and stop littering. This is important to do because we can save our earth.
How Rving Full Time May Help Global Warming
When we are RVing in our truck, we use alot of diesel gas but we use cruise control to conserve gas. We don’t speed either. By Rving and not living in our house, we may actually be reducing our energy usage because we don’t use electricity which comes from power plants fired by coal. Coal is very dirty and creates alot of CO2 emissions and pollution.
I think I am helping the environment by RVing full time, but I am not sure. I will study this further. What do you think?
There are some people that still think that global warming does not exist. I don’t understand how this can be because I saw evidence of it RVing this past summer.
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Thank you. Alex
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Brilliant!! We are so proud of you, Alex!
Thank you Uncle Andy I worked hard at it. I just hope when I emailed Mr. Gore, he will come and look too.
Do you know him as Fire Chief? Alex
Hi!
I found you on Hub Pages while looking for someone who is RVing full time. I LOVE the fact that you are doing this with kids. What a GREAT experience. I was disappointed not to see more articles on Hub Pages from you, but I see you have this blog so I will follow you on it and live vicariously through your experiences. I would love to RV full time, but maybe someday…you guys are doing a wonderful thing!
Karen
We are so proud of you Alex! We can tell that you put alot of thought, time and effort into your writing. We believe that you have really made an impact on the thousands of people that read this important essay. Global warming is a REALITY. We hope that you get a response from Al Gore !
Love,
Shanmar& HaHa
Thanks Shanmar and Haha, do you know Mr. gores phone number? Id like to call him. Love, Alex
I agree that the movie “an inconvenient truth” is making a big impact. And I seen also “the great warming up swindle” and many other subject related stuff. After that I formed a different opinion about Mr Gore. I was confused between the two ‘stories’ and after much thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that mr Gore was using the data to his own benefit. Why? He is an politician. And politicians form the information in such way that is suited for them. That is what politicians do. For instance the CO2 graph. If you look for a (much) longer time span, you can see that it is normal that the amount of CO2 is fluctuating so much. And it is still not known if the humans are the cause. What about volcano’s? They put much more gas into the atmosphere then humans do. What about just common clouds. They give also a greenhouse effect. Only they are not toxic. And there is more then 10 times more water vapor in the air then CO2.
What I try to say is, use more then one information source and most of all use your common sense. There is always room for doubts. That is healthy. Be critical.
Arie
I did a lot of research on this before I wrote it and even though Mr. Gore has his own “political agenda”, we are the ones causing global warming. We are heating up the atmosphere and the fossil fules used to run the electricity plants, the cars and industry are ewing out so much CO2 we are creating a Venusian atmosphere right here on Earth (Venus has Co2 levels 100x ours and is the hottest planet btw….glbal warming to the extreme).
Volcanoes? All the volcanos spewing gas in the world don’t amount to one millionth the CO2 we produce. Thats a good one. Clouds causing global warming? Now Ive heard it all!!! I hope you were just kidding on those examples???
I appreciate your comments and I thank you for writing your comment….but you are DEAD WRONG!
Thank you for stopping by the blog though. 🙂
Nice job, Alex! Keep it up, buddy! Ricky “Mus”
Thanks Rick. I will keep up telling people about Mr. Gores message. Do you know his phone number?
Dear Alex,
What a great article this was! I think you should consider submitting it to the Bourne Enterprise or Cape Cod Times – it is quite thought-provoking, especially from someone who has seen these things first-hand.
You are a very mature person for your age – I know your parents are very proud of you and Eli, and with very good reason!
Sincerely,
Carol Mier
Sagamore Beach
Thank you Carol, I try to do my best. Good idea on the submitting it to the newspaper, I am not sure how to do that, but I think I can figure it out. Alex