"Global Warming"

Akuko · Chosen of Bast Age: 45 Gender: Joined: 03 Mar 2006

There has always been a focus on the environment, even before the global warming "crisis." And yes, I do agree that it is raising awareness of what we need to do to decrease our impact on the environment. But it shouldn't be a sensationalistic movie or a snippet on the five o'clock news. It should be within us at all times to think of what we can do to improve upon this world, not just "what can it do for me" attitude.

Wow, I think I opened up a can of worms here! O.O

ScrumYummy · bunnyhunches of scrums Gender: Joined: 29 Jun 2005

Akuko · Chosen of Bast Age: 45 Gender: Joined: 03 Mar 2006

Doot · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

I know I keep pitching this link but I found it pretty interesting:

www.storyofstuff.com

It had gotten me more in tune with the eco-friendly changes we've been making in our household.

Akanari · Owns your reality Gender: Joined: 29 Sep 2004

^ What Scrum said.

Sensationalism? That's a problem? It's the only way to get this world's attention!! You either have to be naked or out of your mind to get any air time. I think sensationalizing global warming is the least of our problems.

Personally, it should start with the businesses. Those can only currently be offhandedly controlled by the government (besides the obvious consumer, of course). We have the technologies to make change -now- but aren't investing ourselves into the cause.

And by the way, just because it's snowing doesn't disprove global warming. Global warming is part of climate change and -causes- extreme weather to happen more frequently and intensely. Also, I think all significant scientific communities have recognized that anthropogenic climate change is happening. Human beings change much faster than the rest of the earth and its species because of our extremely developed abilities of communication and recording.

It's in our best interests to keep the earth as stable as possible. There is an incredibly high extinction rate and a ridiculous amount of greenhouse gases coming from industrial countries. America needs to knock a little sense into its policy makers and diplomats to get them to pay attention to this and set an example for the rest of the world. If only Al Gore hadn't been the man of An Inconvenient Truth then this country might be going somewhere instead of bickering.

I will reiterate what Scrum said (in my own words, of course, and she does not endorse this statement)...the best thing you can personally, logically do for the environment? Go Veg! (only one of many, many, many, many reasons) Others that I like to do: buy second-hand, reuse my items (I get get pretty creative here), hang-dry my clothes, reduce my food packaging, use permanent grocery bags, etc.

SirGunslinger · Rebel without a clue Gender: Joined: 21 Jun 2007

feign · Senior Otaku Gender: Joined: 31 Jan 2007

Al the DLOE · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

To back up Feign look at the reports that came out 10 years later from the signing of the Kyoto Protocols.

Goal: reduce emissions in industrial nations
first the signees of the document:
Europe's emmisions up about 14% from growth
Russia's about 12%
Other signees were approx the same at these 2
non-signatary
USA: up 7% due to improving with technology the scrubbing and pollutant control methods.

this backs up the point of leave the US alone about it since we are doing more than most by innovation rather than limiting production (what the treaty was about). also in the treaty were ENERGY caps. lets see...to run that forward we are going to have rolling blackouts, reduction of tech innovations due to that, and a number of deaths for there being no power for heating/cooling...all to save Mother Earth.

now lets take a look at a moment in history: the Medieval Warming period. during this time the Earth was warmer, Greenland was green, and civilizations spread due to less ice blocking people in ie the Norse/Vikings. this was a time of expanded trade and prosperity. now lets apply that the modern superfarming methods if it happens now. given how TRADE could help expand things from the related food boom, we could reduce world hunger (after we kill a few commies, socialists, and dictators) and human life will improve. looking at it that way, GLOBAL WARMING IS GOOD!

Akuko · Chosen of Bast Age: 45 Gender: Joined: 03 Mar 2006

Thank you Al, I totally agree with what you are saying. Mother Earth finds a way to survive and we just have to roll with the punches. We need to stop relying on technology to save us and go back to the hunter gatherer days of yore.

And btw, global warming is a theory and not a fact, as is climate change. And it isn't nessarily a bad thing. However the media just uses it as another way to scare the populous intospending money to fix "the problem" when it may not be "the problem" at all!