What will you give up personally to stop global warming?

Question

For those of you who think global warming is man made, what is it youwould do without. Maybe airconditioning your home when it 92 in the shade, your automobile, your oven, your washer and dryer, taking vacations. Think about it you have an obligation to convince the sceptics through action

Answer 1

Good question!

I always laugh at the sheer gall and hypocrisy of so many people who bleat about global warming. I live in a *very* harsh, cold environment, and we have people here who ride their bikes or walk all year - even at -40. Yet, when I lived in California, where quite a bit of the bleating comes from, EVERYONE had their own car and no one wanted to use public transportation. (I lived in so. Cal for 10 yrs)

They don't want to give up *anything* - you and I are supposed to do that for them.

Answer 2

I bought the most fuel efficient and lowest emitting automobile that I could afford. I combine multiple trips and errands when I can, and keep my tires properly inflated. I walk or bike or carpool or use public transportation everywhere I can. I put on a sweater and socks instead of turning on the heat. I plant flowers in the yard. I open the window instead of turning on the air conditioner. I use a line to dry clothes when it's warm. I turn off the lights when I'm not in the room, and have replaced the incandescent bulbs with fluorescent. I support local agriculture by shopping at organic groceries.

I do a lot of things to help. What would I give up? That's a tougher question. I would give up air conditioning and heating in my apartment, but I don't use it much anyway (I live in Montana but I adapt pretty well to temperature fluctuations). I would give up a clothes dryer and an oven (not many meals I fix use the oven).

Even if global warming isn't happening or isn't man-made, I don't see how it doesn't make sense for me (or anyone, really) to do these things. I get more exercise and saves me money on electricity and gas bills.

Answer 3

This isn't an all or nothing proposal. People like to couch it that way to emphasize their point of view and make it seem like environmentalist want to move us back to the stone age.

We don't have to stop using things, just be better about how we use them and if possible find eco-friendly alternatives.

An example is the simple light bulb. California is going to basically outlaw incandescent bulbs in a few years. By using the coiled flourescent bulbs consumers actually save money because the bulbs use less energy and over time cost less. This is an example of one simple thing we can all do (and everyone in California will; and as California often leads the rest of the nation, expect you'll see lots more coiled bulbs).

Oh, and drying your clothes with a solar dryer (clothesline) is a great thing to do; you clothes smell great.

Answer 4

Individuals and corporations can make sacrifices for the sake of global warming but there are factors that control the environment that are not within the control of mankind.

Global warming is a complex issue.

Reading the popular media can lead a person to conclude that "global warming" is:
o- either a hoax to promote business opportunities, politicians agenda and scientists grant money.....
OR
o- a problem related to overpopulation, industrialization and fossil fuels whose solution options lie in solar power, wind power, geothermal power and nuclear fusion....

However, the correct answer may be altogether different:

NASA has released never-before-seen images that show the sun's magnetic field is much more turbulent and dynamic than previously known. The international spacecraft Hinode, formerly known as Solar B, took the images. Hinode was launched Sept. 23 to study the sun's magnetic field and its explosive energy. National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists said the spacecraft's uninterrupted high-resolution observations of the sun are expected to have an impact on solar physics comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope's impact on astronomy. "For the first time, we are now able to make out tiny granules of hot gas that rise and fall in the sun's magnetized atmosphere," said Dick Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophyics Division. "These images will open a new era of study on some of the sun's processes that effect Earth, astronauts, orbiting satellites and the solar system." Hinode is a collaborative mission led by
the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and includes the European Space Agency and Britain's Particle Physics Astronomy Research
Council. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., managed the development of the Hinode's scientific instrumentation provided by industry and federal agencies.

As regards alternative energy methods, I favor development of the technology for nuclear fusion using lunar Helium 3

Answer 5

Nothing!

It can't be stopped cause it's a natural event. It's happened all throughout history. We have a tropical age (global warming) then we have an ice age (global cooling). This "Global Warming" has been predicted for a very long time now. I remember studying it when I was in Jr. high school and that was 35 years ago.

Answer 6

Considering I am not one of those people who think global warming is man made, I will give up absolutely nothing. We are not causing the problem. This is ridiculous and the issue is now so propagandized that any scientist of credible background who comes out against it get ripped for having a dissenting opinion. I'd ask the lawmakers and those who perpetrate the propaganda to sit down and shut up and let the people who actually study this stuff tell us what's going on. Thanks and have a nice day.

Answer 7

I'll give up flying all over the world on a private jet.

Answer 8

Just about anything but my oil refineries, hands off!

Answer 9

Not a thing. In fact, I'm gonna buy a 2nd Hummer this afternoon.

Answer 10

All I know is I don't want to give up my lightbulbs for those horrific ones - bright light........ bright light!