You want to know how to prevent global warming quickly and easily?
There are actually many ways and I've included four below that are simple and easy for you to implement right away. All four of these recommendations focus on reducing your energy consumption in order to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases you are personally responsible for generating. When you look at this list you may think to yourself that these things don't have a big impact. If that's what you think, then you need to understand...
If you only pay attention to your own actions, then you are not going to be effective in preventing global warming!
If you are the only person to implement the following recommendations, you'd be right; your actions wouldn't have a big impact. But, by making these simple changes you show the people around you how to prevent global warming by leading by example.
By being the change you wish to see, you greatly increase your credibility in the eyes of your peers, which makes it much easier for you to enroll them in helping to prevent global warming with you.
So, don't underestimate the power of these four easy ways to prevent global warming!
Prevent global warming by minimizing drafts in your home.
One of the simplest and easiest ways to prevent global warming is to make sure all your windows and doors are draft free. Small gaps in your windows and doors can cause you to consume a lot more energy than you really need to in order to heat and cool your home. To make your home free from drafts wait until a cold day, then hold your hand along the edges of your doors and windows feeling for cold air.
If you detect drafts, buy weather ********* from your local hardware store and install it wherever it is needed.
Prevent global warming by reducing your waste electricity use.
Amazingly about 11% of residential electricity consumption is used by "phantom loads." A phantom load is caused when an electrical appliance draws electricity when it isn't in use. For example, a DVD player has an electrically lighted display that stays on even when you turn the power off. An easy way to eliminate these phantom loads is to plug your computers, printers, scanners, DVD players, televisions, etc. into multi-plug electrical surge protectors. Then, with one flick of the switch, you can make sure that the appliances plugged into your surge protectors are drawing no electricity at all.
Prevent global warming with more efficient light bulbs!
One of the simplest ways to prevent global warming is by using more efficient light bulbs. The Union of Concerned Scientists tell us that if every American household replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent one, then over the life of the bulbs 90 billion pounds of CO2 emission would be prevented from going into the atmosphere. This is like taking 6.3 million cars off the road!
Prevent global warming by turning down your hot water heater.
Most of us have our hot water heaters turned up too high. If you turn down your hot water thermostat just 10 degrees Fahrenheit, you reduce 3% to 5% of your energy consumption. You'll have plenty of hot water if you set your water heater between 110-120 degrees Fahrenheit.
These four simple ways to prevent global warming can be implemented quickly, easily, and with little to no expense. If the potential effects of global warming are really scary to you, then you should implement these changes in your life today, but don't stop there!
Once you've implemented these solutions, share this article with your friends, and explain to your friends how you've made these simple changes. Be sure to offer your friends help and support in making these changes themselves to make it extra easy for them to prevent global warming with you.
Also, when you tell your friends about this article and the changes you've made, be sure to explain all the benefits you've received from doing so. Help your friends feel how these four simple solutions have helped give you more hope, save you money, etc! The more your friends can feel the emotional and financial benefits you've experienced from preventing global warming, they more likely they are to join you!
Lead by example, and help others to do the same!
The cumulative effect will be significant if you put dedicated effort into changing yourself while supporting those around you to do the same.
So don't delay, be the change you wish to see.
Implement these four recommendations so you can help in preventing global warming today, and then get others to join you in your efforts!
2007-01-15 22:43:48
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answered by Kevin 5
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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...
2007-01-15 23:26:22
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answered by capnemo 5
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Accept that nature recycles itself in every aspect and whatever we release comes right back to affect us in many ways. Respect the rules to co-exist in harmony and think of the consequences of our actions - for us and the innocents who will be born after us in the world of our own creation. The information is out for all who seek a better way and you will find what you seek; just seek that which is wholesome. Yes, nature does renew itself eventually but we have played a part in accelerating the process. Because the occurrence is unnatural we can not know what effect it will have.
2007-01-15 22:43:16
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answered by kahahius 3
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Do the downfall of our monetary equipment and some thing of the international's economies seem to you that we are on our thanks to "sparkling up the international warming difficulty"? How? why? we are experiencing a give way in our monetary equipment, what achievements are you concerning? ..edit.. that idea is out of date and in no way mandatory any human fulfillment.
2016-11-24 20:51:49
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answered by ? 4
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1. Create environmental awareness .
2. Strictly control should be necessairy on Gaseous emissions from vechiles , induustries.(CO2,SOx,NOx, CO, VOc. etc.)
3. Greenery devlopment is essential
2007-01-16 01:24:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Individuals can reduce the need for fossil fuels and often save money by
driving less and driving more fuel-efficient and less-polluting cars
using energy-efficient appliances
insulating homes
using less electricity in general
2007-01-15 22:27:59
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answered by J~Me 5
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Nothing, it's climate change, in the 70's the experts said we were entering an Ice Age!
2007-01-15 22:28:12
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answered by Anonymous
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Look at facts and stop believeing the liberal media. Weather trends have been part of the Earth's existence from the beginning of time. Oh, and don't burn plastics.
2007-01-15 22:25:13
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answered by JR 4
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Individually we can not do much. Collectively we can accomplish anything.
Seriously, if we get rid of automobiles, electricity and nuclear bombs....that should do it.
2007-01-15 22:25:33
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answered by holeeycow 5
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use public transportation and try to switch to an alternative energy source
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2007-01-15 22:25:17
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answered by absoluteao 3
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