How much do you worry about global warming and it's effects?

Question

After the warnings about the earth's future in terms of what we have done/and are doing to the environment, have you made any changes in terms of the way you go about life to better the environment?

If so, what changes have you made to contribute to prevent global warming? eg. do you switch it off if your not using it?

What do you consider the worst culprit to the damage of our environment? eg. war/bombs etc, cars, airconditioners etc.

Anyone chosen to take public transport instead of driving a car?

Answer 1

I don't worry... yet anyway. Alarmists that state "its too late" or "we're running out of time" are using scare tactics. I look at all the evidence piling up and am more than satisfied with the conclusion that humans are a major factor to global warming.

But you know what? Everyone is looking out for themselves, and looking for reasons to not have to change their lifestyle. People argue "well it's been getting colder here" or "where's the proof?". Well the proof requires you to go to university for several years... and getting colder? Well, global warming is climate change. Some places will see drought, other floods, some will see deserts, others will see snow. As Will Smith so nicely put "somehow 'I told you so', doesn't seem like enough" (I, Robot), at that point, we'll be making changes. We don't live in a giant pot of water where everything is uniform... there are millions of factors that affect the weather that you see.

Major changes, however, become a little scary. Great Britain is on the same latitude as places in Canada which regularly sees -40 Celsius temperatures in the winter... yet Britain doesn't get that cold. There is supporting evidence that climate change may cause a shift in global ocean currents, and Britain might no longer have a warm current, and may end up as a giant ice sheet like Greenland. That's kind of freaky.

Okay, you can consider that there were times in Earth's history when the planet was a giant snowball. There were also times when both the north and south poles were tropical rainforests. Life itself does not care. The Earth does not care. Over millions of years the Earth can fix itself no problem. Humans, on the other hand, will be screwed. If I had a time machine and went back 500 million years, I'd probably die in a matter of minutes because I could not breathe the air. Oxygen and CO2 levels would have been different millions of years ago... not significant to life, but significant to how humans have evolved to cope with our present atmospheric conditions. If I didn't die from that, I would die from the lack of food... since my stomach wouldn't be able to digest such prehistoric plants.

So dolphins are going extinct, and some birds, and some animals. No biggie... but when carrots go extinct, and cows start dying off, and farmers are having a really hard time growing anything, THAT's when we're screwed.

Not in my lifetime, or my kid's lifetime. But throughout our own life we will be able to see the changes...

Answer 2

It's a worry (one among many) but I don't think we'll all die out (the developed world has the resources for mitigation, the developing world OTOH...) nor that it'll send us back to the stone age (despite the attempts of the Greens to force us back there).

As for what is the biggest cause of global warming, the data clearly implicate electricity production from burning fossil fuels, since the green movement (not the environmental movement which has always been pro-nuclear) has opposed replacing fossil fuel burning for electricity production with uranium splitting so I think we can blame them for most of the current global warming (had the nuclear building programme not stopped we'd be well on track to solving it which we certainly are not even close to).

It's also important to recognise that individual actions can't really do much (and the if everyone did line doesn't work because not everyone will do it).

Answer 3

Zero, Zip, zilch. I do not worry at all. It is a natural occurence in which we have no say. It's the same as worrying about a meteor hitting the planet. Sure it can happen, but wee have no control, so why worry.

I have adapted my behaviour some. I like to rev my car for no reason and open all the doors when the heat and air are on just to annoy the lefty loonies.

Answer 4

I worry, only because my children will suffer more form it than I will. I am careful not to waste electric(power plants may contribute), I make my trips count when I go out, I would use public transportation if my area had a better system.  

Answer 5

it will always happen no matter what. there will be some ppl that will help the enviroment but in the end not EVERYONE will do it. theres no point just as long some people help out the enviroment. its life we have to save our precious moments. everything is life and there will be a judgement day one day in our lives.

Answer 6

I could care less about any of this

Answer 7

Not much - the earth will heal it self naturally.

Oil and Gas is required 99% for our daily lives.

That plastic bottle, chair, folder, clock, plastic bag, plastic spoon, fake jewellery, shoes, super glue etc are all made from oil polymers.  

Answer 8

I worry a ton. Everything adds up to we're going to have major floods or little Ozone. Ozone blocks off UV Radiation. If there's no Ozone, this energy would burn your skin, simply killing you. This is also why scientists don't want a pulsar or supernova to close to Earth. These have almost all UV Radiation from the star that exploded, enough to overwhelm the Ozone for Days, maybe even weeks. Ozone also, like the Magnetic Field, protects us from Auroras, which do have this energy. However, we have enough Ozone to protect us in the moment, and instead of dangerous storms and sudden death, it ends up in a magnificent sight.

Answer 9

Oh please! Evans_Michael_ya, only socialism can save this planet from being raped to death by greedy capitalist free market scum!.

It's not the totally natural cycle of global warming and global cooling that's going to kill this beautiful planet, it's CAPITALISM!

Answer 10

Warming is beneficial to us and the earth and its a natural process we cant control so I am not particularly worried about it. I am more concerned about the current cooling trend which has far worse implications for the world.  

Answer 11

I'm not worried about the effects of Global Warming, since I doubt they'll be anywhere near as bad as scientists are predicting, due to too many factors that can't be taken into consideration. So the only things I've done was buy reusable grocery bags, since I love trees! And I've always been conservative when it comes to electricity and water usage. I also feel I've done my time on public transportation, so even if I had a viable bus route to take, I wouldn't take it, especially with all the violence and crimes that have been happening on a lot of the bus routes and bus stops here in the Minneapolis area. And downtown Minneapolis isn't as safe to go to anymore and that's a major hub when transferring from one bus to another bus.

Answer 12

not too much after watching that program the other night where a scientist and john howard were on.  He reckons he has facts that the temperature hasnt increased in several years, yet pollution has gotten worse, so the two arent connected...  Even still I dont think it would be doing us any good, and definately bombs are a major contributer for stuffing up the earth, I try to turn off my appliances when not in use

Answer 13

I do not worry one bit.

I would worry if any of the fabrications were in fact true and had anything to do with man.

I am more concerned with real issues which man can improve and has some control over, not myths or scaremongering propaganda.

The worst damage to our environment is pollution.

Pollution only affects your local environment, and has no effect on weather or climate.

Switching off appliances when not in use is a good habit for everyone to get into since it saves you money, and if more people were less wasteful, there would not be the need to build more power stations as soon.

Again this only for financial considerations, and nothing more.

There is nothing whatsoever that anyone could do to change the climate, but we should all be more environmentally friendly and remember that we are not the only or most important species on this planet.

We should all learn to live with nature and not try to conquer it.

Answer 14

i worry quite a bit. my aunty said that theres no point in recycaling and that shed be dead by the that it would happen. and i wanted to cry and like punch her. i get so scared talking about it. i try and do as much as i can.

Answer 15

I only worry about the loss of my rights, liberties, freedoms, and economic status as a result of this naturally occuring event being used by the socialist in their bid for world control.

Answer 16

I don't care at all quite frankly my whole family drives lifted trucks two of which are diesels and they are all modified and chipped with exhausts.  The diesels put out a nice thick cloud of smoke as they go like a bat outta h**l!!!!!

Answer 17

It's all political.  There's nothing happening to our climate, and I don't worry at all over it.  I'm more worried about the people who worry over it.