Persuasive Speech: Technology to Blame for Environmental Degradation

“TECHNOLOGY TO BLAME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION”
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To the school Principal; teachers; other distinguished guests; fellow students; ladies and gentlemen, it strikes me with a lot of concern the care we give to Mother Nature. It is a natural call to men to protect the naturally existing resources in the universe since it is our dwelling nest, together with other animals which depend on it for survival. Technological awareness has caused drastic environmental degradation in its wake, to the extent that with all its benefits, technological growth is extremely blamed as the main contributor to the pollution. In all its manifestation, technology has brought more harm to the environment in equal measure with its benefits. This evokes the question, should we minimize or maximize technological innovation? Whether technological usage should be minimized or maximized, its impacts on the environment should be checked.
Water sources have become places for industrial waste, and this causes extinction of water creatures. The air (the atmosphere) has become t...