Global warming - what did you change and what will you change?

Question

Of course, of course, many of you still believe in official statements from the White House, Exxon and other appeasers that there is no such thing like global warming, and if there were something like that (of course, not) it is definitely not man-made... and if it were man-made it was just the Chinese, not us... (so, shut up, you tree-huggers and let me drive my SUV...)

Okay, some people also believe that the earth is flat and evolution was just another attempted deception of Al Gore...

But for all of you who think there might be something in it, did you already change something in your life?

What is your personal plan for the future to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

Quite interesting to see how many people still deny that global warming does exist...

At the moment I am in Frankfurt, Germany. Today's weather report: temperatures will be in the eighties - in April! Average temperature in the past here was in the fourties in April, the eighties was reached in July or so... People here tell me that last summer was the all-time hottest, and that that was practically NO snow in winter, but some severe storms.

Last night on the TV: a graph shown by some german scientsits in the antarctic, the average temperature and greenhouse gas in the atmosphere in the last 650,000 years, measured in antarctic ice. Well, first thing you see: it is cyclic, every 10,000 years or so it is warmer. But TODAYs probes show that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are HIGHER than EVER before. Temperature will follow with some delay. Higher than ever before was something like several times higher than ever before, not just a few percent or so.

Answer 1

On a personal level I recycle plastics, glass, cardboard, paper, food & drink cans and compost all food waste. I turn the thermostat on my heating down a few degrees so tend to wear a little more indoors when its cold. All my light bulbs are energy-saving, and I always turn off appliances at source after use - including little things like the electronic clock on my cooker. We get by with one small, economic car since I sold mine 18 months ago; I tend to use public transport for most of my travel now. We buy local produce wherever possible, organic or fair trade when that's not feasible. I am trying to persuade some neighbours to buy into a collective project to generate from renewables - a mix of biomass, wind & solar - which as a community application could attract some grant funding and pay for itself within six years. Meantime we switched our power supplier to the "greenest" one we could find (though I still have doubts about the reality of that).

On a political level I helped lobby my local council to improve our garbage recycling collection system and they've introduced 70% of what we asked for - just in time for an upcoming election! In 2003 I joined the Green Party in Scotland where we presently have 7 (out of 129) of the parliamentary seats. After next month's election we hope to have at least 10 and could just possibly form part of a coalition government. Ten years ago people would have laughed in your face at that idea - now it's under serious discussion in all the heavyweight newspapers.

I do what I can, when I can, and don't feel too guilty about occasional indulgences. If we encourage everyone to do what they can then the awareness will spread and pressure mount on governments and big business to make the structural changes required to let us all to do more. But it won't happen without a struggle. There are many feathered nests and vested interests that want things to stay the same and no shortage of cynical, apathetic people who'll suck up any excuse to carry on believing their lifestyle is justifiable.

Just keep going - you can help make this a cleaner, happier world for everyone.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I gave up my car to ride a motorbike.

However i can't get over the logic that a cows do more damge by producing methane - which is a far more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2- than modern cars do.

Also, the rainforests are said to be the lungs of the earth but the largest amount of vegetation on Earth is the plankton in the sea - which is blooming (pardon the pun).

Answer 4

I've tried to stop buying manufactured goods from China and the Former Soviet Block countries. Efforts to reduce emissions in the U.S. are a waste of time when coal burning power plants, unrestricted VOx and CO emissions are other polutants are coming with no end in sight from these countries. In a year or two, they will surpass all the Western nations combined in polutants - so anything we do here is just one collosal media jerk-off.

Answer 5

I ride a bike to & from work. Or I get the bus. I also recycle but I am sad to say the local council's recycling scheme leaves a lot to be desired..

And to anyone who still believes that global warming is a farce, you're an idiot.

Answer 6

Push our leaders in industry to develop alternative fuels. The largest contributor to green house gases are volcanoes, second is other natural causes, then cows, then humans. It won't be light bulbs only made in china. The fuel to ship them from china to here wastes more energy then the bulbs save. Build it in America will save green house gases.

Answer 7

Will buy another motorcycle when I can afford it. Other than that, I am studying topo maps, trying to decide where the new shoreline will be when the ocean rises. That way I can invest in what will soon be beachfront property!

Answer 8

I drive a hybrid. Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!
Al Gore needs to get a real job, his idle time hobbies are very annoying.

Answer 9

I'm a recycle freak and have been since 1990.
I try to use products that are environmentally safe.
Also, I am buying more organic produce and such.
Growing my own vegi's...

Answer 10

I fired five of ten employees so they wouldn't waste gas coming to work. Next I will shut down completely and go on welfare since I don't want to waste fuel.