How can we fight Global Warming?
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Apparently the image if incinerated children amuses you.
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Global warming is NOT a "natural thing."\nYes, our planet all on its own, for various reasons, does go through cycles of warmer and cooler temperatures.\nHowever, in the last 150 years we have added many billions of tons of carbon in various forms (carbon dioxide in the air is the biggest problem) to the planet's ecosphere -- more than any "natural" cause in the history of the earth.  \nI very much want to leave a habitable planet to my children, so they can do the same for theirs.  That means reducing humans' artificial climate changes which are causing a runaway greenhouse effect -- which is NOT natural.\n\nThe earth isn't going to "die" naturally for another 4.5 BILLION years or so -- why are you so relaxed about moving that deadline up by 4.9999 billion years?\n\n"only" girl -- it's not a theory, it's well proven.  You should keep up with science.
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HOW TO LIVE ON planet earth WITHOUT decimating it !
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Global warming is definately a huge issue.  I don't think any countries are enacting on this issue currently
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How everyone will survive when land is covered with water due to Global Warming.\nPlz Visit:\nwww.geocities.com/futuresystematization\nfor my answer.\n\nWaiting for your reply\nSANU\nResearch Engineer
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We are pretty enduring.  \nMankind can do things to the planet no animal as far as we know, has ever done.  If you look at the ice cores from Greenland, you will see the variance in temperature before man is significant on the earth, is greater than man has seen while being on the earth.  Is it possible to overheat something that will heat itself far beyond any heating we could do?  While we can influence the earth's climate, we can not stop it or start it at will.  We party because as inhabitants we pale in comparison to the natural cycle the earth can and has gone through.  I only hope we are smart enough to manage the climate the earth can throw at us.
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I  am very concerned about global Warming, The east coast could be underwater and the northpole could be gone in as little as 50 years. Today's choices could have a dramatic effect on the future. yet NOTHING is being done :(.
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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
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Ten simple things you can do to help the "Earth": \n\n1) Recycle\n2) Purchase only "energy star" appliances\n3) shower outdoors with a solar-heated shower\n4) Use only recycled products\n5) Eat organic\n6) Be certain your insulation is properly installed\n7) Use public transportation\n8) Turn the water off when brushing your teeth\n9) Only wash full loads of dishes/laundry\n10) Air-dry your clothes rather than using a dryer
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Problem: global warming  Solution:cut carbon emmissions by finding an alternative energy source, cutting down electricty use, riding a bike, buying more fuel efficient cars, planting trees, supporting laws and bills that put tougher restrictions on factories' waste.  \nProblem: poverty   Solution:redistribution of wealth, encouraging people to donate time/money/clothes/food (making it beneficial somehow, like offering 1 dollar tax refund for every hour of community service)  \nProblem: Apathy  Solution: spread the word, bring awareness about issues to your local community\nProblem: Lack of healthcare  Solution: reach out to lawmakers to encourage them to make bills and laws that provide more comprehensive healthcare coverage.
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There are a few aspects to be addressed when discussing global warming...\n\nGlobal warming is the term used to describe how the average temperature of the planet is going up. No one denies that the temperature is, in fact, going up. Therefore, no one denies that global warming is a fact.\n\nHowever, according to studies of Antarctic ice, the average temperature of the planet has been rising for 6,000 years, which is well before the Industrial Revolution of 150 years ago. This proves that global warming is not caused by man. In that time, however, the rate of temperature rise has increased, which means that the actions of humanity probably has worsened the situation.  What has been the degree to which we have?\n\nThe critical questions to be answered about global warming are these:\n\nWhat are the effects of global warming going to be, and how can we prepare for them? Currently, no model of global atmospheric projection has shown itself to accurately predict to any degree the general weather patterns of the Earth (such as the number and ferocity of hurricanes). Until we come up with an accurate way of predicting the effects of global warming, preparing for them will be difficult and based upon conjectures, which are a difficult sell to taxpayers.\n\nWhat can be done to limit the effect of humanity on global warming in the future WITHOUT putting a major damper on economic growth and development, especially in developing nations? For example, all nations could agree to stop driving vehicles that use internal combustion engines, but to do so at once would devastate the economies of many nations. However, other options, such as diverting tax funds to subsidize the development of alternative-energy propulsion for vehicles, would accelerate the advent of such earth-friendly technology.\n\nAll in all, because of the massive stakes involved when discussing global warming (and the subsequent misinformation flying around about it), many people are confused as to the facts about it. I was hoping to be as informative and unbiased as possible.\n\nAnd yes, I am Republican.\n\nPlease let me know what you think!
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actually, because of Global Warming, we would be in the ice age.  The increase in temperature causes a higher density of water vapor in the air, as a result the net temperature on the surface of the earth drops, and we get lots and lots of percipitation.  The Earth is making drastic attempts to shift it's self to remedy this.  Al Gore thinks we can control it because WE caused it, and so it would stand to reason that we fix it.
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Argue about Global Warming by showing a chart of the temperature rising, but also show a shart of the average temperatures in the world 100,000 years ago, and argue if Global Warming is something to worry about.\n...because years ago, there was a warming trend alot, and a cooling trend which produced ice ages.
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Global warming is due to the huge quantity of some kind of gaz that human activity ejects in the atmospher. That gaz in itself does not warm, but it has indirect effects: destroying the earth's protection towards these sunshines and keeping the heat of these sunshines into the earth's atmospher.\nWhy people don't care much about it? It's because they don't realize that the earth as they know it could drastically change. Until now, it took billions of years to change, so human lifetime (and even the complete human History!!!) isn't much compared to the usual scale of big climate changes. But the earth human population, its activity and its ability to pollute have increased so much that it has become possible for humanity to go straight into a wall without even realizing it!!!
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Global warming is the latest trend by Governments of the world to try to convince the population that we are at fault for warming the world.  The world's weather and climate has been changing regularly over the last 15,000 years - before cars and planes were invented.  Carbon dioxide is one of the most prolific gasses in our atmosphere because it is needed for plants to survive.  Without CO2, the plants would die and we would have no oxygen which is a by product of a plant and we would all die!  Remember all the other scare stories over the years - in the 60s it was nuclear bombs from Russia, then we had SARS and bird flu, then terrorists and don't forget the hole in the ozone layer.  Every couple of years, we get a major scare story to keep the world's population under control.  The effect of global warming is that we are all paying out so called green taxes that actually do nothing to stop the problem but it sure makes the Governments rich!  What is the point of worrying about future global warming when now you have people freezing to death in the winter because they cannot afford to heat their homes because the price of gas and electric has risen so much because of green taxes?  Or we are getting plagues of rats and other vermin because Councils only collect our rubbish every two weeks because recycling is top priority?  We really should solve todays problems first before we start worrying about something that will most likely never happen.
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Good...global warming is a very serious issue\n\nhere are few very helpful site that will take you on a tour to contempory issues in global warming, answers all the global warming related questions\n\nyou will love it\nThis is informative site about global warming..\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming\n\nthis one is government's site telling government's actions on Global Warming\n\nhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
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It's politics but it's also the incredible egotism human beings have that we are at the center of everything. Sure, we need to be concerned about pollution. We have to breathe the air and drink the water. Human beings have clearly had an adverse effect on local ecosystems, but whether we are powerful enough to warm up the whole planet is an open question. I am afraid that all the focus on global warming is taking attention away from environmental issues where there is a clearer cause and effect.