Environment

I live in a small suburb outside of Cleveland known as Fairview Park. There are no big environmental issues in my hometown necessarily, but there was and still is an incident in Garfield Heights which is about twenty minutes from where I live. In 2006 a shopping center was build on an old landfill. When it was first opened all was good, but upon further inspection EPA insisted all the stores needed additional venting because the old land fill was still getting rid of the methane gas. Most of the stores and restaurants decided to relocate because it wasn't a good business choice. This was a very big deal for along time, I heard about the ordeal for a few years following the incident.

Technology

I think that technology is very useful. I do not think that our current lifestyle is able to exist without technology. Technology can be harmful, in some instances, but i believe that it has much more benefit than downfalls. In our day and age everything is constantly evolving, technology is only natural to follow. Without our current technology our other modern advances probably are not possible. I do admit sometimes technology can interfere. I have been known to get very side tracked with technology. As I type I am trying to watch television and text. Technology seams to make everybody into a multi-tasker in my opinion. This could be a good thing, it can also be a bad thing. Some people say you learn more when multitasking and some say you learn less, I guess it would all depend on who you are. In schools they have had to go to extreme measures to get cell phones out of the classroom, also to ban the use of certain sites in the internet. So there are many ways to look at how technology affects out lives, but I believe that technology positively impacts my life.

Why I Am Not Going To Buy A Computer

In this essay I think that the author makes some good points in his argument about computers. I do not like the sort of pushy way he is stating them though. He makes it seam like people who use computers are doing so much harm to our environment. Though he is not only attacking the use of computers, the use of any artificial energy source. I am not sure when this essay was written but I do not think you can get by anymore without using energy. He talks about writing in the natural daylight as opposed to using lights, I think that is kind of insane.

Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" Movie: Fact or Hype?

I thought that this reading was well written. It was not difficult to understand, it wasn't to long and had just enough information. I am familiar with the topic of global warming but I am not very knowledgeable. Overall this article was interesting and it is a topic that is being addressed but may need more attention.