Are you contributing to the decrease of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Question

Global warming question.

Answer 1

I do many things.
1. replaced most of my incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents
2. use less hot water when taking a shower
3. leaving the windows open when temps in the summer are below 70 and in the winter I open them when temps are above 50
4. use electric lawn mowers, weed whackers, and leaf blowers instead of gas
5. washing appliances in the sink instead of the dishwasher
6.replace old appliances with new Energy Star ones
7. turning off the lights upon leaving a room
8. have all lights turned off on bright sunny days
9. thickening my lawn -- greener lawns = cleaner air
10. setting the thermostat at around 75 in the summer and 65 in the winter

Answer 2

No, probably not.

I have a fairly economical car, and with the price of gas can only drive for urgent needs. I am on a fixed income, from the government, and it buys less and less each month.

Actually, I really think that I am in favor of global warming, tho the CO2 from it will be emitted 800 years from now according the the ice cores historical data, and hard to tell what happens then!!

And we know how to cool the earth off, also...just shoot some good dust high into the atmosphere...we can control accurately the temperature, even make it fall like in the 50-70's era, before the EPA, etc. slammed down plants emitting dusts into the atmosphere!

Cleaning up led to heating up!!

Global warming historically has lead to times of plenty and relative peace, tho I am not sure the current Consensus wants either plenty or peace, except a Pax Consensii.

I can see much much good...new cropland, longer growing seasons, new kinds of crops, aquaculture in the shallow seas, new cities that are more earth friendly as old ones are slowly inundated and salvaged to build newer and better...where is all this fear for our lives coming from? Past history says warmer is better!!

Great art came from warming periods, when people had extra time to do such...not having to scrabble for a living like we do now!

We know how to make the deserts grow if we wish, drip culture. We will use less fuel keeping warm, hence less CO2 from that aspect.

We will have more minerals to work with, so costs of building should decrease.

Why are we so panic'd?? Why are we not looking at history and moving with Mother earth into warmth and prosperity that History tells us happens when man does not interfere!!

So no, I am continuing to live my life, not being wasteful, but being free, tho starting to be bound close to home by rising fuel prices which really do not need to be.

Look at who gets rich off panic and high prices, and who gets poor, and judge if they really are needed, or just a way to shift the money from the masses to the few!

I think if people were trained to think, they would vote the whole mess out and start with poor but honest citizens!! And we could get warming at nature's pace, and live in harmony with nature, and enjoy a better life than we do now.

I am not making more greenhouse gases, but see no reason to make less. I am hoping some nice land in Greenland comes available; I'd like to grow vineyards there!!

Again, why do we ignore past history and go into a panic??
Who benefits from the panic and resulting very shortsighted behavior; who can tell me who?

Look at them as the real enemies, Not CO2, or a few degrees on the average.

Answer 3

In organic situations, the kind of people & kind of flowers in the international is so balanced that lots of the carbon dioxide expelled by making use of people is fed on by making use of flowers by photosynthesis. hence, the point of carbon dioxide in atmosphere maintains to be in simple terms approximately unchanged & it does not make a contribution to greenhouse gases. yet whilst the plant conceal in the international is going on reducing on a similar time as human inhabitants is going on increasing (as is happening now), then the surplus carbon dioxide accumulates in the ambience & this definately contributes to greenhouse gases.

Answer 4

Hell, no! Why should I change my lifestyle to help "stop" something that humans don't contribute to in the first place. I drive a suburban, I eat steaks, I use regular light bulbs and don't even bother conserving electricity unless I think my bill is running too high. I don't by recycled stuff on purpose, I don't really recycle, and I burn my extra wood with gasoline without a second thought. I use as much heat as I want in the winter, and never turn my AC off in the summer. I mow my lawn on a hefty ride on mower and don't care if it's thick or not.

Answer 5

Oh yes absolutely, I no longer drink Pepsi, because every time you open one of these pop cans, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere.

I also barely use the Air Condition, because thanks to global warming this summer is cooler than the last 6 summers before.

Answer 6

I am following the lead of Al Gore and the Kennedy twit. But I haven't figured out how I am ever going to pay for that much electricity or the lawyers to stop the wind generation stations. But I am trying. It would help a lot if I was a rich pampered elitist hypocrite.

Answer 7

No, everytime I Exhale I contribute too the Increase of Carbon Dioxide, don't you? If not, what Planet are YOU from? Maybe we should all hold our Breath!!!

Answer 8

There are around 6-10 billion people on this Earth. Out of them all, i'm sure some are trying to cut down on their CO2 contributions. Yes, its still rising, but that's because those who are making CO2, continue to emit them, and refuse to decrease.

To answer the question: I Open the windows more often, keep the AC off. Have been walking more. Trying to make all my car trips in one round, try to remember everything I need the moment i am outside. And, if it helps, recycle and planted some vegetables.

Answer 9

Yes I am and saving money at the same time as well. We've reduced our household carbon emissions by about 40% and have offset our emissions for the next 50 or so years.

Here's an online list of ideas that I wrote - http://profend.com/global-warming/pages/combat.html

Answer 10

Guys and Girls you don't have to put much effort into this and you sure don't have to make anyone rich. If you have land plant trees on small parts either as windbreaks or to re-vegetate riparian zones. Change you light globes over to energy efficient ones and only turn on appliances when in use. You may only be able to reduce your impact but some may be fortunate enough to potentially negate their own carbon emissions and those of many others. Small things on the local level have the potential to have global impacts. just look at the turn off the light for an hour campaigne.

Answer 11

Being of the human species rather than a plant species, I am by definition making a net contribution to CO2 buildup.