Do you believe in the climate crisis?

Question

If not why? If you do believe in it how do you plan on helping and how could we convinced the others of it?!!! I believe we should do our best to convince everyone to join our forces for a better futur. Let's drive hybrid-electric cars instead of big SUVs and do commuting, make our houses more eco-energetics, encourage the companies who care...

www.climatecrisis.org

Answer 1

It's not just a matter of believing or not, people, you can see that it is happening. Most people are [hopefully] aware of the climate issue, however, most of them are unwilling to change their lifestyle because they don't see immediate threats. So what if the Arctic is melting faster and ecosystems are breaking down, people can still enjoy their lives with little care for the environment.

I am glad to see that the government is putting pressure on power companies to invest in alternative fuel sources, such as building wind farms. Companies like Shell is also developing ultra low sulphur diesel fuel. Hybrid vehicles are being manufactured. However, everyone individual still play an enormous part in the equation. Use energy saving light bulb, turn off appliances that are not being used. Dry your cloths on hangers, open windows rather than AC... there are a lot of things people can do to save energy, but those ultimately require people to change their lifestyle. And how do I convince people? Educate them about these things, make them aware of the threats, every person can make a difference. And it is not just the climate, natural resources are being consumed, smog and pollution is serious, animals are going to extinction. People should wake up and stop blaming the problem to "natural cause". We are in some way responsible, either you accept that as a fact or not.

Answer 2

I believe that the earth is naturally getting warmer. But I do think that we can help by doing the things you mentioned. And with gas prices what they are today a hybrid vehicle makes much more sense economically than a gas guzzler like an Expedition or Hummer. And there should be stricker laws governing emissions from corporations that thicken the air with their smoke. But, as long as the government allows lobbyists for big companies there won't be much of a change. It is time the government acted in the best interest of the people, not the best interest of corporate America.

Answer 3

No. they're going to watch it they think of 'Wow, That grow to be relatively good in spite of the incontrovertible fact that it grow to be in basic terms a action picture.' Then stroll away human beings must be recommended on the information by way of fact human beings think of that once the icecaps soften the sea will in basic terms upward thrust some metres. And the sea will upward thrust in basic terms some metres yet isn't that sufficient? whilst the polar ice caps soften the solar might have no longer something to mirror on so the earth heats up and due to vehicles and aeroplanes the gases circulate into the ambience so the warmth is traped much greater!! ninety 9.9% of siectist belive in international warming is made via human beings the different 0.a million% think of it relatively is a cycle

Answer 4

Yup, no doubt about it.. I do. I live in Canada.. the typical weather here all my life has been .. Summer - HOT, Fall - Warm,
Winter-TONNES of snow, and Spring - Warm..... NOW.. for the past 3 winters.. I've had to have my driveway plowed 2 times.. and there'e been hardly any snow.. the fall and the spring have all been cold and rainy.. and the summer wasn't very warm at all.. and there were more days of rain than anything else...

The climate IS changing.. no doubt about it.. and it could eventually be a huge crisis.. Not in my time I don't imagine, but it will be.

Answer 5

temps go up, temps go down. The earth is in a cycle. Just 2 weeks ago, people were blaming "Global Warming" on an intense heat wave in the western US. But today, the high is 4 degrees below normal. So now what? the problem is that we are so selfish we believe that what is happening "in the now" is unique and has never happened before. Truth is, there might have been years of more intense heat for specific areas, that were completely unrelated to unseasonably cold temperatures in another. we honestly have no record of anything before the mid 1800's, so, it's impossible to really say what the affects that humans have on the overall scheme of things.

Answer 6

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I drive an electric vehicle. These vehicles ARE available despite what you may have been led to believe. All the vehicles I talk about here do freeway speeds, and accelerate and handle like gas cars.
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Here's one, imported from China, available next year. It gets 200 miles per charge, and costs $28500:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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If you like the idea of getting some exercise, there's the Twike. An electric car that you help out by pedaling - costs about $26000:
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http://twike.com/
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There are also many, many used EVs and converted gas cars for sale at places like this:
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http://www.grassrootsev.com/convert.htm
http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/
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I drive an old EV myself. It cost me only $2000 (from eBay), plus another $4000 to fix it up. Old or used EVs don't have much driving range, but I still find the car very useful for almost all of my driving. And it costs me only a penny per mile in electricity. Hard to beat that!
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Answer 7

Sure, I'll drive a hybrid car, just buy it for me! Are you kidding, not everyone has $13,000 to spend on a hybrid!

And I do believe that our earth is gradually warming up, but I don't think that it's because of humans, the earth goes through phases, and this is just one of them. We'll all be alright.

Answer 8

climate change, yes. climate crisis, no.

there is no proof that man has CAUSED any change in global climate. keep in mind that the polar ice caps used to be tropical. the climate has changed radically many times in earth's history. the same people that are screaming today about global warming were telling us in the 70's that we were headed for another ice age.

do yourselves a favor and read michael crichton's 'state of fear'. it includes references to studies of climate change that are very eye-opening.

and i really can't stand when a celebrity or politician tells me to drive a hybrid (which is still way out of my price range) when they are flying private jets all over the place. when they abandon their hypocrisy, i will consider a hybrid.

Answer 9

Are we has the human race doing damage yes, but you have to remember this, in terms of years of the planet, we are still coming out of an ice age. Which means that the planet has to warm up. Also one volcano eruption emits more sulfur and CO2 into the o-zone than humans have in the history of man.

Answer 10

yes