How many years would it take, how much of the earth needs to actually get involved, how possible do you think it is that we can actually fix it. Or do you feel it is too late.
2006-08-31 09:40:46 · 11 answers · asked by l t 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
1. Stop using fossil fuels
2. Begin carbon sequestration projects.
How much of the earth? All the industrialized nations.
Possible? Very.
How many years? Quite a few.
2006-08-31 09:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it's ever to late for people to start recycling everything they can. I do think it's possible for MOST of the world to get involved, but most-likely not the WHOLE. Which is a sad statement but true. People should do EVERYTHING they can to help put an end to global warming; e.g. recycling, buying products that are made from recycled materials, turning off appliances and lights when not in use, turning off water when not in use, etc.
2006-08-31 16:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't stop it. Think about this:
Say, Sally decided she was going to bike to work every day. She is no longer going to drive her car to work. She is energy conscience right? She is helping out, doing her part, right? Well, she now discovers that she has a large sum of disposable income -since she is no longer paying for gas. So she buys more things. These things must use energy to be produced and delivered (many from as far away as china) to her in one way or another. She also lives longer because her bicycling has made her healthier. So she consumes more energy because she lives longer to consume it.
I'm afraid we can't beat thermodynamics here. Energy exits the universe whether we like it or not. We can't stop it, and we end up burning the same amount of Fossil Fuels regardless of how well we can conserve energy.
Sorry.
2006-08-31 16:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by Dallas M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait for the next Ice Age. Global warming is a natural phenomenon.
2006-08-31 16:47:01 · answer #4 · answered by smoothie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since I have yet to see proof that there is a problem, and since I have seen many statistics that show both global temperature cycle fluctuations and the INCREASE in available land mass when and if the earth does warm up, I cannot see how we need to "fix" anything.
2006-08-31 16:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by wizard8100@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Scientists have seen that global warming is a natural process, but human activity has greatly increased it. In order to slow the process, we need to use less fossil fuels and cloroflurocarbons (CFC's) which destroy the ozone layer and potentially warm the planet.
2006-08-31 17:47:54 · answer #6 · answered by el_camuyano 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plug up all the volcanoes and forbid them to erupt since they put out more greenhouse gases than man's activities ever concieved.
2006-08-31 19:20:41 · answer #7 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are assuming alot. It may be natural, not manmade and therefore, we can only ride it out. Check this out..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1913999390200944075&q=penn+and+teller+bullshit
Go to the 5th video down, the one about the environment and see what they have to say.
2006-08-31 16:48:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
half a dozen strategically placed ice-cubes located at the bottom of your lawn should halt the advance of global warming.
Works for me
2006-08-31 16:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How prideful of man to think they can affect the climatic cycles...
2006-08-31 17:12:36 · answer #10 · answered by just me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋