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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The World's Top 5 Problems and Their Solutions (according to Dakotah)

Problems (from most severe to not as severe):
1.  The world supply of fossil fuels is running low.  Studies show we only have about 53 years supply of fossil fuels left, so we will need to find another power source.

2.  Pollution from vehicles, aircraft, sea craft, and industrial factories have damaged the environment, affecting humans and wildlife alike.

3.  ISIS members have been able to travel to several countries around the world, and conduct terror attacks without much warning.

4.  Many 3rd world countries (especially in Africa) have a lack of clean drinking water.

5.  The working conditions in factories (primarily textile) in countries like China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand have very poor working conditions which are often life threatening.

Solutions for these problems (from most viable to not as viable):
1.  This solution is for problem number 3 above.  The TSA should put more of their time and effort into conducting more thorough background checks on people, and spend less time conducting random inspections at the security gate.

2.  This solution is for problem number 4 above.  Though these are already being used over in most of these countries, we can increase the number of water purifier straws sent to the people in need.  One way to increase the amount of these water purifiers sent over to these countries is through charitable and monetary donations from countries like the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, etc.

3.  This solution is for problem number 5 above.  If these factories were to get rid of diesel generators and install a solar energy system, the company running the factory would be able to utilize the money that is going to be saved and put it towards improving work conditions, and even possibly increasing the pay of the workers.

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4.  This solution is for problem number 2 above.  We need to put more of our resources into researching clean and renewable sources of energy, such as solar energy, wind energy, even using water as fuel.

5.  This solution is for problem number 1 above.  This solution is basically the same as the solution for problem number 2.  There has been an increase in the use of solar and wind energy, but we must still put more effort into making it possible to rely on these completely, instead of using these as a secondary to fossil fuels.

Why I chose fossil fuels as my biggest problem.
Though all of these problems are major world issues, our energy crisis is an issue for the entire world, not just a single population.  Everyone will be effected by this if we run out of our primary energy source: everyone from our next door neighbor to a member of ISIS.  No matter who you are, you will be in a bad spot if we run out of energy.

Why I chose TSA security as my most viable solution.
It was a close call between this solution and the water purifier straw solution.  But this one prevailed because in order to put this solution into action, all that needs to be done is have the TSA change some of their policies.  Though government agencies are the not easiest to work with, if enough evidence is gathered proving that random inspections are not effective and we need to reevaluate our form of checking people, it would much easier to put this solution into action.

4 comments:

  1. Great post Dakotah! Just yourself i believe that some of the worlds biggest problems have to do with global issues. Politics is huge in my eyes (and yours since you care about ISIS it seems). The world we live has many problems that we have to face and we need solutions for. Your number 1 solution is actually very true! It takes a bit extra time yet TSA could easily implement a system of tougher background checks.
    Great post!

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  2. Hi Dakotah! I agree with you that we need to find a reliable renewable resource such as solar energy or water energy to help combat the fossil fuel issue you mentioned. What would be your solution to combat terrorism to homegrown terrorist or terrorist who enter countries other ways than airplanes? Check out my blogpost at http://eastonmcginty.blogspot.com/2016/01/top-5-worlds-problems.html

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  3. Hi Easton,

    That is a very good question, how DO we stop homegrown terrorism? That in itself is an extremely difficult issue to resolve. It's not like the world governments can just go door to door and conduct thorough background checks on every single person. That would take impossibly long and also that's just an invasion of privacy and violates some basic human rights, in my opinion at least. And besides, if someone doesn't have any history with a terrorist group, he/she could easily "slip under the radar" so to speak. So as for a solution for homegrown terrorism, I'm afraid I do not have an answer. Sorry but great question bro!

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