What should we do about Global Warming??

Question

Its intensity of increase is now quite high.....
Any ideas??

Thanx.
=)

Answer 1

(Before my English makes you doubt, I'm a Russian)

1) Give more support to nuclear energy, it is a real solution.

2) Drive less. Try to drive without hard breaking. Don't drive too fast.

3) Use electricity sparingly.

All of the above helps both environment and your budget (even 1, due to runaway oil prices).

But in addition think more critical about the matter.

1) We are not able to measure it precisely. May be it is much weaker, than we think. Try to imagine how it's hard to precisely measure mean global temperature.

2) If it's as strong as the majority believe, we are very doubtful about it's reasons. It can be caused by Sun activity changes for example. Don't you know that Mars now also experiences global warming? May be Earth and Mars global warmings have a common reason. Obviously, we cannot cause global warming on Mars.

3) Even if we are the main reason, may be global warming is good, may be we are saving our beloved Earth from the next ice age. Don't you know that CO2 concentration was continuously decreasing, during last several hundreds of millions of years (except the very last several millions of years). And now it is such low, that all plants are close to their survival limit. Think about Greenland, in what condition it is now, and why several hundreds of years before it was called by such name. There are some evidences, that ice ages begin, when CO2 concentration falls to a certain limit, most plants cannot survive that concentration, and due to this fact, lands not covered by ice undergo desertification.

4) During hundreds of millions of years, carbon was being withdrawn little by little from the constant flow of life, forming deposits of oil, coal and gas. And carbon is the most important element for life on our planet. Finally mankind appeared and began to return carbon into the life cycle. May be it isn't bad. I'd like our planet to be full of vegetation, what about you?

5) Don't forget about those, who hope for global warming. In particular we in Russia hope, but sadly it not comes.

6) Think twice before spending money, when they are trying to convince you. Expensive things production tend to be very power consuming (CO2 emission), or polluting, or wasteful relative to limited natural resources.

In general, think more, believe less.

Answer 2

Its intensity of increase is NOT quite high. Earth has seen totally natural warming much higher in the past. 1,000 years ago Vikings were able to grow crops in Greenland. In the time of the dinosaurs there was no ice at all at the poles.

Despite what the political activists say, it is not really 100% determined that the present warming is caused by the CO2 people are adding to the air. The known amount of CO2 in the air can only account for about 1% of the warming according the greenhouse gas theory. In all likelihood, the other 99% of today's warming is due to other natural causes that we do not understand and that we cannot do anything about.

Answer 3

If you wish to receive grant money for climate research, do you think that you'll get a cheque if you say," I need the grant, as I think that I can prove that the figures that the current paradigm is based upon are wrong" ? The great environmentalist, David Bellamy, has been silenced, and refused airtime. There is still no proven causative link between the amount of Co2 in the atmosphere, and an increase in global temperatures. The WWWF photographs of the polar bears swimming were taken in the Arctic summer; when the ice cap partially melts, as they couldn't get up to photograph in the winter. The ice was too thick! The East-Anglian uni research figures. "Oh! The figures don't match our expectations. Oh well. Keep quiet. Because we know that we are right." When the belief, and the faith is more important than squarely facing the legitimate doubts of a lot of non grant-supported scientists, science has been superceded by religious zealots. As Oliver Cromwell colourfully said." I pray thee, in the bowels of Christ, consider that thou mayest be wrong."

Answer 4

We VERY WELL KNOW what is to do...

use the existing technologies (70%) like wind, solar, "carbon capture and storage" and complete the package by new technologies (30%). But for cutting edge technologies (e.g.: nuclear fusion reactor) there is often not the time required since we have to take action fast.

what is the most missing is a CLEAR POLITICAL FRAME and to REMOVE THE BARRIERS that are avoiding such technologies to deploy:

e.G. more solar cells have been deployed in Germany than Southern Italy or Africa even if the lastest have by far more sun... the reason ? bureaucracy, lack of transparency, bad policies and corruption.

We need absolutely to have the US on board soon. If the US as a rich country doesn´t set an example soon as the emitter N°1, why would China do so in one year when they will be the number one ?

Answer 5

Basically:

Conserve energy (do things more efficiently).

Develop alternative energy; nuclear, solar, wind, bio fuel.

More details here:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,481085,00.html

One thing is not obvious, but it's very important.

Educate yourself on global warming so that you can refute the wrong arguments of the skeptics. Here's are two excellent places to start, short and long:

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

http://profend.com/global-warming/

Become a source of knowledge about global warming and spread that knowledge. Fight the ignorance about this issue.

Here's a good book to help you:

http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Global-Warming-Solution-Speakers/dp/155591621X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-3095021-7940653?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178299803&sr=8-1

By the way, I can't believe anyone is still recommending the "swindle" movie, which has been thoroughly refuted.

It is simply a political statement which distorts science.

"The science might be bunkum, the research discredited. But all that counts for Channel 4 is generating controversy."

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2032572,00.html

Gore's movie may be a little over dramatic, but it has the basic science right. This movie does not.

Channel 4 itself undercuts the movie in a funny way. If you go to their website on the movie you find links to real global warming information. They also say "Confused now? Ask the Expert." The link for questions goes to a respected mainstream scientist who supports (mostly) human responsibility for global warming.

Answer 6

What data did u study to reach that it is quite high. I did work for NASA and I don't like that it sounds better I want measurements . U need data and the data that I have Sean data that says there is no global warming.

Answer 7

use less energy, including products that require a lot of energy in their production.
plant a lot of saplings that will grow into large trees and protect them.
prepare yourself, your home, etc. for the effects of Global warming

Answer 8

All you have to do is cut down on dangerous gas emissions. I mean we're just being lazy with out environmental standards. And believe it or not, cows produce a lot of ozone eating gases. If we didn't have so many ranches all over the place I think that would help too. The answers to the worlds problems are so simple, but its hard to get everyone to mobilize and agree.

Answer 9

Plant and grow more trees, recycle, use less petrol/diesel. Use less chemicals.

Answer 10

nothing

join the heresy

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4499562022478442170&hl=en