What are YOU doing to reduce global warming?

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Answer 1

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Living in Sydney, which is already struggling with water problems, I'm concious of doing all I can to help prevent global warming. I'm sick of the, I can't make any difference attitude. If you personally fail to change your lifestyle to lessen the impact of global warming how can you blame politicians for not doing anything!

I bike or walk wherever possible. To travel longer distances I always try to use public transport but if I absolutely need to use a car then I use a car share scheme here in Sydney - no SUVs just small economical cars. Recycle, recycle, always switching electric goods off not just leaving on standby etc.

If we all make lots of small changes it will add up into one big change.

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Answer 2

i stopped using aerosol spray.....i recycle.....walk when i can instead of using a vehicle.....reduced considerably the amount of chemicals i use in the house..

Answer 3

I just got a push-bike. It make me healthy, saves me money on petrol and dosen't do any harm to the environment.

Answer 4

Not believing it! It is a natural cycle of the Earth. Sorta like a season

Answer 5

I work from home rather than commute. That's 500 miles a week (a tank and a bit of fuel.)

Answer 6

Nothing the world will be destoryed b4 the global warming issue aries because we will be dead from a Nuclear holocaust started by Britain and the US as they are alreading poking their noses with Iran

Answer 7

i recycle as the law now reqires. But I ask what can one individual do when you see the recycling laws dont apply to business'?

And I also gave my country away to the republicans despite knowing full well it was a fix, and i ignored the pleas of black congressmen and women.

Answer 8

Try to use lemon and vinegar for cleaning, they are pretty good too better than those awful bleaches that pollute the air.

Answer 9

I'm going to kill my husband. He lets off more gas than a humdred cows.

On a serious note, I walk more and take the train. This weekend I'm gonna fix my bicycle, and next year we are installing solar panels on the roof.

Answer 10

what am i doing? a lot! i've been a member of my school Nature Society and we did a lot projects together. everyday i took public transports, we also participate in nature conservation programme- grow more trees.

Answer 11

Educating my children for future references on all sorts of things

Answer 12

Rather than go around and spread missinformation why don't you debate the topic with a real climatologist like Roger Pielke Sr.?

http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu/

He has effectively nullified all of your horrific scenarios that are the basis for your film.

Answer 13

i thimkthat resarchare made to grow some kind of fishes whiche breaty co2 and release o2 and we can olso grow more plants

Answer 14

I think the problem is the average person doesn't feel they have a big impact on the situation. Certainly being aware of cause and effects of our decisions is important, but being one out of several billion on the planet with an issue that may not hit "critical mass" for a hundred years is hard to fathom. I think the true answer has to be that I really do very "little" that I think has an impact.

Source(s):

Michael Crichton "State of Fear"

Answer 15

My Vehicle is Catalyzed,2 Wheel Drive and 1.4Litres Engine capacity.
I Walk and Cycle most Places.
I recycle 50% of My Household waste(But My Government DO NOT Actively encourage his in all areas of the UK).

My House is Insulated and Double Glazed.
I use Aircraft travel very little nowadays.
But Living in the UK it's difficult to maintain any level of Carbon Reduction unless WE ALL make changes to Our lifestyles and Habits!

Generally Our Carbon Footprints have Long term affects on Our Climate! And I feel that even if we All made drastic Changes-we would still encounter Long-term and potentially devastating changes!

Answer 16

Good question Al. I am an old ecology advocate from the 60s. Remember ecology? People seem to have forgotten ecology and the significance of the ecological chain and what breaking the ecologic chain can mean for the survival of living beings on this planet. Specifically the most obvious thing I do is to ride my bicycle rather than drive a gas guzzling car. I think it would be a good idea if those not familiar with the whole concept of ecology read up on it and get a better sense of what each of us can do thru the preservation of the ecological chain in reducing global warming.

Answer 17

I already answered this. Then the original question got deleted. Now it's back again. I wasted all those keystrokes. Quite annoying.

I envisage a silly fight going on in Yahoo! operations centre between democrat and republican moderators.....

Anyway, in brief this time to avoid needless waste of my valuable life-minutes, I am vegetarian - the single most effective means of reducing ecological footprint. Less carbon, less methane, less usage of fresh water. Even better than switching from an SUV to a small hybrid.

Please don't delete this question again.

Answer 18

I recycle paper, cans, tin and glass and use eco-friendly washing products. Also I recently started to us energy saving light bulbs.

I also used to ride my scooter to work every day instead of my car to save on emissions.

Answer 19

nothing yet but im hoping after i see your movie I'll be inspired and informed enough to do something

Answer 20

I have a bottle of water in my toilet cistern which means I save water on each flush. Not sure if it fights against carbon emissions, but does help us save our water

Answer 21

30-40% of our home heating in winter comes from a high-efficiency wood-burning stove, I buy trees locally from an estate where they are regularly culled in the natural cycle.

The rest of our heating is regrettably but inevitably from burning oil, but our philosophy is that if you want to take off your sweater when you come indoors, the thermostat is too high.

I believe the most promising option for reducing our oil consumption further is a heat pump, I am looking into this at present.

Another family philosophy is that multiple uses should be made of each car journey whenever possible.

The sooner the use of fossil hydrocarbons as fuels can be phased out the better, and to this end I would support the extension of electricity generation from nuclear fission, and a ramping up of investment in the development of nuclear fusion as a power source.

Answer 22

This may be a minor deviation from the point of the question. But if (and the theories surrounding this are many and far reaching) global warming is indeed being caused by human intervention, then surely maybe it would be a good idea to get the US to actually agree to levels of polution to be kept rather than snubbing all European etc lobbyists attempts to halt the massive hole the US is causing (Kyoto Protocol). So ... in answer to your question, I am raising public awareness that the largest polluter in the world is doing nothing bar spouting words.

Source(s):

http://www.vexen.co.uk/USA/pollution.htm…

Answer 23

Eat as much beef as possible. Methane from bovine farts is a major contribution to the greenhouse effect!

Answer 24

Trying to convince AMERICANS to do more. Especially recycling and cutting carbon omissions into the atmosphere.

Answer 25

I recycle everything i can, i walk most of the time or cycle.It makes me so angry to hear people saying 'well, we'll all be dead anyway so i don't care.' Our planet is the most important thing we have to look after, more important than all the other concerns people have because at the end of the day, without the world, we have nothing, we'll all be dead. The thought of the world ending terrifies me more than anything else and i just wish more people cared about what happens to us. i really hope people watch Al gore's film and get a little reality check and realise that we all have to do something. 10 years is no time atall. In ten years i will be 31. I hope to have kids by then and be living a wonderful life and i think people really need to start thinking about the future. It's a ticking time bomb.

Answer 26

I'm not sure global warming is an area of concern. It seems as if we cycle from warming to cooling. I wonder, if warming of the ice cap is occurring, wouldn't the increase in temperature also cause more evaporation, thus preventing increases in water levels?

Answer 27

Its all the little things - cycling to work instead of using the car, turning off the tv instead of leaving it on stand by, turning off lights and appliances when not in use and trying to lay off the budget airlines. Its not a great deal, but if we all do it it can have an impact.

Answer 28

I recycle glass, plastic, paper and cardboard. I have had a water butt installed in my garden so I can water my plants with rain water. I have had a composter installed in my garden. All non-meat food waste goes in that along with garden cuttings. I have had all my windows double-glazed recently and I have turned down the thermostat for the central heating. I take showers instead of baths to save water. I turn off lights if I am not in a room to save on electricity. I use a dishwasher (when it is full!) rather than washing up in the sink to save water as well. I car share to get to work.

I'm doing as much as I can!

Answer 29

Over the last decade in Australia, certain measures have been made by my local council to cut down waste by only allowing us the tiniest garbage bin per family, but 3 other huge bins for paper, plant/grass/branches, and glass/PET plastic.

My council, Ku-ring-gai, then collects it and sends it to recycling plants to reduce the amount of waste that then decomposes in our rubbish tips. I sort all my waste and make sure that I properly use the bins.

I use energy saving light globes and turn lights off when I am not in the room.

I try to use as little hot water as I can.

I wear warm clothes in my house instead of turning on the heating all the time. It is amazing how much better you can feel without heating!

I take public transport to work and I try not to drive too much.

I also try to plant native Australian trees in my garden often and in the bush which my house backs onto. I also send money to another country overseas which plants trees in desert areas and areas destroyed by fires. Sometimes as a present for someone's celebration I have trees planted in their name there and they receive a certificate.

I used to work on projects on renewable energy as well as carbon sequestration (both geological and biological) and technology to help us move towards a hydrogen society. It may all sounds like science fiction but I have seen geosequestration working as well as hydrogen fuelled buses.

Working with global governments (including the US DOE) and industries such as mining, utilities/coal power stations and manufacturing I was able to further these projects that will help reduce global warming with people who have the ability to make real changes.

I also plan to convince as many people as I can to see An Inconvenient Truth because even if it gets into their heads a little, it is better than nothing - every little helps!

Answer 30

Nothing, England isn't doing anything specifically big to reduce global warming. So, why should I?

Answer 31

I have become Vegetarian, I grow my own produce, I work from home, I sold my car, bought a bicycle, I have a solar panel for hot water, you juice electricity, a wood burning stove for heating, more insulation in my house than is probably necessary, use Eco nappies on the kids, cook from scratch at every meal, recycle just about everything, have a grey water mechanism for watering the garden and for doing the dishes, housework, toilet etc. Annoy the government/local government with emails letters and protests, most recently at Drax, Share ideas with local schools. EDUCATION is the key.

Source(s):

www.grenpeace.org.uk, www.climatecamp.org.uk, www.selfsufficientish.com, www.permaculture.org.uk, www.risingtide.org.uk