What can you suggest to decrease the rate of global warming?
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The only way that you are really going to significantly reduce the rate of Globsal Warming is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions world wide to less than one tenth of what they are today.
That requires that we shut down all motorized transportation systems world wide. there can be no exceptions.
We must shut down the generation of electricity by the use of fossil fuels world wide with no exceptions.
We must stop heating our homes, offices and factories, even when it is below zero degrees outside.
We must stop the heating of all water for washing and bathing world wide with no exceptions.
You may want to try an experiment to see how long you can stand to bathe in cold water. If you cannot stand to bathe in cold water, how do you expect to get 100% compliance world wide?
Remember, if you bathe in water that has been heated, you are contributing to Global Warming.
We would have to stop the heating of all food.
We would have to shut down all manufacturing, steel making and cement making.
The amount of carbon dioxide emissions that we save by recycling more, turning out the lights and buying hybrid cars are so small they really make very little difference in reducing the rate of Global Warming.
Essentially you cannot reduce carbon dioxide emissions world wide or even in the United States enough to have any significant impact on Global Warming.
I think the 1st thing we should start with is to get AlGore to reduce his energy consumption at his house which consumes over 20 tmes the energy of the average US home.
1. Insulate your water heater and regularly drain the sediment out of the bottom.
2. When possible, hang your wash out to dry, or at least clean your lint trap after every load.
3. Unless clothes are really soiled, wash in cold water and adjust your water level to accommodate the load. Cut back on the amount of detergent you use, most of us put in too much.
4. Change your light bulbs! Although these bulbs cost more initially, they use a lot less energy, last much longer (less going to the landfills) and will save you money on your electric bill.
5. Try switching to solar lighting outdoors.
6. Adjust your thermostat to be a couple degrees cooler in winter and a couple warmer in summer. It won’t change your level of comfort but will save energy; lots if everyone did this!
7. If there is empty space in your freezer, fill it with water-filled Tupperware so less energy is used to keep the compartment at freezing temperature. Vacuum the coils of your frig regularly.
8. Insulate your windows. Replace any that are loose or cracked. Use window covers that filter the light in summer, but let more in during winter.
9. Whenever it comes time to replace an appliance, look for one that is energy efficient.
10. Paper or plastic? Neither! Buy some washable canvas totes and take them whenever/wherever you shop. They are stronger, deeper, have substantial handles and can be used for ages before needing to be replaced. Plastic takes eons to deteriorate and paper causes more trees to be cut down. Or if you’re buying just an item or two, tell the cashier you don’t need a bag.
11. No need to buy costly, bio-friendly cleaners, you probably have the ingredients right at home for concocting your own. Lemon juice, vinegar, baking soda, etc. can be mixed and used in spray bottles for cleaning many things. ‘Mrs. Stewart’s’ liquid bluing is eco-friendly and bio-degradable and can be used in place of bleach. They have a website with a number of cleaning tips. www.mrsstewarts.com Other websites can tell you how to mix your own ‘natural household cleaners’.
12. Keep your car tuned and your tires properly inflated. Try to multi-task to reduce driving. Also, changing your driving habits can save fuel. When stopped at a RR crossing, shut your car off. Coast down hills in neutral. If the light up ahead is red, take your foot off the gas and coast up to the light. No sense in driving up fast only to have to step on the brakes.
13. It cost nothing to join www.freecycle.com. This is a great place where (for free) people post items they no longer want or use, or you can post what you are looking for. It’s like a big swap meet and many great things show up on there. Furniture, computers, landscaping material, bird/dog cages, clothes, you name it! If it’s not in your community, you can easily start it up by using the aforementioned site. Caution: Woman should NOT be alone when picking something up or having someone coming over to pick something up.
14. Try to incorporate more landscaping if you have a yard. More trees and shrubs mean less area to cut, same with groundcovers. Think evergreens and fruit trees to supply food and shelter for wildlife.
15. Take either shorter or cooler showers; preferably both.
16. FORGET bottled water! Due to there being almost no regulations much of the water you buy is nothing more than bottled tap water! You can buy a couple of reusable, durable water bottles and use these over and over again using your own tap water. Less money, much less plastic going to the landfills. If you’re still leery, you can buy a filtering system to help purify your own tap water.
17. Use washable cloth napkins and hand towels.
18. Even when an appliance isn’t being used, it is still drawing energy if it’s plugged in. Unplug these or get some convenient power strips where you can shut off multi appliance with one switch. IE: toaster, can opener, microwave.
19. Set your computer to going into ‘sleep’ or ‘hibernate’ mode if you’re going to be away from it for 10 minutes or more. Screen savers are NOT energy savers.
20. Buy items in bulk, or items that use little packing material to reduce the amount that is going to landfills.
There are many more great tips on web sites that are easy to find. Education is key to making a difference. Lead by example. Become active in voicing your concerns to politicians. Going green is not a new ’chic’ thing, but a necessary step to slowing down our own demise due to our own greed.
yes just wait a few years and the planet will go into a cooling cycle, it goes through natural warming a cooling cycles every 20 or 30 years.
Stop producing vehicles using petroleum..
write your elected official and tell them you want more nuclear power plants.
plant lotsa lots of trees!! they got lots of benefits!!
trees help reduce the heat and they produce oxygen that helps cool the surrounding and they also absorb harmful chemicals that causes heat...
support tree planting!support tree planting!support tree planting!support tree planting!
You are absolutely wrong. We are NOT "obliged to make the fate of our world". That is the type of neo-christian, fascist, shallow environmentalism that got us into this mess in the first place. We are obliged to 1. stop whatever we do that negatively impacts our biosphere, and 2. we are obliged to learn how that biosphere works and where we fit into the system without interfering with it.
Exterminate 5.5 Billion people. Do the math.. that's the only way. *IF* Global Warming were Man caused... It's not... Sun Spots are a far more likely suspect.
Mike tells it like it is.
All I can add to that is that you can't expect a problem thats been 50-250 years in the making to suddenly be reversed at the grassroots level by using less toilet tissue.
Its going to take some serious work by people smarter than me to solve this one. Hopefully they are too busy working on it today than to sit around switching between FunQA.com various endorsements of the gay lifestyle, astrology and carbon credits.
Maybe the solution is going to involve breeding a new strain of algae that rapidly proliferates in warm seawater, and then pleading with whale and dolphin lovers to let us put it to work.
well there are many ways one can stop glabal warming but not alot of people try!
there are at least 51 things you can do! i wont list all of them but here are a few-
1.take the bus.
2.employes should work close to home
3.open a window instead of running the ac all the time
4.try using a water heater.
5. wear warm clothes inside in winter and coll in summer.
6.say no to plastic bags
7. recycle
8.also belive it or not skip the steak becuase factory takes up and lets out alot.
9. shut off your computer
10.stop using so much paper.
theese are a few ways. hope this helps
I suggest that someone sew Al Gore's mouth shut, thereby reducing a lot of hot air from going into the atmosphere.
I just read about this website on the Wall Street Journal: Carbon Diet Plan. It is an application that can put us on a 'carbon diet'. As an individual and friends, we can make an impact on global warming 1 lb at a time.
http://www.CarbonDietPlan.com
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