by: Larissa Kuo
Since we only have one Earth and one planet to allow us to breathe properly, we should protect it, not hurt it. If we love the planet, we have the potential to keep it alive for another 80 years. But if we don't stay in good shape, the planet will and may be destroyed in the next 10 years or less.
We generate more than 21 billion tons of waste every year. That's slightly more than 52.5 million baseball fields. That could be the whole of Taiwan or more garbage. This garbage gets burned and causes air pollution, the air goes all the way into our stomachs and we die because it's poisonous.
If you dump your garbage into the lake today, and we get water from the lake, what if people in poor countries drink it? What if they can't filter them? What if they die after drinking it? People around us only consider their own convenience, not those around us. If they continue to think this way, the Earth could be destroyed in ten years.
The Taoyuan government decided to build a power station next to the ocean with tons of living algae reefs. In December, citizens will vote on whether it should be built. It will be a public vote, so all people from all over Taiwan can vote.
I personally think we are selfish to the planet. If Earth had feelings, it might already be bombarding us and making us suffer. So we absolutely need to protect our environment and the planet.
既然我們只有一顆地球一顆行星可以讓我們正常呼吸，我們應該保護它，而不是傷害它。如果我們愛護地球，我們就有可能讓地球再活80年。但是，如果我們不保持良好狀態，地球將會並且可能會在未來 10 年或更短的時間內毀滅。
我們每年產生的垃圾量超過 210 億噸垃圾。這比 5250 萬個棒球場略多。那可能是整個台灣或更多的垃圾。這些垃圾被燃燒並造成空氣污染，空氣一直進入我們的胃，我們會死，因為它有毒。
如果今天你把垃圾倒進湖里，我們從湖里取水，如果貧窮國家的人喝了怎麼辦？如果他們不能過濾它們怎麼辦？如果他們喝了之後死了怎麼辦？我們周圍的人只考慮自己的方便，不考慮周圍的人。如果他們繼續這樣想，地球有可能十年後就會毀滅。
桃園政府決定在擁有數噸活藻礁的海洋旁建造發電站。今年 12 月，公民將投票決定是否應該建造它。這將是一個公眾投票，所以所有來自台灣各地的人都可以投票。
我個人認為我們對地球是自私的。如果地球有感情，它可能已經在轟炸我們，讓我們受苦。所以我們絕對需要保護我們的環境和地球。