Chino High HISTORY 122 Globalization.

Globalization is the process of the world becoming more connected. Like any
process that involves economic choices, it has positive and negative consequences.
China is one of the world's fastest-growing economies, and it has experienced many
consequences as the result of globalization. One severe consequence has been a
sharp increase in air pollution.
In an informative essay, describe the effects of globalization on air pollution in
China's largest cities. Use outside research to gather anecdotes and data to help you
demonstrate your findings.
Globalization is the process where the economics of various countries in the
world become more and more connected to one another. In a globalized economy,
people from one country can buy goods quite easily from other countries. Nowadays
though, it has a positive and negative consequence to it. China, for example, is
affected by coal, oil, and natural gas.
China has a vey widespread of environmental problems, one of them being
coal. On a average, China consumes nearly “four time as much as coal ad the US.” In
numbers, the US consumes 20 fossil fuels while China consumes 76. This increases
carbon dioxide emissions and if the world burn its coal more quickly, and does not
cut back on other fossil fuels use, carbon dioxide emissions increase.
Globalization also acts to increase world oil prices. The world has undergone
two sets of oil price spikes. The first one in the 1973-1983 period, occurred after US
oil supply began to decline in 1970. After that, it was impossible to bring oil prices
back to the $30 to $40 barrel range, compared to the $20 barrel price available prior
to 1970. This was done mainly by ramping oil production in the china and partly by
reducing consumptions. The reduction in consumption was accomplished by cutting
back oil use for electricity and by encouraging the use of more fuel – efficient cars.
Part of our problem now is that with globalization, world oil demand is rising very
rapidly. Chinese buyers purchased more cares in 2012 than the European buyers. Rapidly
rising world demand, together with oil supply, which is barely rising, pushes world prices
upward.