how can we control global warming?...?

Question

how can we control global warming?...
we cant stop america and the rest of the world from polluting th eenvironment with co2 gases....and also, it wud be a slow process even if we cud...

then what other alternative do we have?
is planting of trees going to do some help?...or is there any other way?
if there are some ways,...then maybe we can start doing smthing for the nature we love..
please comment on this...

Answer 1

Many possible solutions have been proposed to stave off global warming, should it actually be occurring. Some are very practical, while others are grandiose, to say the least. What is certain is that as the world's population continues to grow and developing nations develop, the world's need for space and energy will continue to grow. The need for space will accelerate deforestation. The need for energy will almost certainly increase the rate of fossil fuel burning. Listed below are a number of proposed "solutions" to combat global warming.

The simplest solution is an old one: conservation. Each gallon of gasoline releases 8.64 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere (source USEPA). Each kilowatt of electricity generated by a coal-fired plant produces about 1.4 kg of CO2 (source USEPA). Use less = emit less. The USEPA estimates that energy-saving appliance standards in the U.S. will have reduced national electricity consumption by 3% by the year 2000. This reduction will offset the need for 31 large power plants. A 625 MW coal-fired plant (serves about 425,000 homes) emits 1 million tons of carbon each year. The best part about conservation is it also saves you money. Again, the USEPA estimates that consumers will save more than $140 billion by the year 2030 with energy-saving appliances.

Plant a tree. Forests cover 10 billion acres worldwide and sequester 1 trillion tons of carbon. The IPCC estimates that 850 million acres could be made available for planting trees. These trees would take up 60 to 90 billion tons of carbon by the year 2050. Unfortunately, this is only 12 to 15% of projected emissions during this period. Moreover, trees mature and stop rapidly consuming carbon. They are cut down, burned, or decay, which releases their stored CO2. So trees are a temporary partial solution at best. However, if these trees were used for lumber or paper products, their carbon would be stored for much longer periods of time. This might give the next solution time to work.

The oceans. The oceans already hold 36 trillion tons of carbon and absorb an additional 10 GtC from the ocean surface components each year (see Carbon Cycle). The ocean surface currently absorbs 2.5 GtC from the atmosphere, or roughly 40% of anthropogenic emissions. Given time, the oceans will probably absorb human-induced emissions, just not as fast as we are currently producing them. Proposals have been made to pump power plant emissions directly into the deep ocean. It would probably work, but would be extremely expensive

Answer 2

Did you know that the "global warming" that the promoters of that phenomenon are talking about is actually 1/2 of one degree fahrenheit, over the past 100 years?

We aren't causing it, and it is highly unlikely there is anything we can do about it, either to heat up the earth or to cool it off.

So just relax and let those idiots worry about this invented problem. By the way, 30 years ago when I was in grade school, everyone was talking about the coming ice-age.

My point is, they don't have the faintest idea of what they are talking about. They can't predict the weather for tomorrow with exact certainty - why on earth would you believe what they are predicting for years and decades from now?

Answer 3

You cannot control nature and so you cannot control the natural process of global warming but surely we humans have a very big hand in present rise in temperature and we can control it. Yes, global warming is a natural phenemenon and it takes place every few thousand of years with minor warming and cooling in between. We are presently passing through the natural global warming phase but due to over exploitation of natural resources, burning of fossil fuel, our non sustainable way of living we have increased the rate of rise in temperature. Due to this rise which is more than normal many species will be wiped out to extinction and climatic changes will also effect economy of many developing and under developed countries. Most important point here is what can we do to control this rise in temperature. 1- Adopt sustainable way of living. 2- Use fossil fuel only when necessary. 3- Stop all wastage. 4- Try to Reuse when ever possible. 5- Save our natural heritage especially forests. They are green cover of our mother earth and keep temperature under control.

Answer 4

Strange as it sounds the experts have a two pronged attack against Global Warming.

A. Shut up Al Gore. That will decrease hot gases by 50 percent.

B. As the hole in the ozone lets more damaging hot sunlight through, increase the level of smog to counteract and shade the earth.

Isn't that amazing that the solution is what we thought was the problem. B is the actual answer. I just threw in that part about Al Gore as a funny but true fact. He is a naysaying worthless dip as defined in the bible.

Answer 5

Global warming is a media farce.

There are no young people who remember the "coming cooling age" in the 1970's.
On April 28, 1975 an article in Newsweek magazine. Titled "The Cooling World," it pointed to "ominous signs that the Earth's weather patterns have begun to change" and pointed to "a drop of half a degree [Fahrenheit] in average ground temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere between 1945 and 1968." It predicted the coming of a new mini ice-age.

So, which is it? A coming Ice Age or Global Warming?

Neither.
The earth it going through a natural warming cycle.


(I know I will get a lot of thumbs down from the politically correct young crowd who know little about history)

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Answer 6

Only few years ago we were panicking over global cooling. To-day only on MSN some scientist are suggesting creating enough pollution so we can have cooling effect, I do not think this is the true or good answer.

Answer 7

this is a big issue discussed by everyone,but no concrete step has been taken toward this side by anyone.
I think,we young generation could do something in this matter,because earth is ours.
Dont say anyone to do something,start from yourself,try to plant a tree daily,if not possible then atleast in a week,if few of us will put this step,we could solve this problem.
As we can not say anything to govt. or any country,but all of us should try at our own level.

Answer 8

There is only one way. The people have to stand up and insist that our governments get serious about reducing green house gas emissions. This must be a global revolution of hope for our future. Nothing else short of this will do what must be done, and fast!

Answer 9

I think the little things make big differences.
Using aerosol cans, for example. Little by little, the smallest things are making an impact.

I don't get why people don't care.

Answer 10

I think we should start small and do our part. But we need to force big corporations as well, especially the U.S.