Hot topic that we should stop and ponder: Global Warming!

Since the first signs of excitement during the 1880s regarding the hypothesis of a man-made global warming that could end in a disaster, it has been a topic that many have argued about till this day. And with the numerous research programs focusing on this fact, and with many environmentalists spending their days bringing the facts to the public, now we are all aware that a doomed future is upon us unless the correct measures aren't taken before it's too late.

When wise men or women ruled a nation it had always ended in good outcomes. Just as when Lady Thatcher first ran a campaign on the issue of global warming it became a worldwide controversy that influenced the other nations to change their policies to meet a solution to the foreseen crisis.

Apart from the many mistakes we have done that needs no re-run, or condemning, most nations and their governments have made global warming an issue with top priority, setting up their policies accordingly to tackle the problem.

The world’s technical giant, Japan has proven the dream of mass production of zero-emission electric cars or Hydrogen fuel cell cars is a possible reality as they adapt governmental policies to fund and increase the production, despite the fact that the economy is still in a crisis.
And as the sworn leader of the new American nation, President Obama pledged in his inaugural address that the United States will "roll back the specter of a warming planet" and "restore science to its rightful place."

This means, with the new environmental policies in hand the governments of various nations will have to change their normal course to new levels to eliminate the possible causes of Global Warming, such as fuel and power policy and industrialization.

"We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do."
-President Obama in his inaugural speech -

When the measures to reduce the causes take place, the situation will become controllable like the same crisis that rose up few years back, regarding the hole in the ozone layer.

When the people like, Mr. Al-gore continues to raise the public awareness on the gravity of the situation, the people will start to pressurize their governments to take immediate actions to help the situation. Apart from the government measures, the awareness programs can persuade people to take simple day today actions that can benefit the campaign to lessen the global warming.
Recycling the waste, saving the domestic energy consumption or planting another tree, are few simple steps that any individual can do, to contribute to the campaign to stop the global warming. And acknowledging the ignorant regarding the seriousness of the issue can be done in school level to major global campaigns such as "Live Earth!" concerts that were organized few years back.

"An Engineer's training helps to systematically analyze complex information and apply a holistic approach in designing solutions"

The conventional mindset of the people regarding the engineer has changed, since the engineers of this day are equipped with the skills that go beyond mere technical knowledge. Tertiary education has evolved to mold an engineer to stand out in the job market in a rather versatile approach.
Nowadays, an engineer is trained with the necessary critical thinking and analytical skills that helps them to tackle a crisis and act gracefully, and smartly to solve it without a panic. University education has given the freedom and the choice for the engineers to reach out to other fields of studies to gain further more skills, specially economics, business, and marketing to be named a few.
Hence the industry will have engineers with better product knowledge in a technical perspective, offering the services of a good sales person or a marketing person. In an era where health, environmental and sociological issues are facing serious crisis, an engineer who has the expertise to plan alternative plans for a better health scanning equipment or an environmental savvy fuel will stand ahead to provide solutions to such crisis.
For an example, an engineering student who goes through certain stages of a final year project from the idea, designing to the end product will possess the necessary skills to observe, and understand the end user needs well. With a vivid idea about the end user needs, then they create a design that goes to continuous review before the end product is being made. Though this sounds rather focused on manufacturing, the real life problems will have to be solved through a same approach. Analytical skills that an engineer earns through training help them to understand the problems of the day to day life, and design a solution. Be it a product or a service, the engineers process will save the day by solving it in a logical approach, earning them a higher advantage in the job market.