The advance of modern technology has had significant effects on the environment. Do you think the advantages of modern technology outweigh the disadvantages?

Essay topics:

The advance of modern technology has had significant effects on the environment.

Do you think the advantages of modern technology outweigh the disadvantages?

The effects of modern technology on the environment is an increasing concern for many people around the world. While it can be argued that technology benefits the environment in many ways, another opinion is that there are also several disadvantages that need to be considered. In this essay I will examine the benefits and drawbacks of this issue and provide my overall opinion.

There are a number of beneficial effects that technology has on the environment. Perhaps the most important of these is the production of clean energy. For example, solar panels and windmills can produce electricity without releasing carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Secondly, technology can help scientists to gather valuable information about the natural world. Th e more information we have about species, the better we are able to protect them.

Despite these arguments, technology can also be disadvantageous to the environment. Few will argue that the main drawback is that the technological revolution has caused a lot of pollution. Two clear examples of this are the carbon emissions which are released by vehicles and power stations, and the plastics which pollute our oceans.

I am of the opinion that technology has had an overall negative effect on the natural world. However, if scientists and governments continue to research this area, technology can be used to create a clean and safe environment for future generations.

Votes
Average: 5.6 (1 vote)

Comments

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, second, secondly, so, while, for example

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 13.1623246493 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 7.30460921844 123% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 24.0651302605 87% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 41.998997996 62% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1214.0 1615.20841683 75% => OK
No of words: 227.0 315.596192385 72% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.34801762115 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.88156143495 4.20363070211 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.01478048875 2.80592935109 107% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 176.041082164 73% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.568281938326 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 387.0 506.74238477 76% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.76152304609 42% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 29.1525268628 49.4020404114 59% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 93.3846153846 106.682146367 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4615384615 20.7667163134 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.53846153846 7.06120827912 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 8.67935871743 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215993380208 0.244688304435 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0872099682815 0.084324248473 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0889720388647 0.0667982634062 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130991637753 0.151304729494 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0193712048871 0.056905535591 34% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.0946893788 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 50.2224549098 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.45 12.4159519038 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.72 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 78.4519038076 78% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Minimum 250 words wanted.

Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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