Is anyone actually trying to reduce global warming?

Question

If so how and what are you doing?

Answer 1

i drove my 16 mpg SUV today with the windows down and the air on full blast , that should help cool things down a bit

Answer 2

But are you willing to go to war? Are you willing to take over industrialized countries that are not going to do anything about it(at least aren't included in Kyoto)? I.E. China, India, etc (20 to 40% of the world's population) .

The US is 300 million people. We are/were the greatest industrial nation on earth, but for how long. How can we possibly stop the rest of the growing world that want what we have or have had for the last 100 years.

War may be the only way. Or maybe a 'Massive persuasion compaign' (quote by Al Gore)

Answer 3

Fossil fuels are the drivers of global warming, so the biggest and really the only impact you can have yourself is using less of these. It's funny...I hear people preaching green and bemoaning the corporate killers, but yet they still drive around in a combustion engine cars. Aside from future technological breakthroughs, any significant reduction in global warming would require a significant reduction in our standard of living.....do you think Americans are willing to reduce their standard of living, for any reason?

Answer 4

Just two days I bought two more canvas shopping bags, I am starting to replace all of my incandescent bulbs with the fluorescent bulbs.I will only use the A.C. when necessary! I am using public transportation. Reading more and watching T.V. less and I am on the computer less.
I have noticed that Global Warming is indeed real.

Answer 5

Yes.

1) Biking to and from work.
2) Replaced old inefficient car with a Prius that more than doubled my mileage.
3) Replaced incandescent bulbs at home with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs).
4) Wrapped my water heater in a blanket for insulation.
5) Turn the thermostat up to 81°F in the summer and down to 60°F in the winter.
6) Recycle more than we throw out.
7) Replaced old fridge with an Energy Star model.
8) Drive as little as possible.
9) Accelerate and drive slowly in the car to maximize efficiency.
10) Use solar powered garden lights to save on electricity.
11) Turn off lights inside when not in use.

Answer 6

Permaulture Consultant on Agriculture and rural devellopment ,but for the Environment as a whole
such as soil conservation,waterharvesting,
sustainable farming ,organic pest control,etc.
Not especially Global Warming

Answer 7

Yes. The Kyoto Protocal was begun in Japan a couple of years ago to get the countries who ratified it, and signed the Kyoto Treaty, to reduce their carbon emissions. But what has happened since then, but has been so well covered up, is that the carbon emissions of MOST of the Kyoto countries has risen.

But not that it matters. Carbon dioxide emissions most likely aren't even the cause of warming. The earth's climate changed in the past without our help. So why are we causing it, instead of it being a natural process, now? Food for thought, huh?

Ok, I have to keep going, because I just read one of the other answers that was talking about taking over the countries that aren't "helping." Umm, hell-O??? Doesn't that sound like sort of a terrorist/jihadist thing to do? Hitler? Stalin? Tojo? Any of those names ring a bell?

That's why, in Chris Horner's book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism, he calls environmentalist radicals "olives." They're sure green on the outside, but on the inside, they're as red as the communists!

Ok, ok I have to keep going again. None of these things (hybrids, CFL's, etc.) are bad things to do if you can afford them, and think they're actually going to do something, but if we start making laws about them, it could seriously affect the poorer-class people of this country. Think about it. If we raised the price of gas a few dollars, it wouldn't really affect those of us who have enough money that we don't worry about if we have enough money to get to work and back. But for poor people, gas takes up a much larger percentage of their budget.

Take my uncle for example. He's an electrician, and a lot of the time, his job assignments are hours away. If we raised the price of gas, their family might not be able to afford it, because they are pretty poor. He couldn't just go and get a bike, because his job is too far away.

Also, if we made the people in Africa use solar power or wind power, or that type of thing, they wouldn't have enough money use them, and would stay as poor as they are now. We would be taking away their chance to develope. We did it without anyone stopping us. Why can't they?

So go ahead and do these things yourselves, but don't go trying to force them on the rest of us.

Answer 8

ofcourse! all of my family have really got into recycling, using energy saving light bulbs and using less water. obviously we cant stop global warming for good but what we can do is delay it a bit..

heard NASA's plans to reduce global warming? its 'jaw-dropping'!

Answer 9

I've been biking to work for about a year now, and I've lost 12 lbs. and feel great. We also switched out our incandescent bulbs for CFLs, and our electricity bill has gone down 1/3. We also try to buy local produce whenever possible.

Now if only I could get my kids to turn out the lights when they leave the room...

Answer 10

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Answer 11

we have replaced all the light bulbs in our home. cut our driving by 28% ( uped our walking which we actually enjoy now ) and reduced the use of paper goods.