One claim that Elizabeth Kolber makes in Butterfly Lessons is that because of all the pollution playing into global warming, it is uncertain how this will affect the species of the world and we cannot know what the consequences will be. In the article, Kolber quotes Chris Thomas for the University of York, "If we are in the situation where a quarter of the terrestrial species might be at risk of extinction from climate change-people often use the phrase of being like canaries-if we've changed our biological system to such an extent, then we do have to get worried about whether the services that are provided by natural ecosystems are going to continue."
Butterfly Lessons is directly related to my project on Germany's power supply because they are trying to scale down the carbon dioxide emissions so we can know more certainly the fate of our fellow species on Earth. This reversal of energy sources can save many of the species on our planet from extinction.
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