What should we do to help prevent global warming?

Question

What should we do to help prevent global warming?

Answer 1

Paint every driveway and parking lot in America WHITE.

The increase in Albedo will more than make up for the CO2 we dump into the atmosphere.

Although it won't matter - the Sun's Solar Output is going to crash in the next 20 years, and we'll be DREAMING of the days it was as warm as it is now....

Answer 2

Preach on Pschycobug...great answer man. you saved me a lotta typing.

Answer 3

Realising that there is a problem is often the start of the solution so ignoring the previous answers would be a good start.

Then we need to start building nuclear power plants to replace ALL fossil fuelled power plants so that the biggest source of CO2 increases is eliminated.

Driving smaller cars and moving to Diesels and Hybrids would also help (though those have issues of their own they do produce less CO2).

Answer 4

Fallacy, so it will stop when people stop pouring bollions  into it.

Answer 5

There is no threat, it's political BS.

CO2 levels are a very small percentage of our Earth's atmosphere.

You know what generates and absorbs the greatest percentage of 'greenhouse gas'? THE OCEAN!

The amount of Co2 made by other means is LESS than 1%! The greatest generator of CO2 in that 1% is Volcanos!

The amount left after that is mostly organic life generating Co2 naturally. One of the lowest percentages of CO2 emitters out of what's left of that 1% is human.

What humans make is in the THOUSANDTHS of a percent! How can Gore say that what we produce has ANY effect of the other 99.99%??

Plus, he tries to stigmatize CO2 likes it's man-made. It's completley natural and is abundant in nature and all living things.

How does he explain the fact that the current relative tempature is far below what it was in the past - even before man learned how to use fire? What about the hundreds of years during the medevil times when it was much warmer than it is now?

He never brings up the fact that his charts are aligned to hide the 800 year gap between the CO2 and mean temps on a timeline.

Which would show how CO2 follows temps changes.

Global warming is one of the biggest scams in human history.

Here's something Bush should do - he should annouce that - "Ok, I guess Global Warming is happening. Since we now know it's real, we don't need to spend any more money on grants for research on the subject. As president, I want to pass new legislation to cut-off funding for global warming."

No need to spend money on something that's a 'scientific concensus' right?

Oh wait, all of those 'scientist' would be out of a job!

The whole 'Global Warming' economy would dry up.

It's really that simple. It's an industry. Every year they hyped up the problem with more reckless and exgerated claims just to land more and more funding. No problem = no funding. Problem getting worse = more and more funding.

By the way - did you know that Al Gore's mansion (10,000 square feet) consumes as much energy as 20 average American homes, and that George W. Bush's home (4,000 square feet) it a model of energy efficiency, taking advantage of nearly every energy saving device there is.

Answer 6

Teaching Americans how to read and think would be a good first step.

If the #1 air polluters in the world - the citizens of the United States - would simply understand and accept that global warming is made by man, especially by themselves, things could change rapidly.

But the only thing I read in these forums is that a bunch of ignorants simply denies the facts and invents or quotes pseudo-scientific arguments that all have two things in common: they are wrong and they just serve as pretense to continue as if nothing had happened.

"In God we trust" is gone.

"Devil may care" is the new american motto.

The new American Prayer:

"Our Cadillac which art in our garage, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in the world as it is in the USA. Give us this day our daily exhaust. And forgive us our bicycling, as we forgive the pedestrians that they don't drive or fly. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from all those bloody tree huggers that want to take away thee. Amen."

Answer 7

Adopt TAGP(tm) it is still the most comprehensive plan to address global warming.