In class assignment

Ray Rodriguez
Sprawl City
Even though there are many causes for the increase of greenhouse gasses, the increase of immigration is a major reason why greenhouse gasses increase. On the website, http://www.sprawlcity.org/ the video (“The Impact of Immigration Policy on the Environment”, also on youtube.com) shows how Leon Kolankiewicz a Wild Life Biologist and Environmental Planner views immigration. Throughout the videos, his issues on population relates back to how the increase of population of certain areas with larger populations affects the amount of greenhouse gasses because of an increased usage of technology. An important statement he made that was controversial was that the United States does not need Middle Eastern oil; however, wouldn’t that create an increase of costs and harm the economic environment. Leon’s connection to his visit to Honduras shows that since there is a lack of economic growth, the population is the cause. The lack of resources in schools which are overcrowded with 50 plus students in class shows how the migrations of people into urban areas cause less rates of economic growth, but increase the amount of competitions and will eventually cause a higher use of technology that cause greenhouse gasses. Leon’s connection to Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” is clearly the best example. Al Gore’s idea of survival makes the topic of immigration a possible threat to the survival of the world. The decrease of vegetation and food will create chaos and the cause of it was the need for more technology in over crowded areas. Therefore survival of the fittest created by immigration will make the amount of greenhouse gasses increase as resources also become limited.

Work Cited:
http://www.sprawlcity.org/ video: The Impact of Immigration Policy on the Environment, on youtube.com
An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. DVD. Paramount, 2005.