how to help slow global warming?

Answer 1

There are a few things that you can do to affect a positive change.

You're obviously concerned by the sheer weight of evidence behind this ever-increasing problem, unlike the ostriches above who won't accept the facts of the matter. We ARE having an effect on the climate of the earth - there's too much evidence to suggest that it's MORE than a simple matter of a natural cycle.

Here's some suggestions:

1. Try to break your addiction to your motor car. It's hard, but they're one of the big problems. Try catching buses or trains rather than using your car. If you can, see if you can arrange to become a "telecommuter" - doing your work from home over the internet. This is certainly THE most energy-efficient way to work these days!!!

2. Install energy - efficient devices in your home, starting with the compact fluorescent globes which are so much more efficient (and therefore saving you money as well as energy!) than incandescent ones. Then you could go with a better fridge and washing machine...but they're big outlays! Another thing you can do is use gas to cook your toast and water for cuppas, rather than using electric appliances. They're really expensive in terms of energy. Lastly, turn your television off at the wall at night. This saves the power that's used to keep it on "standby"...

3. Buy locally-produced, organic foodstuffs. This saves the energy expended in getting them to you as well as cutting down on the use of harmful chemicals, some of which are a by-product of the petroleum industry. Organic foods are better for you as well!

4. See if your energy company offers "green" power. It's not from a renewable source, but the premium you pay for it (usually 10 - 20% extra) goes to subsidise the cost of installing solar or wind power into the homes of those who are wanting to go the whole way with a sustainable lifestyle.

5. Finally, and the least most likely to actually work but worth trying anyway, is to lobby your local politicians and see where they stand in regards climate change. Then you can use this knowledge to shape your voting intentions at the next elections. Tell the representatives why you want to know, as well as letting them know that their answer will help you decide for whom to vote.

Hope this helps!

Love and Light,

Jarrah

Answer 2

There are now two camps to this global warming issue:1) those who believe that the earth follows its natural climatic pattern and that human activity has little or no effect on this pattern, and 2) those who hold that the earth's eco-system is fragile and can be influenced by human activity. The first group argues that there is no concrete proof that human activity has given rise to changes now noticeable in the earth's climate, while the second group argues otherwise. As a layman, I would like to adopt the "Commonsense" approach to the issue. Both groups cannot deny the fact that the rate at which we are polluting the environment through the unprecedented consumption of fossil fuels cannot be in the short or long term interest of the planet. The earlier therefore we took measures to scale down on these and find cleaner sources, the better for us, for future generations and for mother Earth. We have actually nothing to lose by implementing cleaner energy right now, on the contrary, many new technologies and economies will be born out of them. On the other hand, if we are to wait until irrefutable evidence becomes available, it might be too late. The planet will certainly recover, after we are all dead, but that is not what we as rational beings would want.

Answer 3

Good question, I'm annoyed to see the usual bunch of idiots, its natural, it's a cycle, the tonnes of carbon dioxide is not natural.

Good to see their are some good answers. I agree with some answers that we have to break our dependency on the motor car, myself included.

I believe wind farms, no matter how much of an eyesore are something which we need to invest in. The new one proposed in Essex will service 250,000 homes.

I also believe that the Building regs although revised need to address energy better. I firmly believe that all commercial buildings and a % of new homes should have solar panels contributing to their energy supply.

Further i think governments and other authorities need to invest heavily in ways of neutralizing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, given the correct resources and funding their must be a way to chemically nullify the carbon dioxide, if a tree can do it, humanity and it's science must be able to achieve this to some extent.

Good on Richard Branson on his offer of helping scientist to combat global warming.

Answer 4

everyone stop farting
and you though I was joking
Did you know that the largest amount of green house gases are produced by animals that are raised in food production, via all of the grains that they eat.
So if we stop raising farm or meat animals and we all go veggie we in turn will then be the largest producers of green house gas.

I have to agree with Paleolog on his comments, we really do need to clean up our act. I would like to see clean water as a big issue for I see that as a bigger threat down the road than global warming

Answer 5

Until it is really demonstrated that global warming is anything more than natural climate change you shouldn't even try. Keep in mind that the globe isn't even as warm as the average temperature over any extended period of time.

I am all for learning the truth but do not believe in meddling in something we definately do not understand.

Before anybody says anything about it, I do a lot to avoid polluting in general but have done enough reading and studying to know how weak the arguments for global warming really are.

Answer 6

Am I the only person on this planet that actually printed out and READ the UN Summary Report???

The next to last page clearly states that existing CO2 in the atmosphere will cause warming to go on for "more than a millennium".

IT CAN'T BE SLOWED!!!! Even if you participate in every trendy leftist fad that comes along, like eating locally grown organic food, hahahaha.

Answer 7

GLOBAL WARMING IS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUE TO THINK ABOUT IT CAN BE CONTROLED BY USING ECOFRIENDLY THINGS SPECAILLY NOT USING VECHICALS FOR SHORT JOURNEY.NOT FIREED UP
THE BIODEGRADABLE THINGS SINCE IN THE LACK OF OXYGEN DURING BURNING PROCESS PRODUCE HARMFULL GASES LIKE CO2 & SO AND MANY S0X COMPONENTS .

Answer 8

Glbal warming is a natural phenomena contigent upon the fact that its the precssion of the Earth poles that determines climatic changes and temperatures/
In other words we have to accept the Earth as it is and like it.
Its like being married; one cannot change a husband.we have to make good what ever the situation.

Answer 9

Nature takes care of this. Sit back and watch. It will be interesting.

Answer 10

Put peanut butter in Al Gore's mouth.