Are you planning to do anything about it? or do you think it's all getting a bit hysterical?
2007-09-14 04:18:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
avondrow: that's kinda how I feel, Anyone going to convince us otherwise?? I'm 'listening.'
2007-09-14 04:27:44 · update #1
I'd say, yes, I have a pretty big carbon footprint, and I do feel guilty about it. Because of several reasons -- "even dust can pile up to a mountain" for one thing. And for another, some of the things I do are just wasteful. If I'm using the energy to better society (like going to work and teaching (-:) I don't feel too bad. But if I'm using it to pick up a bag of flour (when I could have combined that trip with one of my daily commutes), I feel pretty bad. Waste of energy, waste of time, waste of fresh air.
But then again, I'm not going to try and live like my great-greats did -- trip to town twice a year, no electricity and a horse and buggy.
I would like to support non-carbon fuel resources, like solar and wind energy, and planting forests. Those are renewable, and almost anyone can benefit from them, no matter what the country. (-: BTW, my great-grands or grandparents were pretty quick to install an electrical windmill on the farm when they first came out, something like 80 years ago or more.
HOWEVER, I do agree with the "bit hysterical" judgement. You know, having all that fossil fuel out of the ground and circulating around the air might be the NATURAL state for this planet -- bring us back to a tropical paradise like what the dinosaurs roamed in. My parent's property in the middle of Nebraska might make a great beachfront bungalow . . . .
2007-09-14 11:39:04 · answer #1 · answered by Madame M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do think it's all getting a little hysterical but I still have a tiny one.
I don't drive or take holidays (no air travel since 1992). I live alone and only put lights on when I actually need to see anything.
I haven't had the fire on in months and only put the radiators on when I need to dry something. I always turn everything off when I go out and the computer is off when I finish using it.
For goodness sakes, my bin only goes out once every three weeks, I don't make a lot of rubbish. I cook all my meals from scratch, no ready meals, no takeaways so less cardboard and plastic.
2007-09-14 13:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we all have a responsibility to do as much as we can regardless of how important the issue of global warming really is . I probably don't do nearly enough to cover my carbon footprint but hopefully I'm making a serious dent in it . I separate as much recyclable material as humanly possible before it goes in the bin i use a container the size of a regular bin to collect all glass metal wood plastics that can be recycled clothing etc , even the big non recycle rubbish gets put in , when it's full i empty it in to separate piles and take them to the local dump for appropriate disposal. Hope this is the answer you're looking for .
2007-09-14 11:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I drive I use the lowest grade of petrol. All of my light bulbs around the house are 11, 15 and 18 watt instead of 40, 60 and 100 watt. My gas bill for the whole of the last quarter was 98 pence.
So I reckon my Carbon footprint is the size of a leprechaun.
2007-09-14 11:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by Terry G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My local councils Carbon footprint is the size of a circus clowns footprint because they burn the methane from the local landfill to the atmosphere making no attempt to use it for heating or as an energy source for growing out of season fruit or veg for sale at large profits to go back into the local economy and infra structure.
2007-09-14 11:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by john m 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I got out of the bath and left black footprints like that advert I think I would have to get in and scrub my feet some more.
I never really think about my carbon footprint as my head is so full of sorting out trauma and issues at the moment.
:-)))
2007-09-14 11:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Teejay 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I have some carbon fingerprints on file somewhere (chuckles). My rebellious youth in the 60s, you know!
I truly believe that we all should do our best to recycle whenever we can. The recyclers hate coming to my house, because I usually fill at least two bins and several bags of newpapers every two weeks.
When I am at my favorite pub or saloon, I insist on refills in the same glass, proudly proclaiming SAVE THE PLANET. After a few martinis though, it sounds like PAVE THE SLANET!
2007-09-14 11:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont do anything else other than switch off un necessary lights, use the amount of water for cooking,bathing,brushing teeth and switch off at intervals,recycle mostly what everyone does or should be doing. i think it is an issue certainly that its affecting our planet u only have to see the media reports on the Arctic etc to c what its doing but i feel transport etc have a bigger role in contributing to this disaster
2007-09-14 11:29:02 · answer #8 · answered by angjam02 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry,don't believe in the Yeti
2007-09-14 13:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by marlynembrindle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care AT ALL. The planet has been here for billions of years and will continue billions of years after all current life has been replaced through evolution. EVERY creature that was on this planet has been replaced several times...
Humans will go... ice ages will come... volcanic periods will return.. meteors will smack.. some life will emerge.. and that is that.
I only have about 30 more years of life and I am NOT going to spend it worrying about things that i have no control over..
2007-09-14 11:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋