DID YOU HEAR ABOUT IN 10yrs TIME?

Question

with UK weather..

it will get as bad as the canicle (heatwave) in france.

i know im not old, or young. im 15

but ive been told im prone to skin cancer because im so pale, also last time it was hot, even though i drank litres i blacked out..

if it gets hot.. is there anything i can do?

Answer 1

Yes of course!!

If the sun gets unbearable in the UK.. move ;)

For real, you can put sunblock and stay in the shadows and whatever, but in the long run, the best answer is to just move.

Answer 2

We have the technology to move past the carbon debate. We do not have time to go through the government red tape. With oil on the decline, we have to make massive changes, swiftly. But we have to take the time to get it right. We can not do this twice, or three times - like in the past; we have to put our money in the best return on investments and where we get multiple benefits. We have had most of this technology for 20 years but have not implemented it. We know what is cost effective; we know where we need better technology. Without governments mandating renewable resources that do not harm the environment, we are doomed. The fossil fuel depression with global warming will be the worst economic downturn in world history. But this is not doom and gloom; we have the ability to fix our mess and enough time. Solar Concentrating Electric Power Plants, wind, wave, small hydro-electric, geothermal, and nuclear energy are what we need. We must have a pollution surcharge where we pay the real price (health effects, global warming and cleanup) for oil, natural gas, coal, cigarettes, cooling towers, cars, trains and airplanes. Raising the price of fossil fuel today gives us more time to solve these problems and helps pay for the 20 Trillion Dollars worth of renewable energy over the next 10 years. Remember knowledge is power and this information is very powerful. Humans have 50 trillion dollars worth of stuff that runs on cheep oil, natural gas, or coal.

I attended the Focus the Nation at Sierra College on 1-31-08. The event was the 2% Solution, a 2% reduction over 40 years to solve global warming. Oil is a nonrenewable resource and we are running out-but not soon – anyone now want to pay $30 per gallon for gas. The problem is the oil will be gone in less than 30 years at present rates of consumption without projected increases and shortages (gone at least to run cars, heat homes, power electric plants or air travel). The 2% Solution is ok for the USA for a 10 year plan to cut 20%, but I would prefer a 5% Solution over the next 10 years for a 50% reduction. At the same time, we have to be building renewable energy so at the end of 10 years we can cut an additional 20%. With the peak of oil in the 1970’s, peak NG in the 1990’s, having mined cheep coal, the peak of ocean fishing in the 1980’s, and the peak of uranium in the 1990’s, humans must stop procrastinating and make real changes to keep earth sustainable including in the energy debate, finance and regulation. Over the next 90 years carbon dioxide is projected to skyrocket as human’s burn more fossil fuels, but we have to come up with what will take its place and cleanup our mess. One of the big problems we have is at some time Yellowstone will blow its top again, as the magma move closer to the surface, creating a nuk winter. After that we will not have to worry about the destruction of the ozone layer, global warming or pollution.

Many of mankind’s advancements cause earth surface to warm, destroy the ozone layer, kill off endanger species, heat cities, and in some way cause more dramatic destruction.  Blacktop and buildings (roads, roofs and parking lots-heat cities), deforestation (air pollution, soil erosion), duststorms (increase hurricanes and cyclones, cause lung diseases), fires (cause pollution, mud slides, and deforestation), refrigerants (like CFC's) and solvents (including benzene destroy the ozone layer raising skin cancer rates) and plastics; cars, airplanes, ships and most electricity production (causes pollution including raised CO2 levels and increased lung and other diseases); these human problems we must fix to keep life on earth sustainable! Humans have destroyed half of the wetlands, cut down nearly half of the rain forest, and advance on the earths grasslands while advancing desertification which increases duststorms.

The result is:  change is on the way, we just do not know what changes (where and when). Look beyond the hype, beyond the weather, beyond a quarterly report and beyond today. President Bush has made a choice of energy (ethanol) over food and feeding the starving people around the world; this is a choice China has rejected. The fact is Bush wants to buy food from out side the USA to send to starving people since our grain is not available. Now what USA Presidential candidate is giving you the facts so you can make an educated decision of which one to vote for?

But with that we must understand we have never seen what is now happening before. CO2 has never lead to temperature change, but temperature change has led to increases in CO2. The models have to be made as we go along with current evidence! But again adding a small amount of CO2 to the atmosphere enlarges the earths sun collection causing warming; increase water in the atmosphere and it forms clouds cooling earth but sometimes causing flooding. Even natural events are warming earth and causing destruction. The sun has an increased magnetic field causing increases in earthquakes (more destruction), volcanoes (wow, great destruction), and sun spots. Lighting produces ozone near the surface (raising air pollution levels). The USA Mayor's have taken a stand and I believe are on the right track, we can have control and can have economic growth. The sun is available to produce energy, bring light to buildings and makes most of human’s fresh water. Composting is the answer to desertification. New dams are the answer to fresh water storage, energy and cooling earth by evaporation, we need many small ones all over (California needs 100 by 2012 and we are far behind).

That is why I founded CoolingEarth.org, a geoengineering web sight where you can learn more about earth, the atmosphere, and how to sustain life on earth’s surface. Watch for changes in the sight coming soon.

Answer 3

stay hydrated(you obviusly know that)

stay covered, never be out for too long when your not wearing much

always have sun screen on, even in the winter(it is possible to get a burn in the winter)

Answer 4

buy a hummer.

Answer 5

Global warming and Climate change have nothing to do with UV expose and time in contact with it. For example the higher you live in altitude or the more you fly, you are going to be exposed to UV radiation more than someone just living in lets say the UK. However if it is cloud-cover you are talking about and because of climactic shifts, England could become the not so cloudy and rainy country everyone thinks it is. [However I believe it will become an ice ball, but never mind that]. Then your exposure to UV radiation will increase.

It is true the "whiter" you are and less pigment you have the more prone to UV absorption you are.

What you are talking about, is not an "end to the world" scare tactic, but rather for every action there is a reaction. Common law of physics, the same goes for the "free and perfectly safe" energy in the ground. Being buried millions of years ago storing the carbon over time and turning our planet into a temperate one, where we as humans evolved.

Answer 6

Yea, relax.  There's 'the world is going to end' scare that comes up every 7 - 10 years.  The last one was Y2K was going to kill us, before that there were meteors, nuclear winter, nuclear war, genetically modified foods......

You'll experience many, many more of these in your life.  They all have one thing in common - they're all bogus.

Answer 7

I spent a number of years working in Australia, a lot of the time in the outback where it is really hot most of the time. While keeping up your water intake you have to be careful about drinking too much, which can do you a lot of harm. Most of the time it is better to just swill the water around in your mouth then spit it out. Enough water will be absorbed through your mouth to keep you healthy. Taking salt tablets will help keep you from blacking out, but again, in moderation. Always wear a good hat and at least a tee-shirt in the sun, and don't forget the sunscreen, lots of it.

Answer 8

Wear sunblock

Wear a hat

Wear light and breathable clothing

Stay in AC cooled rooms or shaded areas

Drink lots of fluids...

Well.... those are very rare heat waves and no scientist can really predict it. If a weatherman can't predict the weather 3 days in advance then how can you believe that they can predict it 10 years in advance?

And... the world hasn't warmed in a decade and 1934 was the warmest year in the past century.....not 2005 or 1998(evern though that was pretty warm).

Answer 9

Stay in the shade if you can't get in air conditioning.

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