Why is everybody so conscientious about the environment today more than the years past?

Question

I have seen advertisements about saving the enviroment. And laws being pass to save the planet...

Than the years past

Answer 1

Hi,

Years ago people didn't realise that burning coal, driving cars and trucks, flying airplanes etc., would affect the planet. With the constant attention being drawn to the reports from scientists and other 'experts' we are now made to feel guilty for enjoying what our forefathers enjoyed as 'normal'.

A recent report has now 'proved' that global warming bears some relationship to industrialisation and the burning of fossil fuels. The ozone layer (which had not even been discovered until relatively recently) was determined to be shrinking and the popular concensus is that the planet is getting warmer.

A problem? Well, frankly yes. It is entirely possible that sea levels could rise (by 1', 3', 6' or whatever version of estimate you happen to be reading). This doesn't sound much, but could affect millions of people who live in lowlands adjacent to the present shore lines.

However the scientists (and other 'experts') seem to ignore the fact that the earth's temperature rises and falls frequently, which is the reason we have records and evidence of several ice ages in the past, coupled with corresponding rises in temperature and sea levels after the ice has melted (which it is doing now)

Britain was joined to the rest of Europe after the last ice age (approximately 10,000 years ago) and there was no English Channel until the water level rose high enough to form the present watery barrier.

It may well be that many nations would lose immense amounts of land (making the mountainous areas far more popular!) and that weather conditions could be devastating for other areas. Have we heard this before?

Well, consider the 'flood' story from the Bible (and other historical accounts)

Governments and individuals are busy trying to reverse this trend and, I'm quite sure, should we adopt all the measures suggested by them we could slow down the trend. However, history shows us that any delay would be a momentary slowing at best and the next ice age will be on its way, maybe in a few thousand years, after we've had the next flooding stage.

If you can be bothered to try, by all means avoid burning unnecessary fossil fuels and using too much electricity, etc. Though in the long run it will be pointless.

And think of this...We are told that vehicles and industry leave a 'carbon footprint' which essentially is a measure of how much CO2 we produce. If we didn't have any industry, or burning or if we hadn't taken wood from forests or cleared lands, etc. We would be left with an almost totally green planet, millions and millions of square miles of plantsand trees...right? These plants would be producing more CO2 each night, than all the vehicles ever produced in this world.

True, they produce oxygen during the day as a result of photosynthesis, but they still produce the CO2 at night. Where does this go? That's right, up in the air to add to global warming all over again.

Do whatever you need to 'protect' the planet against man's ravaging of the resources, but don't for a minute think you will be making any substantial difference.

Keep safe,

BobSpain

Answer 2

Earth Day is 30 years old. However, any movement or activities more than picking up garbage at the beach or national park could be considered at politcal agenda from the "left" or "liberals". There were a lot of resistance to gain support from Conservatives, religous groups, etc. (Those are separate subjects for discussion by themselves). As other said, more hard evidence and data become available and more politically moderates and moderates among the churches are realizing the big problems we are facing now.

Let's hope it's not too late.

Answer 3

5 yrs ago or even in the past they didnt have the technology to find alot of things out about our planet etc .yrs ago we didnt have to many flights to outerspac ebecause technology and money but now we have the resources it seems like every couple months something is going in to outerspace . well back to the global warming and enviroment , with time technoly helped to show scientist enviromentalist etc that the o zone layer in our earth is depleting because of so many reasons , thers more pepole in the united states now , meaning more cars , more cars mean more polution , more pepole mean more polution , because of the diffrent chemicals we use , the things we purchase in the store there are step we can take now to help slow the process down but it takes everyone to do there part

Answer 4

Not true Earth Day is now 30 years old. As a teen ager we recycled at home. Today, there is more media. Internet and 24 hour news shows. 30 years ago was not the case in the US. You get more information now than in the past. That is the difference.

Answer 5

I think it also has to do with the fact that many of us, age 25-35 were taught in school about global warming and the environment. We are now coming of age and are taking it upon ourselves to be more active in saving what's left for our future children and grandchildren. It's scary to think what will be left when we reach old age. How much of the rain forest will be left?

Answer 6

Because they are afraid that if they do not re-cycle etc., they will be forced to pay even higher taxes, than they currently pay.
e.g. Most wheelie bins contain a microchip, to enable them to be weighed and for that weight to be attributed to a specific household.

Answer 7

Because the way we're going there'll be only a couple of generations left before we're all tucked with an F!

Answer 8

Because time is running out. There has to be a day of reckoning.

To procrastinate any longer is insanely irresponsible.

Answer 9

In the past we did not have the evidence of damage to the earth, like the hole in the ozone layer, and Kilimanjaro's summit snow melting, that people can see with their own eyes.

Answer 10

Because global warming has become a political tool recently.