Developments in technology have brought various environmental problems. Some believe that people need to live simpler lives to solve environmental problems. Others, however, believe technology is the way to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
There is a large body of evidence suggesting that technological advances have harmed the environment in various ways. Given this, some people propose that we should lead simpler lives to preserve the Earth. However, I agree with those saying that only developments in technology could solve those problems.
Granted, one might argue that only by changing our lifestyles, we could affect positive changes to the environment. This is predicated on the assumption that when we cut down on electricity consumption, for example from using air conditioners or heaters, there would be much fewer greenhouse gases being released into the surrounding atmosphere, which, by extension, could slow down the current rate of global warming. In addition, if farmers did not rely on artificial fertilizers, but instead used domestic animals’ manure for crops, they could avoid using toxic chemical substances that impoverish the soil and penetrate water resources, posing grave threats to marine creatures. This clearly renders that when we gravitate towards simpler lives, a lot of environmental problems could be tackled.
While this is true to a certain extent, I firmly believe that these issues can be better addressed with advancements in technology. A clear example of this is that thanks to technological developments, humans can take advantage of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and tidal to generate electricity for household use. This can reduce the demand for energy, and at the same time, eliminate the need for fossil fuels, which can reduce the number of emissions given off into the atmosphere. In addition, with the help of modern techniques, scientists have successfully produced bio-fertilizers that do not only have no negative impact on ecosystems but also provide supplementary nutrients for plant growth to increase crop yields. This clearly renders that technology lies at the core of solving environmental issues.
To conclude, although there are some reasons to say that we should have simpler lives for the sake of the environment, my view is that it would be a wiser choice to develop more advanced technologies to resolve existing environmental problems.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, so, while, for example, in addition, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 7.85571142285 191% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 7.30460921844 219% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 42.0 41.998997996 100% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1844.0 1615.20841683 114% => OK
No of words: 342.0 315.596192385 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.3918128655 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.30037696126 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97754440176 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 176.041082164 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.637426900585 0.561755894193 113% => OK
syllable_count: 578.7 506.74238477 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 5.43587174349 166% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 0.809619238477 247% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
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: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 71.4168528003 49.4020404114 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 141.846153846 106.682146367 133% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.3076923077 20.7667163134 127% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.23076923077 7.06120827912 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => 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: 0.212221914999 0.244688304435 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0788194623947 0.084324248473 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0662471119232 0.0667982634062 99% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.144520843221 0.151304729494 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.069159173967 0.056905535591 122% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.1 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 50.2224549098 73% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.3001002004 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.28 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.14 8.58950901804 118% => OK
difficult_words: 113.0 78.4519038076 144% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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