I am interested to see which people are the most environmentally friendly... Do you recycle? Does your governemnet do enough to reduce the effects of global warming? Is it all a big scam?
2006-06-20 02:40:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
l'm a proud Australian and we are one of the worst offenders in the world of this... it employs thousands and helps our economy to the point where we cant say no. However, people aren't visualising the long term effects, whilst some people are going to get fat pockets selling off our natural resources Australia is going to have nothing less than a hole in the ground in the next 30 years! its disappointing but on the bright side I'm glad that we have laws in place to stop the zoning of new mines.
A valid effort has been made to save our forests and I'm happy with that, but we are still flogging off too much in the terms of minerals, we are even selling uranium to China!!
I believe Australia needs to stop investing in lucrative deals that rape Australia from its environmental beauty, so much farming land has gone to waste and we treat our own farmers like crap with no or little subsidies as we can import inferior Asian produce cheaply.
The part of Australia I live in has been in a drought for the last 4 years!! (I do not consider global warming to be a scam)
2006-06-20 02:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I´m from San Francisco, but I´m here in Porto Alegre, Brazil staying with family for the summer. From what I´ve seen here, most people do not have a vast knowledge about the enviornment and how to live in an environmentally friendly way. There are not recycle bins everywhere and trash is everywhere. I don´t think the government pays much attention to this sincethere are so many other problems in Brazil. The parts of the city which are the worst are those in which the favelas or shanty-towns are located. Here people live to survive, so they do not take into consideration the effects they are having on the environment. The image that sticks in my mind the most is of a river which is used by everyone in the favela for bathing, cooking, washing, etc. Who knows the extent of the damage that caused by this.
On the other hand, I did notice that the cars here are more compact than in the United States. This mainly due to the fact that gas is so expensive according to Brasilian standards. Living here for the past 3 weeks has brought to my attention the good things that people in the United States are practicing. In my opinion, I cannot judge their lifestyles so harshly since this country cannot afford at this time to educate a community who is just out there to survive.
I did notice that people here are more aware of the beauty of nature and treasure it greatly. In one town, it is completely illegal to pick flowers on the street. The citizens themselves take great measures to protect the natural beauty that still does exist. I think this is this aspect of mentality is missing in United States culture. This has been a truely eye-opening experience in terms of learning how other countries perceive the environment and global warming.
2006-06-20 13:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in the U.S., and I think it's pretty presumptuous of humans to think that we have that much control over the planet and it's workings. Do we really have that much ego that we believe that simply by driving cars and using aerosol hairspray we can actually destroy a planet that's been here for millions of years?
I do think that the planet is warming gradually, but you have to remember that where I'm sitting right now it was jungle millions of years ago (fossil records have proved this) before the last ice age. I heard a scientist once describe this not as "global warming" but as "ongoing ice-age recovery" -- I think that makes more sense. The planet was warm. It froze over for some reason (was THAT caused by cars, too???), and now it's warming back up. It's all part of a big circle-of-life thing that we, as humans, are a very small part of. We didn't used to be here, we're here now, and if we're not part of some great future "plan" then there's really not much we can do to stop that.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't do all we can to protect what we've got, but it does mean that we shouldn't take it all so personally if we don't succeed.
2006-06-20 03:30:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am From India,here ppl r nt environmental frndly,thy jst litter whrevr thy can,whereas Global Warming is concerned as India is a developing country and it doesnt actively participate in it,its for the developed countries to stop Globval Warming from happening,U mite have seen in the Movie "The Day After Tomorrow" hw US ignores the signs of Global Warming and as a developing country we have to do more to stop it,b4 it engulfs the world
2006-06-20 02:50:07 · answer #4 · answered by mujtabashareef 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Afro-American living in occupied Oakland, Ca, I declare that global warming is the direct result of crackers! Crackers should stop pretending to be scientists and let the good folks determine the scientific truth via a consensus. I'm sick and tired of the cracker global warmers trying to galvanize, polarize, disenfranchise, marginalize, and midasize the poor folk. Si se pwede!
2016-05-20 04:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.. I live in capital of India, Delhi.
Yes, government have taken some steps to reduce to effects of global warming, like the complete public transport system is on CNG now.. but in my personal opinion the govt. could have done much more than that.
2006-06-20 02:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by Varun G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA. I fell it is a big scam in the 70's they told us the earth was cooling and there was going to be a new ice age now the world is melting. If you look at the temp records from 1900 to today you will see a steady rise in temp with no major deviations or changes that could be contributed to man.
2006-06-20 02:48:46 · answer #7 · answered by todd y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in the USA, and my *personal* opinion is that, while science has yet to conclusively determine how much of global warming can be attributed to mankind's industrial and agricultural activities, it would certainly behoove us to begin cutting back on emissions of greenhouse gases now in any way we can. The next car my wife and I buy, if we can afford it, will at least be a gas-electric hybrid, if not a hydrogen fuel-cell car.
2006-06-20 02:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by Jay H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA. I see this as an extended version of the tragedy of the commons. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Everyone has to participate fully and there has to be civil and criminal sanctions on government and industry leaders to solve the problem. If you cannot enforce compliance with "commons" problems and find an ownership mechanism, then you cannot do anything useful to solve the problem. That is why Kyoto failed. It did not solve the problem of the commons, it just moved the issues around a bit.
2006-06-20 03:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U.S. Yes, global warming is happening. There is plenty of evidence in unprecedented events such as mountain icecap melt and polar thawing.
I believe ALL our governments should be promoting renewable energy. I know that other (smaller, it's true) countries have made great progress in this. Hope for the US to turn around in the next elections, I know our impact is greatest.
I am preparing to re-roof next year, and will put in solar shingles and grid tie in for my own part.
2006-06-20 02:50:02 · answer #10 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋