The Big Impact on Humanity
CO2 increases greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and raises the temperature drastically. Emissions have risen up to 40 billion tons of CO2 in the last 100 years. The increase of CO2 emissions affects almost everyone and could lead to irreversible living standards. An excessive amount of CO2 in the air can have direct harmful effects of humans: restlessness, drowsiness, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, and headaches. The more someone is exposed to CO2, the worse the symptoms get. There aren’t any specific statistics on the CO2 emission in Coppell, Texas, but through some calculation we can estimate some things. It is known that the average United States household emits 7.5 tons of carbon dioxide every year. Coppell has a population of 41,818. We can assume that every household has an average of three people. This means that there are approximately 13940 households in Coppell. Through these calculations, we can find that Coppell approximately releases 104550 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Everyone is affected by an excessive amount of pollutants in the air, especially those who have trouble breathing and those who have lung or respiratory problems. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency people at risk of bad air quality include: People with lung diseases, such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, infants and young children, people who work or exercise outdoors, adults over 65, people with a cardiovascular disease, people in poverty; people who lack access to health care, people who smoke or are exposed to second-hand smoke, people working in occupations where there is high exposure to contaminated air, people who spend a lot of time near busy roadways. People living with 1000 to 1600 feet of highways (includes 35% - 45% of the North American population living near cities) have been found to be greatly impacted by pollutants from the traffic. Overall it is important to keep the air quality clean, so that the amount of people affected is kept low.