would u try to stop global warming and how?
597044
No sense in trying to stop it. We as humans have pissed mother earth off big time and now she is protecting herself. The earth will out last us. We do things to the earth and think nothing of it, it can be as simple as someone throwing a cigarette out the window, what if everyone did that? what would it look like? I go to secluded lakes and find fishing line that birds and other animals can get caught in, 6 pack rings that are deadly to our wildlife, hooks an innocent person or animal could step on, booze bottles, trash everywhere, it is sickening and we are losing land every day. No respect for her why should she care what happens to us. The only way to stop global warming is to start respecting the earth and every living thing on it, we as humans have not grasped that simple concept, no it may not happen in my life time or even yours but doom is eminent unless we smarten up, we do not own the earth we are just fortunate enough to stay here. Sadly we are ignorant souls and don't give a hoot. How sad is that?
810600
Many possible solutions have been proposed to stave off global warming, should it actually be occurring. Some are very practical, while others are grandiose, to say the least. What is certain is that as the world's population continues to grow and developing nations develop, the world's need for space and energy will continue to grow. The need for space will accelerate deforestation. The need for energy will almost certainly increase the rate of fossil fuel burning. Listed below are a number of proposed "solutions" to combat global warming.\n\nThe simplest solution is an old one: conservation. Each gallon of gasoline releases 8.64 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere (source USEPA). Each kilowatt of electricity generated by a coal-fired plant produces about 1.4 kg of CO2 (source USEPA). Use less = emit less. The USEPA estimates that energy-saving appliance standards in the U.S. will have reduced national electricity consumption by 3% by the year 2000. This reduction will offset the need for 31 large power plants. A 625 MW coal-fired plant (serves about 425,000 homes) emits 1 million tons of carbon each year. The best part about conservation is it also saves you money. Again, the USEPA estimates that consumers will save more than $140 billion by the year 2030 with energy-saving appliances.\n\nPlant a tree. Forests cover 10 billion acres worldwide and sequester 1 trillion tons of carbon. The IPCC estimates that 850 million acres could be made available for planting trees. These trees would take up 60 to 90 billion tons of carbon by the year 2050. Unfortunately, this is only 12 to 15% of projected emissions during this period. Moreover, trees mature and stop rapidly consuming carbon. They are cut down, burned, or decay, which releases their stored CO2. So trees are a temporary partial solution at best. However, if these trees were used for lumber or paper products, their carbon would be stored for much longer periods of time. This might give the next solution time to work.\n\nThe oceans. The oceans already hold 36 trillion tons of carbon and absorb an additional 10 GtC from the ocean surface components each year (see Carbon Cycle). The ocean surface currently absorbs 2.5 GtC from the atmosphere, or roughly 40% of anthropogenic emissions. Given time, the oceans will probably absorb human-induced emissions, just not as fast as we are currently producing them. Proposals have been made to pump power plant emissions directly into the deep ocean. It would probably work, but would be extremely expensive
206536
No it cannot be stopped.....at all. First of all it is a naturally occurring process and humans have actually just accelerated the process. Now as the polar caps melt they release natural carbons into the atmosphere which at the current rate is actually more substantial than all of the carbons mankind release every day and since we cannot stop the ice from melting there is no way to stop the current trend even if we reverted back to the 1800's.
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It is the destiny of the man who have been doing this for over a century. \nTo prevent/reduce the global warming, one of the option is to grow more and more and more trees, creating a forest like environment.\n\nCAN U TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO PLANT 100 TREES IN YOUR AREA. THIS IS A CHALLENGE. GET THE HELP FROM ALL IN UR AREA. JUST DO IT. IF U CAN DO MORE THEN THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.\nMAKE SURE THE TREES GROW. THE BIRDS WILL HAVE MORE HOMES. & U CAN  SAVE A 1/4 OF A DEGREE OR LESS, BUT THE WARMING WILL SURELY REDUCE IF A MILLION OF PEOPLE WILL DO THE SAME\n\nI HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.
427202
World-wide reductions of CO2 and CO emissions are the only hope of stopping it. IF we do not do a great amount of reduction within the next 10 years, it will be too late to stop the warming. We can expect the ice caps to melt, leading eventually to an ice age...seems odd, I know, but a fast warming will lead to massive storms that will suck down the upper atmoshpere...see the movie, "Day After Tomorrow." Not really sci fi...can, and well may happen.
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First you have to define what causes global warming.  then you need to decide what of these variable are dependant or independant.  You could then chose one of the independend variables and try to design an experiment that shows how varying that variable causes a change in warming.  an example might be saying that CO2 causes global warming by increasing the insulating value of the atmosphere, you could then set up an experiment where an environment(a large sealed environment(5 gallon glass jug)  is set up to permit differnet concentrations of CO2.  Add a radiating heat source like a heat lamp and heat the closed environment,  measure the inside of the environment and then turn off the light.  graph how long it takes for the environment to return to ambiant tempeture.  increase the CO2 concentration and try it again.   It might be too difficult, but it shows the scientific process.  and you should get some good graph points.
1091688
The key to preventing global warming is to ensure that all our best ideas are implemented globally and immediately.\n\n1. We need a set of building codes that requires all new construction, everywhere, be erected with enough solar arrays to power three or four homes. In 25 years the world's homes would all have their own solar-generated power supplies. In addition, all homes could be built with either masonry (in very warm areas not subject to earthquakes) or with structural insulated panels (styrofoam sandwiched between two chipboard sides). Either provide excellent climate-control properties and dramatically-reduce the need for artificial heat or cooling.\n2. Cars can be built out of carbon-fibre, with flex-fuel engines, large batteries with plug-in adapters and solar arrays across their horizontal surfaces that together would enable commuters to travel 100 miles a day or more without emitting any greenhouse gasses.\n3. Cities should be planned with a view towards shortening everyone's commutes, thereby not only reducing the amount of pollutants in the air but also allowing people more leisure time and a better quality-of-life as a result.\n4. Taxes: If our society levied "sin" taxes and applied them to polluters to such an extent that it made their lives uncomfortable, people and industries would naturally gravitate towards more eco-friendly solutions on their own.\n\nWhat's really necessary is that there be a powerful economic incentive (or set of incentives) before anything will happen. \n\nObjects in-motion tend to stay in-motion, objects at rest tend to remain at rest, and people who've become accustomed to having their cake and eating it, too, are going to continue to be unthinking, uncaring gluttons until there's no cake left.\n\nIt's government's role to be proactive, to see what's coming and to act to ensure that life continues. It's for government to engineer things in a way that makes life better - or that at least provides a framework within which we can do it for ourselves.\n\nGovernment isn't doing its job ... and sooner-or-later we're all going to suffer terribly for it.
1017025
~None of the above.  I'd reduce human population by something just over 99.9% and save the planet.  But that solution has already been taken and we're well on the way.  People posting such trite questions on this site and wasting the energy (and burning the hydro-carbons to do it) as well as people doing the same to answer (yes, I include me in that) are a waste of oxygen anyway.\nNot to worry.  The planet, the ants and the cockroaches, and probably the sharks, will survive.
463041
In rather indirect ways, yes.\nRecycling paper helps save trees (recycle a little bit, save "part" of a tree) which convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.  (Carbon dioxide contributes to the greenhouse affect)\nMy driving style is geared around saving gas.  Mostly to save myself money, but even if I become very wealthy, I'm still going to be a bit conservative in my driving- still gonna get a hybrid, albeit a more powerful one.  Save gas, less emissions into atmosphere that contribute to global warming.\nOne person can't stop global warming alone.  However, each person can help a little bit, and it'll all add up.
787329
Stop Smoking\nUse your feet/bicycles rather than driving and polluting the air and causing GLOBAL WARMING.\n\nGlobal Warming has already taken affect in Alaska.\n\nIt's amazing how this generation is considered the "Eco-Friendly Generation" when many of us drive gas-guzzling SUV's
375511
your observation of current conditions go far beyond the political structure that our world suffers from Today.In brief, the answer to the first part of your question is 'Its already too late!" Our Environment is in total upheaval due to the persistent use of FOSSIL FUEL!! Global Warming is UPON us as we sleep, eat and make war....for the very product that will terminate Life as we know it...First of all,once the concept of Greed is comprehended ...We as a race might have a chance to not become exstinct. As it stands now, it doesnt look very good. Understanding the free worlds economy and realizing that it is controlled by the Petro Dollar.and the handful of people that own the Companies that produce Petroleum.Failure to keep the Petro Dollar afloat WILL and WOULD collapse the free world economy,  THIS is the POLITICAL Machine that decides whose Son or Daughter should be sacrificed to maintain a "Freedom" to breath foul air and watch our Planet slowly Die; Being ravaged by Hurricanes,Tornadoes,and Floods caused by the melting of our Polar caps.Once the Salinity content of our oceans deviate much more or the temperature should fluxuate (I believe its 4 Degrees Celsius) disrupting the food chain, we as a race of people should be issued a shovel the next time we fill our gas tanks ....so we can start digging our own graves....We are on the Precipice, and it IS serious,....but we as a people have a tendency to not want to hear this until its knocking at our door...I pray that we as a society will take note and a STAND and commit...your children and your grandchildren have the RIGHT to live in a world free of Toxic Gases we call 'AIR' that is generated by the handful of Petrol Sharks that keep us stuck from utilizing the technology that ALREADY exist to burn clean fuel  ...Sundancer
839941
No. The sun is to far away.\n\nWould we use gas to get it there? Because if we did we would be adding to our global warming situation while trying to beautify our planet. It would be counterproductive (If not impossible) any way you look at it.
739193
Just pretend there's global warming and here's what you would do\nWe would start to look for alternative energy sources Clean burn fuels to replace fossil fuels \n1. There would be research and development that would create dozens of new business"s in this search. It could dwarf the technology boom of the 90's\n2. These business's would create or boost other business's to partner with, supply parts and services\n3. All these new business's could create thousands upon thousands of new jobs1,2 and 3 would all be good for the economy\n4. We could stop shoving money into the pockets of mega rich Arab Sheiks and oil companies and their CEO's. every time you pull up to the pump you know one of these SO B's gets a cut. It might even scare them into dropping the price of gas\n5. It would take the power outta the hands of rogue country's in the middle east and make them a non factor by making us energy independent\n6.And ............OH YEA we might clean up the environment so we don't leave our kids a filthy sewer of a planet!!!!\n\nSo what would be the drawback about doin this?
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We are definitely at the point of no return. Recently, a NASA scientist said that we have ten years to reverse the effects of global warming. What's the likelihood that's going to happen? There aren't any good, readily available alternatives to petroleum, and not enough money is being put forth to find these alternatives, because the big oil companies have politicians the world over in their pockets.
271850
I would cancel the "Clear Skies Initiative" that actually clears the energy companies from following REGULATIONS THAT WOULD CLEAR THE SKIES.  Pretty sneaky, that Bush.\nLucky for us - the courts are rolling it back.
1061345
The best way to stop global warming is to de-fund the federal govt so they will stop producing crackpot-science that serves the interest of their investors.
931587
collect and condense all the extra carbon dioxide/ pollutants/emissons in the greenhouse gases layer in a gigantic oxygen tank, blast it to the moon for it to explode and release the gases. maybe it'll halt global warming?