The increase of carbon dioxide the last couple of centuries is coincidental with increased productivity of food crops and plant vitality. Why is it that the initial response, when climate change is mentioned, that it can only spell doom? Is it because the downstream media only shows the drought, the floods, the typhoons, the blizzards? If we take an objective look, extreme weather events are not occurring with frequency above normal variation. It seems that we are merely victims of sensational media, greedy businessmen, and unscrupulous politicians. Instead, worry about a real problem.
Back in the day, there was a famous speech by President Kennedy that included "Ask not what your country can do for you but, what you can do for your country." The truth be told, I remember this quote much more than what Kennedy was asking the country to do and the underlying political message was. I, like many others, do remember the quote and have adopted it in my own way.
The environmental movement today exists because a number of folks from the 1960's and 1970's quietly took on their own measures from the environmental movement of their day. They did so for as many reasons as there were people doing their own, small bit. The summation of these small bits did make a difference and, create a grass roots level, cultural change that enabled the current movement. Of course, the rise of additional industrial nations, re-distribution of resources, and the American housing crunch has helped a number of us to re-visit our personal resource utilization.
Combined, I am responding to your question with "What are you doing to slow/stop climate change?". The "we" is in actuality a collection of individual actions from water cooler discussion to being sure to cast your vote, from sitting through a local government or home owners association meeting to becoming an active campaigner. You can most readily be an individual component of a collective "we" via your purchasing decisions. Your choice of organic or natural versus processed foods, scent free versus scented, packaging, and so on is probably more directly effective than a political vote; one way or another your purchased are probably tracked, measured, and statistically manipulated far more regularly than your political opinion is either polled or you actually get to vote. Along those lines, your resource use and waste streams are not only under your individual control but, for most of us, are an opportunity for further Reduction, Recycling, Re-using, and/or Re-purposing. Then there is always the opportunity to pick up a piece of trash or litter and most communities offer any one of a number of eco-friendly types of volunteer activities. Or, you could drop a few dollars towards planting a tree, buying some land, providing water, or electing a candidate.
If the "we" you are talking about is the US government at some Federal level, then that takes our elected officials to realize that the people who support them want something and, just what that is. This begins with the voters that vote them into office back home in their districts. Of course, this also includes the people who fund their campaigns, provide them information while in Washington DC, interact with their office staff, and give them persuasive arguments for or against particular positions.
No nothing at all, there are many ways we can reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, but they are not interested in that it is just a political farce to increase taxes and add regulations, did you know soil contain 3.1 times the carbon that the atmosphere contains ( the perfect carbon capture system) and just increase the carbon percentage of soil by 1% would take us back to pre-industrial days.
only in lips service. nothing is being done. our love of the easy life prevent anything from being done. but then again, the only viable solution it seems is from nuclear power but it's also dangerous. petroleum and natural gas produce too much heat and environmental pollution and nuclear power is ......... i guess this is the end. unless we get the government of the world to bans cars and trucks, factories. there will be widespread unemployment, widespread starvation but who cares. atleast we will be green. is there a solution at all? i have wondered about that. this world is pretty fuckup. unless we can stop the population from growing, there is no solution
yes I have been doing to slow down the climate change by not using plastic materials.
Sure - Politicians are raising taxes as fast as they can. Other than that, why waste time trying to reduce the little extra 0.02% co2 that's been added to the atmosphere over the last 200 years.
That's a big 100% NO!
Sure, we are emitting aerosols.
Sum and Tek are great examples of ecofascists who believe in AGW. They just aren't sophisticated enough to understand that is why they believe. There are endless examples of wacko leftist alarmists. I know I probably shouldn't focus so much in pointing it out but AGW is all about leftist politics whether alarmists can admit it or not.
Like an amendment to the Constitution (in U.S.) that limits the amount of money corporations can contribute to elections? I.e., like Campaign Finance Reform? There are many facets of the man-made global warming issue, several areas of it, not just one.
That's a big 100% NO!
There's an international movement in that direction - but it's fought at every step by paranoic "conservative" morons who imagine "Them Scientists Is a'Plottin' Agin 'Em".
And FOX and Lush have been very successful in spreading this gospel of staggering stupidity.
stop climate change you got to be kidding me .. We cant even get two Middle East countrys to fight there own war and you want to fight the war on climate GET REAL.
Yes,plant tree more & more for maintain weather & stop climate change.
So much bloody spam.
That's a big 100% NO!
You cant stop a force of nature .
That's a big 100% NO!
You cant stop a force of nature .
that,s a big 100% NO!
You cant stop a force of nature .
You cant stop a force of nature .
that,s a big 100% NO!
that,s a big 100% NO!
that,s a big 100% NO!
that,s a big 100% NO!
that,s a big 100% NO!
that,s a big 100% NO!
That's a big 100% NO!
You cant stop a force of nature .
