What are you doing against Global Warming

Apart from recycling, walking a helluva lot (I just got home from a bar halfway across town ; it took me roughly 2 hours...) and using the least water/electricity possible, I try to buy the least amount of things possible. It's amazing how much waste people produce by consuming stuff that is either over packaged or disposable when they could just buy something that is reusable or more durable (cutlery, dishes, razor blades, etc, etc.). Also, I try to buy locally produced goods as much as possible (even though it can be hard to by a locally made pair of shoes these days) as the transport of merchandise also causes a great deal of unnecessary pollution.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I actually read an article recently about some guy in Europe who's research suggested that it was the sun's rays being more/less intense during different periods of history that affected the earth's surface temperature. According to his research there is a specific type of radiation emmited by the sun which causes cloud formation and thus increases/decreases the number or size of clouds. To him, it is a variation in this pattern which is the biggest cause of the planet heating up. In a interview, he said how people were calling him anti-green or whatever because they were saying he was diverting attention to the real cause of the problem aka green house gases.

Wether this is actually what has happened I cannot say, for I haven't really read every study on the subject of global warming that exists, and in any case there are many which were written by people being paid off by oil companies trying to buy themselves a way out of losing part of their profits and having the finger pointed at them, so unless one has an extensive scientific baggage (which I do not) it can be hard to tell the real from the fake. Of course, those documents usually reek of PR and are intended for the general public (you know, the majority of voters), and most scholarly sources I've read seem to agree that CO2 and other forms of pollution are the cause of the problem.

P.S.: I hope this post isn't out of place, I'm not trying to start a big debate here, just giving what info I have garnered so far...

Also : That air-conditionning bit is genius!!! Which I had thought of that first. You're gonna be a rich man knkwzd!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by whinehurst

penn & teller did a Bullshit! episode on recycling. how it's bullshit, and all. Shouldn't be impossible to find on the web.

I find it humorous and saddening that people actually are conceded enough to believe this race of creatures have any impact on the planet whatsoever. do you know how impossibly hard it would be to actually destroy all life on the planet? it would take a collected, willful effort of everyone. EVERYONE. devoting everyday of their lives to creating a wasteland.

So in your view, if one single human being, wherever he may be on the planet, who has easy access to nukes or some such crazy type of weapon were to push that little red button and bomb a major city, and that everybody else who has the power to provoke this kind of thing were to do the same thing, that wouldn't have the teensyest little bit of impact on the planet???

I have more esteem of the human race than that. Now the universe... that may take another 10 years or so...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yes, but I think it is safe to assume it would make a rather big dent in the actual shape of things.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Moon

Seriously, though, for me to make any sort of impact against global warning, a phenomenon which is caused by billions of people on the planet, is basically impossible. Unless I find an efficient way of producing hydrogen without massive amounts of power and support fusion reactor research, the latter I would so do if they took collections for that sort of thing.

If that's the way you think, then being friendly to someone does nothing to wiping out hostility on the planet so we might as well all not give a fuck for anybody around us. I take it you don't vote either?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Well, my point was that you can't take the fact that being only a single person amongst billions makes your actions have less of an impact stop you from doing things you believe are helpful. If you feel it is a waste of time then by all means don't do a thing about it. However you cannot warrant not taking action by the fact that your actions won't immediately solve the problem.

If you look at history, most revolutions took place when people decided that they had had enough of the current state of things, and by banding together they actually were able to change something. I admit, the problems we face today are a lot bigger than a single country overthrowing their king/emporor/dictator, but you must also consider the fact that information travels faster today than it had ever been dreamed possible in the past.

Also, you can't underestimate the effect a person can have on his/her entourage by their optimism, pessimism or their views of the world in general. It takes only a small spark to start a huge fire.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Encephalon

Unless, of course, you're one of these creationists who think we coexisted with dinosaurs and rode them like pretty little horsies.

LOLBMSWAS

I can't believe they decided to let their "the devil put the fossils there" ideology down! These guys just keep getting more and more entertaining as time goes by.

On another note, I for one am a supporter of ecologist movements. I ws born in a rural area and going back there to see that more and more of it is being thrashed in the name of profit or 'progress' really pisses me off.

FELIPE NO