In the post below, the 4 main reasons causing beluga whales to become endangered are frequent oil spills, in-water noise, overexploitation, and climate change. In this post, we will focus on one of the reasons — frequent oil spills, and aim for a solution that can solve this problem. Watch the 30-second video below to understand the problem and solution.
The growth of transportation of oil and gas is caused by our increasing need for fuel to power our society. One main use of fuel is transportation, mainly cars. Because of urbanization, we need cars to get to the society. As the number of people who use cars increase, more fuel is needed to power our cars, and sea transportation of oil and gas will become even more frequent. More frequent transportations over sensitive areas will produce sound pollution and increase the possibility of crashing with whales and oil spills. Hence, to decrease the frequency of steering ships across where beluga whales live, one solution is to use less fuel by replacing driving with walking or biking. Thinking back to the reasons that are causing belugas to decrease, this solution can actually solve 3 out of 4 problems. Walking instead of driving can also decrease the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and stop climate change. Sound pollutions will also become less as well.
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