Could driving less improve the Environment?

Question

More specifically, if we drove less, would it just postpone the inevitable, or would the damage that has alreghty been done, pollution, ozone layer, melting glaciers, be reversed over time?

Answer 1

thanks for improving on my question..

the thing is I have an idea to get people to join a club via Facebook which asks you to find ways to drive less and then you get thanked by all the other members of the group.

its just a small thing, but it also could raise awareness and encourage people to take responsibility. the advantage is that lots of people could be involved and so you individuals could feel that a small action from you, could make a difference.

Answer 2

No.  There has been no damage.  This is all alarmism foisted upon us by the usual agony merchants (like Al Gore).

Love Jack

Answer 3

Of course it would improve the environment. All nations need to end the automobile dependency we have because the effects of high CO2 levels is clear. And even if you don't want to help the environment, who wants to keep paying these prices for oil? We need to find cheap alternative fuels and the with the growing pressure from consumers, I hope the market responds with cheaper technology!

In the meantime, there are a lot of small things you can do that really make a difference. Here is a great blog: www.treehugger.com

Cheers!!   ^^.

Answer 4

No it won't make a difference.

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenh...

Man made CO2 accounts for like 3% of the total CO2 put into the atmosphere.

Do you really think that is enough to change the balance of nature?

Answer 5

Yes. If we aren't able to stop it, we can at least slow it. It's like, you can decimate the environment now, or you can at least try to save it. If you keep it slow, at least you give the earth a chance to deal with it (i.e. let animals--especially trees and plants, which are not mobile--have at least a tiny chance to adapt to these new conditions...). We'd have to reverse it ourselves though to try and save some biodiversity... plant more, save more land, waste less, etc. It's like in  Wall-E... you can't let it fix itself, you gotta work a little.

(General pollution, remember we've already done a lot for... a lot of heavily polluted ecosystems we've fixed, so *picture Rosie the Riveter* "We can do it!"... apparently I found out that Lake Tahoe was a cr*pshack and super dirty and recently they tried to clean it up... last time I went, a lot of areas in the water were nearly crystal clear, they did a good job with that. We've also used smarter pesticides among other things.)

Answer 6

If America stopped making their cars so d**n big...

Answer 7

duh?

Answer 8

Yes OR check out the MPG caps that you put in your tank to save gas and reduce emissions almost to nothing.  Its the emissions in every car that is killing the globe.  We are 4% of the population and use 21% of the world's fuel.  It's time we take responsibility and do EVERYTHING we can.  Drive less, lower your speed, fill your tires, tune up your car and USE these pills - they work.  Check out www.marly.myffi.biz

Answer 9

If all vehicles in the USA were taken off the road-- and no one drove anymore-- the "temperature" decline would not be measurable. Today's vehicles are almost zero polluting-- we are measuring in parts per billion now.

If you took a Honda Accord-- back in time to 1980 -- the pollution rating would have been ZERO-- as we could only measure parts per million back then.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...

Cars and all other TRANSPORTATION as a percentage of emissions contribute about 28%.

http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming...