Can we do something to stop gobal warming?

Question

What do you think we can do at home, at work, in the streets etc.?

global, excuse me.

Answer 1

Yes!

At home:
Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
Only wash clothes when they are dirty.
Hang up your towel and re-use it before washing it.
Add a glass jar in the reservoir of your toilet so that you are flushing less water than before.
Recycle everything that you can (paper, plastic, metal)
Get a composting bin if you can - or start a worm farm, and feed your worms food scraps.
Turn the heat / air con down when you go to school/work, and also when you go to bed at night.
Don't leave the taps running while you brush your teeth.
Switch to energy efficient household appliances (like a front loading washer that uses 1/3 of the water)
Buy local food and products when you can (a lot of the greenhouse gasses come from the shipping industry), you will also find that local produce tastes better because it was picked fresh - and still is fresher than the ones that came from a far off land.

At work:
Send inter-office memos via computer so you don't waste paper
Recycle all paper products
Use energy efficient lighting
Turn off computers when they are not in use - even snoozing computers use energy.
Turn off the coffee pot - why keep old coffee hot all day?
Bring home made lunch in non-disposable containers. Eating at fast food places produces an enormous amount of junk.

On the streets:
Choose vehicles that 'just fit' your lifestyle. If you don't go up the mountain every other weekend, you probably shouldn't be driving a monster truck or a big SUV.
Drive less if possible - if you live where there is public transit, take the bus/train, etc.

Walk and ride your bike if you can.
Don't throw your recyclables in the garbage, take them with you so they can be recycled.

Answer 2

Governments have known about this for twenty years or more and there is a lot of noise being made about the environment now, but it is not backed up with meaninglful far-reaching policy. Conflict of interests really when there is money to be made from energy consumption.
Although I was never one of the in-denial of global warming brigade, I was told that there was a programme on the other night : a scientific theory of the current climatic conditions being down to factors of some centuries ago.
I do all the things that I can do in day-to-day terms of energy and resource efficiency and recycling. I am not big on consumerism, but the way the economy is set up - that's not what governments want any way. In any case, it's hard to to get enthused about 'doing our bit', when one thinks of the resources that go into making and creating weapons of war which shake the tectonic plates of this good Earth. And in the UK, nuclear always gets preference over sustainable options.

Answer 3

That global warming has anything to do with us humans is a myth perpetuated by Western governments to stop the industrustrialisation od the third world, and thus securing the economy of the West.

The professor who first came up with this myth has been totally discreditted - however, Maggie Thatcher jumped upon his ideas to save industry in the UK

CO2 is not the cause of global warming, it is caused by global warming - a totally natural event that has been going on for millions of years.

See what the politicians say during the next ice age

Answer 4

Keep your use of electricity in the home to a minumum by using energy saving light bulbs, turning off standbye appliances, drying your clothes outside instead of using a dryer.

Live close to where you work so you don't have to commute everyday. Keep the heat down in offices in the winter and set the airconditioning lower in the summer. Maybe alter you working hours so you work more in morning and evenings when it is cooler. Try and work from home where possible.

Use public transport, don't drive your own car. Plant trees to create shade. Shop at night to avoid the heat

Answer 5

Climate change is a natural process. Humans have neither the theoretical knowledge or the technical ability to put a stop to it. The history of the planet teaches us that environments change, species adapt or die out.
It is highly significant that the founder of Greenpeace is a man made global warming sceptic and had to resign from his own organisation because of it.

Answer 6

to STOP global warming?? No, its inevitable, expecially because of the disrespect we've given the earth over the past decades...

However, if science does end up producing more ozone or something else to counteract the deficiency of ozone, we may be able to produce an artificial ozone layer and "undo" the effects of global warming...

to REDUCE global warming, there are many enviro sites like greenpeace u can check out

Answer 7

To not drive a car to avoid exhausting CO2 into the air

Answer 8

Trust in nature and forget about pseudo-science.

Oh, and don't believe a word the politicians tell you.

Answer 9

Get the science resolved once and for all - maybe just doing that will stop AGW.

Answer 10

i doubt it, since when have we been sble to control Mother Nature