Posted by BonnieJene
I get very upset with people who say this or something to this effect. How can they be so blind. Look around us, open your eyes, it is there. From the North pole to the South pole and all places in between.
I don't worry how it will affect me as I am over 60 and will be long gone by the time things get really harsh. I do worry about my grandchildren and their children.
I try to do my part though, every day, and will continue to be as green as I can possibly be.
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Posted by bulbula on Jun 27th, 2008 at 7:54PM
i am with you in this mission
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Posted by BonnieJene on Jun 28th, 2008 at 6:48AM
Thank you and onward and forward green soldiers.
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Posted by celerystalk3000 on Jun 28th, 2008 at 12:08PM
I totally agree. If we all just do something small each day, we can make a difference. Personally, I find it aggravating that solar panels are so expensive to install. It seems stupid to me that in a place like southern California developers aren't required to use them. The sun's energy is FREE!!! Why not harness it in places where it is abundant?!!! I'd put them on my roof in a second if they weren't so darned expensive!!!!
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Posted by BonnieJene on Jun 28th, 2008 at 5:09PM
AMEN, but have you ever noticed, anything that is good for us or the planet is always more expensive?
And I have a question, how does a hybrid car save anything?
It takes oil to make gasoline and electricity so I fail to see where we are going to be saving anything.
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Posted by rpyromaniac on Sep 1st, 2008 at 4:46PM
Bonnie, hybrid cars burn less gas for the distance. Not a huge change but at least a step in the right direction. There's a car coming out that runs on pure electric for the first 40 miles, which would mean most people dont burn a drop of gas. The oil the electic company burns is far less then that of your car.
From what I've heard global warming is natural (it seems the sun is actually getting hotter) but either way you look at it, places like LA being full of smog is probably a bad thing. so Im all for green stuff anyways.
Celery, do your homework, you can almost get the damn things installed for free. The fed will pay part, your state may pay part and the rest you can probably get a grant for. Google kicks ***, go do some searching and let us know when those babies are installed.
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Posted by FallaciesAppease on Sep 1st, 2008 at 5:35PM
Unfortunately most power is coming from burning coal.. Clean coal, you say? Bahahah.. so that'll have to change sooner than later, but it's a separate issue from car pollution.
I don't know a lot about hybrids and how they work, but the electrical systems in cars are powered by the engine generating electricity from burning gasoline. I'm not sure, but do hybrids store excess electricity and use it to run the engine? I should do more reading on 'em..
All I know is that my grandma bought one, and she spent only $100 on gas on a 1600km road trip. That's insane!
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Posted by bunnydrop on Jan 31st, 2009 at 4:06AM
its good to worry.all we can do is carry on an be a green as we can for furture generations
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Posted by sadcloud on Feb 3rd, 2009 at 3:32PM
ugh please. this is a load of hogwash and poppycock. fo sho. its useless propaganda set up by the government to try to get the money of this generation. total bullshit and i cant believe anyone ever believes any of it... get a life people!!
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Posted by Librastar on Feb 5th, 2009 at 9:43AM
I agree with you. Besides if you look at earths history of climate change it is going to do it without our help. We are only speeding things up.
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Posted by greenbelt01 on Apr 1st, 2009 at 12:00AM
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and the oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005.
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Posted by greenbelt01 on Apr 1st, 2009 at 12:01AM
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and the oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the 100 years ending in 2005.
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Posted by belong2K on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 11:23AM
I remember back in the late 70's and early 80's, the government told us all to BEWARE OF THE COMING ICE AGE!!!!!!! That never happened either.
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Posted by josephy on May 30th, 2009 at 4:37PM
global warming is not supported by scientific consensus. But see how the weak minded rush to the government for protection. Our people have become mindless sheep in need of a master. It is very sad.
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Posted by nj0y on Jun 16th, 2009 at 7:15AM
I agree that we should do all we can (within reason) to protect our environment. I do however feel that people need to be more educated when it comes to this subject. Lots of people dont know how to help, or think they help but are actually making things worse.
Just an example from an article that was in the newspaper this week:
creating biofuel actually pollutes the earth even more...
during the process of creating biologic fuel (made from corn for example) large amounts of nitrogen are released. This substance (sp?) is even worse then carbon dioxide (which is often seen as "the bad guy"). So why would we even want biological fuel if the process is more polluting then the usage of the fuel we already have?
Also as mentioned before global warming is a pretty "natural" thing it has happend to this planet before (through the warming ice melts, which cools down the sea water and that cools down the entire world climate leading to ice ages before warming again) so how much are we really to be held responsible for it? and how much can we really do about it?
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Posted by lorraine1223 on Jul 4th, 2009 at 2:52AM
If we could duct tape **** Cheney and Rush Limbaugh's mouths shut, there would be no global warming.
In the mean time, I do my best to take care of the environment.
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Posted by Alexishappy on Sep 9th, 2009 at 4:09PM
Why is there an ethic of 'consume first and ask questions later'? Not only are we running the risk of causing catastrophic, irreversible damage to the ecology of the planet, risking mass extinctions, and altering the conditions of the planet well out of the bounds under which we have evolved as a species, we are consuming a resource in a few short years what has taken nature millions of years to create. These are toxic substances better left in the ground. Alternatives exist, but we don't consider them 'cheap' enough, although our calculations do not consider the aforementioned risks, and many others.
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Posted by Alexishappy on Sep 9th, 2009 at 4:11PM
Electric cars are simply more efficient than internal combustion engines. Most people drive less than 40 miles in a day on most days. We need to plug renewable sources of energy into our energy grid. Vested interests are impeding this.
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Posted by Alexishappy on Sep 10th, 2009 at 8:03AM
owlafaye,
Not sure I agree with that last statement, but I am open to you trying to convince me. I don't know anything about pebble bed reactors. I am skeptical about anyon talking about anything being the 'only viable source', as there are different requirements for different situations, and different resources available in different localities. Wind has proven to be economically viable even in comparison with gas and coal. The only reason subsidies are required is that fuel prices move around a lot. Investors need protections for years when prices of fuel collapse. Feed-in tarriffs are one way to accomplish this. That is another reason not to talk about the 'only viable' method, as there are a lot of varying policy and economic conditions which can be tweaked to make a particular soution more viable. And of course the most viable way of meeting any energy need is to become more efficient by design. Efficencies could be increased by a factor of 10 all across our economy - but it would take a shift of mentality. Brain-power is our most viable renewable natural resource - the more you use it, the more you have. Thanks for using yours, and I'm looking forward to hearing more of your ideas.
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Posted by hope2 on Sep 28th, 2009 at 2:15PM
we need to do our share in using resources wisely and to keep the land and sea and air and even space clean, but global warming? A gazillion or so years ago Or even a million North America was cover by glaciers and ice fields Even california
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Posted by Alexishappy on Sep 28th, 2009 at 2:42PM
Hope2,
I fail to get your point, if there was one, about glaciers in North America a 'gazillion or so' years ago. If I told you a rock was about to fall on your head, would you say there were rocks in North America a gazillion years ago and not move out of the way? I trust the scientists on this one. And they seem worried.
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