So would u do this even if you DON'T believe in global warming?

Question

would you do anything that helps the environment as long as it at least free such as unplugging unused appliances, turning off lights when your not in the room, bring your own bag, use reusables instead of disposables, recycle, use E-billing instead of paper bills, etc.?

I ask because although I do kind of believe in global warming a little I am not too concerned about it and I will not go to jump to extremes such buying carbon credits in which i think is a scam.

I will however take time TO reduce consumption of resources that is readily available at no cost to me sort of like the No Impact Man guy

http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/

Tell me if you would reduce your impact.....

P.S. I would love to hear from Dr. Jello especially lol

Answer 1

this year, i've stopped purchasing bottled water, and use tap water, fountains, etc. whenever possible, helping to reduce consumption of oil. it's pretty easy to do, as saves me $$$.

Answer 2

I already do many things to conserve, partly because it saves money, and partly because it seems to make sense to recycle certain materials. On trash pickup day my recycle container usually has twice the volume of material as the garbage container.  

I do try to keep electric usage to a minimum, although a lower bill is my only concern. However, the ‘unplug unused’ thing is nonsense. Devices that remain plugged in draw no current. Those that could – like battery chargers or AC adapters - that use a transformer are mostly what is known as 'switching' power supplies. That means they switch off and draw no current when there is no load on the device. FWIW, “Phantom energy” is purely hypothetical.

Will I bring my own bag to the grocery store? Nope. Susan has it right on this one, and like her I use the bags as can liners, or recycle them.

The real culprit isn’t the few invoices I get each month – it’s the piles of junk mail I get daily. The only upside to that is that in my home they go directly from my mailbox to the recycle bin unopened and unread. But for those who cannot recycle paper items, it’s not their fault that so much paper ends up in landfill.

But the bottom line is that I do none of this out of fear of global warming. I don’t subscribe to that whole “we’re killing the earth” theory.

Answer 3

love your ideas seems like someone ready to conserve.

and as for susan's stuff bettter email cause she wont know that you wrote something to her

Answer 4

Yay.

Stop Global Warming.

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Answer 5

Yes.  Whether or not humans are causing global warming, throwing out waste still pollutes our Earth and eventually we're going to run out of places for landfills.  Pollution is pollution...and even if it's not causing global warming, it's still ruining our air, water, and other natural resources.

Also, cheap energy from oil isn't going to be around forever, we have to start somewhere in reducing our energy consumption.

Answer 6

Absolutely not. I won't waste my time with doing all of that.

Answer 7

While I am very skeptical about global warming, I do believe it is important to protect the environment and make an effort to conserve our natural resources.

I recycle, I consolidate shopping trips to save gas, once warmer weather arrives I will probably use my motorcycle over my car for commuting.

Small changes that every person can make would be a wonderful impact on our world and environment.

Answer 8

I'm still up in the air (no pun intended) about "global warming". Look at the prehistoric age, there weren't people around (that we know of) to do all of that damage to the environment, yet the earth still changed in violent ways. However, like you, I do believe that we should do all that we can to reduce waste and energy consumption. I'm the main cook for my family of 4, and I can't hardly believe how much packaging I have to recycle each week (cereal boxes, milk jugs, glass jars, tin cans, yogurt containers, junk mail, newspapers, and those plastic bags....). I also think that "carbon credit" is a scam. If people want to make a difference, they should donate their money to organizations that dig water wells for poor villages, sponsor a child, the battered women's shelters, etc.

Answer 9

Yes I would.

Those types of actions are just common sense ways to reduce personal energy consumption and save money that don't impact your quality of life.

I do however still strongly oppose any policy position curtailing peoples freedom to choose their own level of energy consumption as long as they are willing to pay for it themselves they should be able to use it in any manner that they see fit.

Don't pollute indescriminately, but understand that CO2 is not a pollutant, that theory is part of the swindle.

Answer 10

On recycling we just started where I live and I think it Is great It cut my bill in half, and I have Less garbage in can. I could not believe how much recyclables there was I was throw away to the land filled I am happy to do my part and teach my son and husband who are know aware and helping.   2) On using your own shopping bag I think it is great they are cheap to buy and you don't need to use the plastic bags that do not decompose

Answer 11

I do tend to conserve energy. I turn off the lights, yell at my roommate for leaving the stove on, and recycle bottles and plastics. I don't do this out of some notion that I'm preventing global warming.

I do this because I don't see the point of wasting money/resources when it costs so little to do so. I do have a problem with these draconian measures to force companies to do (at great costs and jobs).

Answer 12

A lot of the things you talk about for saving the environment would also save people money (unplugging stuff for example).  I personally am more likely to do these things to save myself money as opposed to saving the environment.

Answer 13

I believe in practicing green habits. Sometimes I even am seen as extreme. I walk, save cans, reduce trash, etc. But I definitely do not put any confidence in the alarmist theory of global warming.

Answer 14

Does everybody thing that if you don't accept the dogma of "man made global warming" you can't be an environmentalist?

At least one day a week I'm in a national forest hiking the Appalachian Trail (no, not the whole thing) or another in the Benton Mackaye trail system.  I also kayak, fish, hunt, and enjoy nature at her best.

I'm convinced the majority of the people here only know nature by the city park that's near where they live.

Everyone should do their part to reduce as this helps the families bottom line.  However I do question what you do.  Ebilling creates more computers which use more power and require more cooling.  

There is no such thing as "phantom energy".  Appliances when turned off draw no current, use no energy.

Save your money, don't waste, and in 5 years everyone will have forgotten about "global warming", so don't waste your time being concerned about it.  It isn't real anyway.

Answer 15

If it saves me money, I'm all for it.  If it costs me money, I'll have to say no thanks.

Answer 16

Yes.  I believe GW is more hype than fact.  The environment is important enough to me to defend and protect regardless.