What are we doing as an individual about Global Warming ?

Question

Do we really care about this global threat ?

Answer 1

There is nothing individuals can do about global warming.  Scientist now say that the Sun, not man is the cause of all warming on Earth.

"Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation and a lengthy - almost throughout the last century - growth in its intensity," Abdusamatov told RIA Novosti in an interview.

"It is no secret that when they go up, temperatures in the world's oceans trigger the emission of large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So the common view that man's industrial activity is a deciding factor in global warming has emerged from a misinterpretation of cause and effect relations."

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070115/590789...

Scientist are now saying that the Sun's natural cycles are changing, and we should expect cold climate for the next 50 years.  They even avocate stocking up on fur coats!

Stock up on fur coats and felt boots! This is my paradoxical advice to the warm world.

Earth is now at the peak of one of its passing warm spells. It started in the 17th century when there was no industrial influence on the climate to speak of and no such thing as the hothouse effect. The current warming is evidently a natural process and utterly independent of hothouse gases.

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080103/9476...

Answer 2

I try not to be wasteful, but I don't believe I can have any effect on what our climate is doing. My suspicions are that man made global warming is the biggest hoax of all time.

Answer 3

Not much, if you consider using the internet is a huge drain of power...power produced by coal and gas.

Good thing I don't believe we have any influence on the global climate.

Answer 4

Individually, most of us are freaking out that the planet is going to burst into flames and then induce an ice age.

But that's only the people who aren't willing to believe another inconvient truth: one not half as exciting, consequential, or nearly as profitable.

Do we care about a global threat? Yes we do. The problem is, few do not realize that it's a threat we can't stave off or prevent completely: Global warming is a natural cycle created by spatial forces that we have no way of controling. Think we can control what happens to our planet? If so, feel free to change how the planet orbits the Sun (Eccentricity), how our Earth is tilted (Axial Tilt), prevent solar flares (Solar Brightness Variation), and cause an extra amount of cosmic rays to infiltrate our atmosphere (Solar Ray Flux). Read up on the scientific terms in brackets to realize how futile our efforts to cool our planet are.

This doesn't mean pollute the planet with toxins such as CFCs. It means stop worrying about the green house gas effect and start adapting. You can do this by funding your local research scientists.

PS: CO2 is NOT the cause of global warming. In fact, temperatures went up 800 years before C)2 levels went up.

Answer 5

Some people do , some don't , but I still believe that everyone should do their share in making this planet a better place for us and for future generation. People do need to care about global warming and try to prevent it [ reduce factory smog etc]

Answer 6

Let me start off by saying we (my family and I) live completely, 100% “off of the grid and are completely self sufficient”

The house is built utilizing natures natural elements, in the shape of an octagon with 8ft wide arch doors on every wall to catch every angle of wind (typical 4 sided homes have half the chance as one with 8 sides. A circle being the most efficient design). Woodburning stoves, solar chimney, solar AC, solar heating, solar water heating (pool and home), solar stove, solar power, wind power, hydrogen powered back up generator, hydrogen back up water heater, hydrogen stove, 2 hydrogen powered trucks, 1 EV (electric vehicle) and satellite internet.

We also built many green small cabins on the ranch that we offer to family, friends and our on-site off-grid workshop guests, including one straw bale, one papercrete, earth bag and adobe, one cob and cordwood, one underground and rammed earth, one log and post and beam and one rock. Each one actually started as a test for what the main house would be and were later finished and turned into guest cabins. I later wrote a guide on how to build with alternative materials using alternative methods for next to nothing.

We raise meat and milk goats, chickens for meat and eggs, ducks for meat and eggs, trap havilina (wild boar pig), rabbit, quail. brew our own beer from home grown products, preserve our fruits, vegetables, etc. smoke and jerky the meat, make our own soap, cheese.

There are no utility lines, no water lines, no roads, tv, cell service, etc. on our ranch. EVERYTHING needed is produced here. All electricity comes from 27 solar panels, 2 main wind gens and a back hydrogen generator if needed (typically we can last 9 days with all luxuries of sunless windless weather, hasn't happened yet). Water is caught and storaged from the rain. Hot water is made with solar batch water heaters with an on-demand hydrogen hot water heater as backup. Even our vehicles use alternative energy (2 hydrogen trucks, 1 EV electric vehicle converted). Because of this we have no bills, no debt and no mortgage.

Anyone interested can check it out at..

www agua-luna com

I believe this is the first step anyone can make “help the environment”. Once you convert your own life style to a greener more eco friendly route, you can start helping others.

my home has all the comforts listed above plus some. we live very comfortable without effecting the environment. just saying that tol et you know it's possible. you may not want to go as extreme as me and my family but anywhere in between is something.

Without getting to in depth here, Using alternative fuels in your vehicles and harnessing your own electricity from the sun, water, earth and wind are the 2 are key elements in making a green transition and erasing your carbon footprint.

here's a calculator to find out how much of a green impact your making (carbon footprint)

http://www.conservation.org/act/live_gre...

if you'd like to make your next step feel free to contact me personally at www agua-luna com

I've been installing home made Solar panels. Solar stoves, Solar batch and inline hot water heaters. Solar radiant heating. Solar home heating and AC, along with home made wind gens and other alternative energy items for the last 3 years.

You can even make the above projects on site with simple parts from the local hardware stores or auto stores or junk yards. For more info check out some guides I wrote / compiled on how to DIY www agua-luna com

Again these projects can be accomplished anywhere by anyone.

if you absolutely can't do anything in your home at least you can put alternative fuels in your car. most major automotive manufacturers (Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors, etc) recommend the use of bio fuels, and nearly every car manufacturer in the world approves ethanol blends in their warranty coverage.

In fact your probably even driving an ethanol car and didn't even know it.

The trick is finding fuel.

I've been producing biofuel for about 3 years now, it's not extremely difficult. Basically you need general household ingredients, a processor (or still for ethanol) and some used oil. Blend it, let separate, screen and use. I complied a guide a while back to help walk you threw the process step by step, just email me or check out..

www agua-luna com

as for recyling the best way i've found without taking money from your won pocket is to join a free freecycle group in your area or visit the habitat for humanity.

If you’d like help in making your self sufficient steps, feel free to contact me directly. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at www agua-luna com

on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others “help the environment”.

Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at  www agua-luna com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

Alterative Energy / Sustainable Consultant, Living 100% on Alternative & Author of How One Simple Yet Incredibly Powerful Resource Is Transforming The Lives of Regular People From All Over The World... Instantly Elevating Their Income & Lowering Their Debt, While Saving The Environment by Using FREE ENERGY... All With Just One Click of A Mouse...For more info Visit:  

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Answer 7

I dont care, cause its not real.  Its made up be the media. But to answer your question about what to do as an individual, Im looking at a brand new Hummer to buy, those things are sweet!

Answer 8

My fiance and are doing the following:

-Buying as much local food as we can, vs. food that has been transported a great distance.

-Driving Hybrids.

-Using less electricity by not running the clothes dryer and air-drying; using organic bee's wax candles at night

-riding bikes to work (we're in the Army, so no, it's not convenient at all since we do not live on the Army post)

-driving as little as possible; only driving when we have many things to do, not making trips for a single purpose unless it is an emergency

-making our own cleaning products from essential, less-toxic basics

-using mostly glass containers instead of petroleum-based plastics

-making almost all of our own food from local basics

-recycling just about everything (we're fortunate that most things can be recycled where we live)

-not buying it if it comes in a non-recyclable container

-Living more minimalist lives, and we've found that we're a little happier with what we do have.

Check us out!

http://badhuman.wordpress.com

-J

Answer 9

stop your flatulence

Answer 10

I don't believe it is a global threat.

I some years ago was starting to believe in man made global warming, but ; When those that were promoting the idea of man made global warming started to label and call names to those that questioned the theory it really made me see red flags go up.

We were talking about a scientific theory and ones that had another opinion were called deniers and in some cases traitors.

This is at the least bad science and likely something a lot darker when both sides of a debate can't be treated with equal consideration.

I now think the hard push to get all the new policies in place are an attempt to to push a socialist agenda. Giving government power that it would be almost impossible to reverse.

I believe new data shows we are very likely starting a global cooling trend that will last many years, ( due mainly to the sun's cycle of sun spots). The left will see that people are starting to wise up to the fact that man can do little if anything to affect the global climate so I look for them to become desparate.