Climate change is happening around us. What are you doing to save the planet.?

Answer 1

I now use a scooter rather than the car when it's feasible - but I have a young family and the car is a necessary evil.

I try to use as little gas and electricity as possible to cut down the associated carbon emissions.

I recycle as much as I can, though I think this is a bit of a false economy as it often takes more energy to recycle an item rather than produce a new one.

I'm looking for a viable alternative to my petrol car - but until someone comes with with a zero emission vehicle that can do 300 miles on one charge (and be charged up in < 1hr) then I could have some time to wait.

Answer 2

Actually the temperature of the earth has increased less than 7/10 of 1 degree (C) from 1880 to 2005. That is an increase of about 1 degree (F) in 125 years. You may choose to believe that is global warming or you may not. Source: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2005/2005cal_fig1.gif There are numerous charts all over the internet showing the same. Some say that 1 degree is enough to impact the global climate, others say it's not. Most proponents of global warming think the earth's temperature has risen much more than that and don't even know that it has only risen by 1 degree. But the charts do not lie as do the proponents on both sides of this issue. The average temperature in the Antarctica is 109 degrees below zero. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica#Climate It seems to me 108 below (one degree warmer) is still pretty cold and not enough to melt anything. But there are those that say it will.

Back in the '70s all the hype was about global COOLING and another ice age was coming. I remember that they blamed pollution for that too. They said that all the pollution was darkening the skies and not as much sun was coming through so the earth was cooling off. It took many years to discover that they were mistaken and it was all just hype. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling So when someone says, "the sky is falling" don't believe everything you hear on either side of the issue. There are Spin Doctors galore out there.

Most of the time people will form an opinion and not really be informed about the subject with which they become so opinionated about. So it's best that you not form your opinions from other's opinions, (as in this forum) but on the facts presented. (Many do not provide any proof or links to prove their point, just their opinion.) With that said we do have a responsibility to do our part by doing whatever is within your power to keep our planet alive and well.

I hope that helps...

Answer 3

I am studying an MSc in climate science and renewable energy and intend to work on developing novel ways to produce electricity without any pollution. I also recycle, ride a bike and grow my own vegetables. For all you too little too laters out there, I think you are wrong. The facts are all there if you care to take the time to study them.

There is no doubt that the climate is going to change BUT the severity of the change is entirely dependent on what we do about it. Coal, oil, gas and uranium are all going to run out within the next 300 hundred years, but there are a huge number of alternatives. The sun beams down 10000 times more energy to the earth than we currently consume and its there for the taking. Investment in renewables is increasing rapidly and at the same time cars, electrical appliances, heating systems and the like are getting more power at greater levels of efficiency. As for flying, I suggest we bring back the zeppelin. The futures bright, the futures green.......

Answer 4

Personally, I walk and use public transport wherever possible, but I do come from a family that has lived without a car for 9 years now, so I'm extremely used to not relying upon a car.

I recycle where possible, but unfortunately, being at university this is pretty difficult to do due to a slight lack in provision.

I don't pick up polythene bags from supermarkets now, instead opting to use Bags For Life and such from Tesco and Wilkinson... in fact, Tesco have released a very nice, natural fibre shopper. For all girls reading this, it's quite a cute bag, with all the ladybirds printed on it. =D

Also, wherever possible, due to personal preference, I try to buy British instead of opting to buy cheaper, foreign products.

I have never been on a plane, so I don't have the guilt of knowing that I've been polluting the atmosphere this way... surefire way of preventing hypocrisy!

Pretty much all of what I do is how I've been brought up- the British produce thing is due to my parents wanting to support British producers where possible, plus the whole lack of own car. I'm 19 and have yet to even sit in the driver's seat of a car, and I want to stay that way as long as possible.


A couple of easy things I would do if I could (but due to being in university halls, I cannot):
Recycle everything I possibly can
Compost food waste and everything that can be composted (bar human waste, I think that is going a little far right now), to be able to spread on soil to increase fertility
Grow my own potatoes (over the summer at home, I managed to grow a whole load of spuds in a rubbish bin by planting 3 typical supermarket potatoes in a little compost), and whatever else I can.

I do believe that there are cycles the planet's weather goes in, but I can't help but feel that we aren't helping the situation in any way at all, at the moment.

Answer 5

I recycle, I also only boil the kettle for what I need and I switch off everything (to my visitors annoyance). If I can go without the car and walk I will do that also. I switched to a diesel car as I heard it was a little better than petrol. It may not be much but it's something.

Answer 6

All we as Individuals can do is:

Recycle as much as Possible of our waste.
Switch off unused Bulbs (low energy bulbs!!)
Switch off appliances rather than put them on Standby
Lower your heating and wear an extra layer instead
Use the car only on essentail journeys
Buy a Bycycle
Insulate the loft properly
Use recycled Toilet paper and printer paper
Have showers rather than baths

If you do all that then you can feel you've done enough.

Answer 7

I am keeping my mouth shut on the subject of climate change thus saving the world from suffering the harmful effects of useless hot air.

Answer 8

These cycles have been occurring since the planet was formed. In time we will have another ice age. We should be more enviromentally responsible for better reasons than supposed global warming.

Answer 9

Nothing, other than wondering when people will finally get over their fear of stashing 50,000 tons of nuclear waste inside some stupid mountain in Nevada.

Answer 10

i recycle most items,the items that are left get burnt and the heat from it heats houses , flats and shops if i could afford to have solar powered heating and lighting i think that i would,its really is the time before its here