Global Warming Prevention – Kyoto Protocol Update
August 1, 2009 by admin
Filed under News And Society
Christophe Catesson asked:
Global Warming Prevention
Global warming is something that we all have to take part in learning how to prevent, not only in the USA but throughout the entire world. We all play a part in contributing to global warming and the only way to help prevent the devastating affects is to work together. Each of the governments throughout the world are striving to develop a prevention plan that can help reduce the amount of emissions they are creating in the atmosphere and enhance what they are doing to contribute to the solution instead of the problem.
A U.S Climate Policy has been created to help citizens of the USA understand global warming and that there are actions which can be taken in order to make a difference. This policy consists of 3 different parts:
* Slowing the growth of emissions
* Strengthening the development of science and research studies
* Enhancing international cooperation
If we can take these policies and principles and put them into action we can begin to see results. This policy is only the beginning of what the government can and should be doing but it is a great start. The politicians within our government are working hard to stick to this policy and evaluate the industrial areas of our country to make sure they meet the requirements of the U.S Climate Policy.
Since the future generations are depending on us to make the choices to rectify this devastating situation, every little effort counts. Our individual efforts are especially significant in countries like the US and Canada, where individuals release 10,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per person every year. The largest source of greenhouse gases is electric power generation. The average home actually contributes more to global warming than the average car. This is because much of the energy we use in our homes comes from power plants which burn fossil fuel to power our electric products.
The United States has agreed in principle to work with more than 180 other nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to bring about the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. California, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington have all enacted laws or established policies setting global warming pollution reduction targets, while states in both the Northeast and West have signed agreements to achieve regional targets. Now the U.S. Congress is considering several bills that propose a variety of global warming emissions reduction targets.
The cost of the Kyoto Protocol is estimated to cost each of the developed countries involved billions of dollars. This is a financial responsibility each government should be willing to take in order to do what they can for the environment. Just when you go to the grocery store and find that organic foods are much more expensive than the regular foods; governments are finding that the cost to reduce greenhouse gases is far more than increasing them.
This one of the major problems our world as been having; it is far easier to create these gases than it is to reduce them and this is exactly what we have been doing for centuries. It is reassuring to see that the governments throughout the world are taking action but it is not nearly enough in order to stop the effects of global warming before they become devastating. Environmentalists and scientists are constantly working with government officials in order to come up with new, cost effective bills and legalities to reduce what they can of greenhouse gases.
Our Environment, Global Warming, And How You Can Help!
July 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under News And Society
Gordon Brown asked:
There’s no question that our planet is warming up. Average global temperatures have risen around the world in the last 100 years, especially in the past 20 years. There are many theories out there when looking for answers to this, but only two are obvious. One of those theories is the idea that the Earth naturally goes through temperature cycles during the course of its existence. Another idea is that we as humans are introducing untold amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is causing the planet to heat up.
Regardless of how and why Earth is warming up, it’s happening, won’t stop anytime soon, and may be dangerous in the long run. Maybe it’s human activity or maybe it’s not, nobody will be able to tell us what the exact cause is. However, what we do know is the human population most certainly contributes to the warming of the planet. The good part is we have the power to slow it down and cut our carbon dioxide output down drastically.
There are many things you can do to help our environment and cut down on your carbon footprint, all of which are reductions of energy usage at home and on the road. First and foremost, replace all the light bulbs in all your residencies to the energy-efficient bulbs. This is huge and will save you hundreds of dollars a year on your power bill, thus promoting a cleaner environment. You can also replace your old appliances with newer, energy-efficient models. The same goes for your air conditioner. These are the top 3 ways to cut your power costs at home.
There’s now a 4th and big way to reduce your carbon footprint and power bill, that is, solar panels and wind turbines you can build yourself. You can find guides and manuals online that teach you about everything you need to know. The best part about this is how simple and easy it is to construct a green energy power system in your home. Not many people know about this, but it’s a serious money saver when comparing DIY green energy to professional installations. They cost tens and tens of thousands of dollars. If you’re interested in such projects there’s a popular new site on the internet that will feed you all the information you need.
Finally, and the most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint is to avoid driving your vehicle! Walk, jog, roller blade, or bike everywhere and anywhere you can. Get that blood pumping and the savings of fuel and energy mount up incredibly fast. If you can apply multiple techniques described here, I guarantee your energy costs will drop drastically.
Regardless of what’s causing global warming, we should all be striving to do our part and cut down our carbon footprints. Whether it’s turning the TV off at night or riding your bike to school, the Earth and the people inhabiting it will thank you.
Global Warming – Apocalypse or Just an Exaggeration?
Clint Jhonson asked:
The constant climate change is a fact that we just can’t disregard anymore. As unreal as it may sound, the world may soon end and we have some fault whereas these changes are concerned. Global warming is something that can’t be controlled as easily as one might think, having a dreadful effect all over the world. The catastrophic results reflect on the biodiversity of the planet and its eco-systems.
In order to attract people’s attention, many “festivals of life” and other similar campaigns have been organized in order to save Mother Earth. But campaigns, commercials, experiments… they are all useless when it comes to climate change. Responsible for this situation are indirectly greenhouse gases and directly the human race. In order to remediate this problem, the Kyoto protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan on 11 December 1997. The international agreement was signed by several countries (with well-developed industries), all agreeing on the importance of reducing greenhouse gases that have led to climate change.
All this trouble could have been avoided if the emissions of these gases would have been interdicted since their first appearance, but people are greedy and they always put money before ecology, not realizing that as rich as you may be, it means nothing… if the air that surrounds us is not breathable.
Although it is quite late, the solution remains the same and could still be put in practice in order to save what is left of nature, and that is: stopping the emission of greenhouse gases. But what are people constantly thinking about? Ecology? Of course not! Economy! Are they thinking that with the daily burning of new fossil fuels, the Amazon forest that sustains life on Earth is dying a little bit more and more? It’s hardly likely!
Global warming is a real problem and one that should be tackled with more seriousness. What we have seen in movies like “Armageddon”, “The Apocalypse”, “The end of the days”, “The core”, etc, is becoming more and more a possibility. Maybe it won’t happen now, but in 20-25 years or something… who knows?
In their attempt to stop climate change, a lot of scientists have repeatedly said that it is a “must” to develop forests, as many and as big as possible. This is the only way of reconstructing the ozone “blanket”. We all know that this gas – the ozone – is one of the most important gases that exist in the Earth’s atmosphere. The ozone has the very difficult task of blocking the harmful ultraviolet rays from reaching the Earth’s surface and it also helps the temperature of the Earth’s surface to stay warm enough.
Global warming is the single most destructive force hurting our planet. The industrial revolution of the past two centuries has taken a toll on our planet’s wild life and environmental infrastructure due to mankind’s destructive behavior. Global climate change is obvious in all corners of the Globe, from melting polar ice caps to ozone depletion. The theory behind this phenomenon is that the Earth receives heat from the Sun; the Sun gives off the heat in the form of radiation in which the Earth absorbs 70%, which warms the surface and the oceans, while the remaining 30% is reflected into space.
The constant climate change is a fact that we just can’t disregard anymore. As unreal as it may sound, the world may soon end and we have some fault whereas these changes are concerned. Global warming is something that can’t be controlled as easily as one might think, having a dreadful effect all over the world. The catastrophic results reflect on the biodiversity of the planet and its eco-systems.
In order to attract people’s attention, many “festivals of life” and other similar campaigns have been organized in order to save Mother Earth. But campaigns, commercials, experiments… they are all useless when it comes to climate change. Responsible for this situation are indirectly greenhouse gases and directly the human race. In order to remediate this problem, the Kyoto protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan on 11 December 1997. The international agreement was signed by several countries (with well-developed industries), all agreeing on the importance of reducing greenhouse gases that have led to climate change.
All this trouble could have been avoided if the emissions of these gases would have been interdicted since their first appearance, but people are greedy and they always put money before ecology, not realizing that as rich as you may be, it means nothing… if the air that surrounds us is not breathable.
Although it is quite late, the solution remains the same and could still be put in practice in order to save what is left of nature, and that is: stopping the emission of greenhouse gases. But what are people constantly thinking about? Ecology? Of course not! Economy! Are they thinking that with the daily burning of new fossil fuels, the Amazon forest that sustains life on Earth is dying a little bit more and more? It’s hardly likely!
Global warming is a real problem and one that should be tackled with more seriousness. What we have seen in movies like “Armageddon”, “The Apocalypse”, “The end of the days”, “The core”, etc, is becoming more and more a possibility. Maybe it won’t happen now, but in 20-25 years or something… who knows?
In their attempt to stop climate change, a lot of scientists have repeatedly said that it is a “must” to develop forests, as many and as big as possible. This is the only way of reconstructing the ozone “blanket”. We all know that this gas – the ozone – is one of the most important gases that exist in the Earth’s atmosphere. The ozone has the very difficult task of blocking the harmful ultraviolet rays from reaching the Earth’s surface and it also helps the temperature of the Earth’s surface to stay warm enough.
Global warming is the single most destructive force hurting our planet. The industrial revolution of the past two centuries has taken a toll on our planet’s wild life and environmental infrastructure due to mankind’s destructive behavior. Global climate change is obvious in all corners of the Globe, from melting polar ice caps to ozone depletion. The theory behind this phenomenon is that the Earth receives heat from the Sun; the Sun gives off the heat in the form of radiation in which the Earth absorbs 70%, which warms the surface and the oceans, while the remaining 30% is reflected into space.
Global Warming: Is The Bush II Government Pursuing A Policy Of Genocide By Proxy
July 14, 2009 by admin
Filed under Environment
Mugambo asked:
The legendary Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) once said: “The earth has enough for the needs of all but not the greed of a few.” His words have since proved to be quite prophetic!
The world today is in chaos and by that I’m not merely referring to the tumult taking place in the Middle East; what I’m talking about is the imminent extinction of hundreds of millions of people as a result of global warming. In both scenarios the United States plays a central role!
I have already pretty much detailed out how and why global warming is happening and which nations are most responsible for its acceleration, as well as who’s doing what and who is not to rectify the situation in my article entitled: Global Warming–How It Could Spark World War III.
That said, I’ve included a list of figures below to illustrate to what extent each nation/region is responsible for greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere (greenhouse gases are widely held to be the engine behind the accelerated global warming seen today):
USA: 30.3% Europe: 27.7% Russia: 13.7% South East Asia: 12.2% South/Central America: 3.8% Japan: 3.7% Middle East: 2.6% Africa: 2.5% Australia: 1.1%
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LIE
To many in marketing circles the concept of manipulation of social evidence is nothing new. Basically what it entails is manipulating tools of evidence to further one’s goals.
Thus for example, until fairly recently in internet marketing circles, the practice of manufacturing bogus testimonials was fairly widespread.
The objective being to convince visitors to one’s website to purchase products on the strength of those manufactured testimonials.
In the arena of global warming much the same has been happening. In the same manner that a defense counsel in a court case will produce its own expert witness to discredit that of the prosecution (or vice versa) so has the Bush II administration paraded a string of bogus experts to decry global warming as just a myth!
In 2007 a good number of environmental scientists and climatologists publicly stated that they’d been pressurized by various Bush II factions to manipulate data to downplay the seriousness of global warming!
Which simply begs the question: why is the Bush II administration going to such lengths to hide the truth about global warming?
SNATCH AND GRAB OPERATION GONE AWRY
It is now widely accepted that the invasion of Iraq had little to do with terrorism, less to do with democracy but everything to do with oil!
The question still remains however, why did the US go to such lengths (which included manufacturing evidence) to illegally invade a sovereign state under what at best can be described as a thinly disguised pretext for war?
Was it merely a question of the then single remaining superpower claiming its right to wield that might as it saw fit irrespective of international law, just as **** Germany once did?
Or was it a case of a few vain men hoping to claim their slice of immortality through a legacy festooned with the glory of having secured new oil reserves for a nation with a quenchless thirst for the stuff?
Or perhaps the U.S. oil reserves were so desperately low that Bush II and his New World Order buddies were prepared to force a snatch and grab operation that could easily have escalated into third world war, so as to shore up those dwindled oil reserves?
Or maybe, just maybe, the U.S. desperately needed to stockpile a vast amount of oil for something far, far more sinister.
To keep at bay a monster it helped so much to create!
THREADS WEAVING A DISTURBING TAPESTRY OF EVENTS
These days more often than not fact is stranger than fiction. When we look at the Bush II Administration’s policy on global warming it is beyond perplexing why they have gone to such lengths to deny its existence.
For sure, his Have-More buddies in oil and other environmental-damaging industries have plenty to gain by muddying the waters, but what if there’s really more to this repudiation of global warming than that!
What if this is a carefully concocted plot that has been kept under wraps for years?
Here’s what we know thus far about global warming. The data has been around for well over a decade and has been readily available to government officials.
Since the turn of the 21st century scientists across the globe have been warning of the extent of global warming; warnings that apparently fell on deaf ears! (Well at least as far as the Bush II administration was concerned.)
But supposing this was not actually the case.
What if the Bush II administration did listen, but only to those scientists who’d concluded that the world had reached the point of no return? And that global warming could not be reversed anytime in the foreseeable future and thus by proxy neither could its ensuing effects!
FUELING UP FOR A GLOBAL CATASTROPHE
In other words there was no point implementing measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions (thereby slowing down global warming) and that in fact the best policy was to forge powerfully ahead and ensure that America was readied for the ensuing catastrophe no matter the cost!
If it meant manufacturing a war, so be it! If it meant causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of people to achieve that aim, so be it! After all this wouldn’t be the first time in history that the few had been sacrificed for the many!
Oh! Except in this case it is the many sacrificing for the few, or more specifically, The Have-Mores!
When looked at from this perspective, that the U.S. is fuelling up for a long term global catastrophe, it all begins to make some sense! Especially considering that Saudi Arabia still has the greatest oil reserves in the world and has never said no to U.S. oil demands!
Bottom line, it is quite conceivable that the U.S. under Bush II has been insuring against (or at least trying to) a global catastrophe predominantly of its own making! But alas even the best laid plans go badly awry. Iraq didn’t turn out to be the pushover they’d expected and the oil is not gushing the way they had envisioned.
Think that such a scenario is way over the top? Think again! Remember Iraq? Remember Hurricane Katrina?
The way the Bush II government handled Katrina was so shameful that Google for some reason best known to it was compelled to replace post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery with pre-hurricane images on its map portal (Damage control? Trying to hide America’s shame from the rest of the world? At whose behest one wonders?).
As you can well imagine, when it came to light, the whole sordid affair was an extreme embarrassment to Google (And certainly not good for business! The search engine business thrives on the premise that results are accurate and impartial and not manipulated!).
But the point I wish to emphasize here is that if the Bush II government could shun its very own citizens (albeit mainly citizens of color) in such a cavalier fashion why would they give a damn if their actions resulted in the deaths of hundreds of millions of Africans or peoples from other parts of the globe who are going to be worst hit by global warming?
In World War II the Nazi’s genocide weapon-of-choice was hydrogen cyanide gas, what irony that in the upcoming global warming related genocide, gas too is the weapon of choice; carbon dioxide gas!
The legendary Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) once said: “The earth has enough for the needs of all but not the greed of a few.” His words have since proved to be quite prophetic!
The world today is in chaos and by that I’m not merely referring to the tumult taking place in the Middle East; what I’m talking about is the imminent extinction of hundreds of millions of people as a result of global warming. In both scenarios the United States plays a central role!
I have already pretty much detailed out how and why global warming is happening and which nations are most responsible for its acceleration, as well as who’s doing what and who is not to rectify the situation in my article entitled: Global Warming–How It Could Spark World War III.
That said, I’ve included a list of figures below to illustrate to what extent each nation/region is responsible for greenhouse gas pollution in the atmosphere (greenhouse gases are widely held to be the engine behind the accelerated global warming seen today):
USA: 30.3% Europe: 27.7% Russia: 13.7% South East Asia: 12.2% South/Central America: 3.8% Japan: 3.7% Middle East: 2.6% Africa: 2.5% Australia: 1.1%
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LIE
To many in marketing circles the concept of manipulation of social evidence is nothing new. Basically what it entails is manipulating tools of evidence to further one’s goals.
Thus for example, until fairly recently in internet marketing circles, the practice of manufacturing bogus testimonials was fairly widespread.
The objective being to convince visitors to one’s website to purchase products on the strength of those manufactured testimonials.
In the arena of global warming much the same has been happening. In the same manner that a defense counsel in a court case will produce its own expert witness to discredit that of the prosecution (or vice versa) so has the Bush II administration paraded a string of bogus experts to decry global warming as just a myth!
In 2007 a good number of environmental scientists and climatologists publicly stated that they’d been pressurized by various Bush II factions to manipulate data to downplay the seriousness of global warming!
Which simply begs the question: why is the Bush II administration going to such lengths to hide the truth about global warming?
SNATCH AND GRAB OPERATION GONE AWRY
It is now widely accepted that the invasion of Iraq had little to do with terrorism, less to do with democracy but everything to do with oil!
The question still remains however, why did the US go to such lengths (which included manufacturing evidence) to illegally invade a sovereign state under what at best can be described as a thinly disguised pretext for war?
Was it merely a question of the then single remaining superpower claiming its right to wield that might as it saw fit irrespective of international law, just as **** Germany once did?
Or was it a case of a few vain men hoping to claim their slice of immortality through a legacy festooned with the glory of having secured new oil reserves for a nation with a quenchless thirst for the stuff?
Or perhaps the U.S. oil reserves were so desperately low that Bush II and his New World Order buddies were prepared to force a snatch and grab operation that could easily have escalated into third world war, so as to shore up those dwindled oil reserves?
Or maybe, just maybe, the U.S. desperately needed to stockpile a vast amount of oil for something far, far more sinister.
To keep at bay a monster it helped so much to create!
THREADS WEAVING A DISTURBING TAPESTRY OF EVENTS
These days more often than not fact is stranger than fiction. When we look at the Bush II Administration’s policy on global warming it is beyond perplexing why they have gone to such lengths to deny its existence.
For sure, his Have-More buddies in oil and other environmental-damaging industries have plenty to gain by muddying the waters, but what if there’s really more to this repudiation of global warming than that!
What if this is a carefully concocted plot that has been kept under wraps for years?
Here’s what we know thus far about global warming. The data has been around for well over a decade and has been readily available to government officials.
Since the turn of the 21st century scientists across the globe have been warning of the extent of global warming; warnings that apparently fell on deaf ears! (Well at least as far as the Bush II administration was concerned.)
But supposing this was not actually the case.
What if the Bush II administration did listen, but only to those scientists who’d concluded that the world had reached the point of no return? And that global warming could not be reversed anytime in the foreseeable future and thus by proxy neither could its ensuing effects!
FUELING UP FOR A GLOBAL CATASTROPHE
In other words there was no point implementing measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions (thereby slowing down global warming) and that in fact the best policy was to forge powerfully ahead and ensure that America was readied for the ensuing catastrophe no matter the cost!
If it meant manufacturing a war, so be it! If it meant causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of people to achieve that aim, so be it! After all this wouldn’t be the first time in history that the few had been sacrificed for the many!
Oh! Except in this case it is the many sacrificing for the few, or more specifically, The Have-Mores!
When looked at from this perspective, that the U.S. is fuelling up for a long term global catastrophe, it all begins to make some sense! Especially considering that Saudi Arabia still has the greatest oil reserves in the world and has never said no to U.S. oil demands!
Bottom line, it is quite conceivable that the U.S. under Bush II has been insuring against (or at least trying to) a global catastrophe predominantly of its own making! But alas even the best laid plans go badly awry. Iraq didn’t turn out to be the pushover they’d expected and the oil is not gushing the way they had envisioned.
Think that such a scenario is way over the top? Think again! Remember Iraq? Remember Hurricane Katrina?
The way the Bush II government handled Katrina was so shameful that Google for some reason best known to it was compelled to replace post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery with pre-hurricane images on its map portal (Damage control? Trying to hide America’s shame from the rest of the world? At whose behest one wonders?).
As you can well imagine, when it came to light, the whole sordid affair was an extreme embarrassment to Google (And certainly not good for business! The search engine business thrives on the premise that results are accurate and impartial and not manipulated!).
But the point I wish to emphasize here is that if the Bush II government could shun its very own citizens (albeit mainly citizens of color) in such a cavalier fashion why would they give a damn if their actions resulted in the deaths of hundreds of millions of Africans or peoples from other parts of the globe who are going to be worst hit by global warming?
In World War II the Nazi’s genocide weapon-of-choice was hydrogen cyanide gas, what irony that in the upcoming global warming related genocide, gas too is the weapon of choice; carbon dioxide gas!
Help Stop Global Warming With a Solar Power System
July 12, 2009 by admin
Filed under Environment
Darren Chow asked:
Today, the world calls for more responsible ways of doing things. Global warming is becoming worse every day. With this kind of phenomenon in front of us, we must be more accountable to environmentally degrading methods and take necessary steps in order to put a stop to these irresponsible ways. One most needed action that we can take is to reduce our carbon emission. Since we cannot really totally abandon the way we truly live, we can at least employ more environment friendly ways to help alleviate global warming. There are many ways by which a person can reduce his carbon emission. Many of these things are actually practical and easy ways. But if you are seeking to be more active in this endeavor you can take a step farther and install a solar power system in your home. It runs the electricity in a more efficient and eco-friendly way.
Sounds impossible? Even if you think that this is not doable, I know that it has caught your attention. Read the rest of the article and become familiar with this technology. The thing is that the environment-friendly feature is not the only striking benefit that solar panels can promise you and your family. It is also developed to help people like you save a lot of money.
A simple solar panel has the ability to harness the energy of the sun so that it can be used to power certain machines. In this sense, the sun’s energy can create electricity when you have developed a consolidated solar power system. Science recognizes this technology, but you will not find a lot of solar panels out in the market. While some people are doubtful against its effectiveness, companies do produce them because of reduced returns. A technology as good as this must not kept from the public, especially when it can help alleviate the global warming phenomenon. With this, I advice you to consult a useful manual that can help you create a solar power system in your home. This is better than buying a unit or succumbing to monstrous electricity bills.
Using solar panels is an alternative and environment-friendly pursuit because they help you lessen your carbon emissions. The logic is that you harness the power generated by something that is already present on earth. These are the sun and the wind. In addition, it helps the environment not only because of reduced emissions, but also because people who employ this technology become more aware about such this advocacy. While the former is the best benefit for the environment, the latter creates more environment advocates so that your actions are not only confined to saving energy, but to other global warming issues as well.
Today, the world calls for more responsible ways of doing things. Global warming is becoming worse every day. With this kind of phenomenon in front of us, we must be more accountable to environmentally degrading methods and take necessary steps in order to put a stop to these irresponsible ways. One most needed action that we can take is to reduce our carbon emission. Since we cannot really totally abandon the way we truly live, we can at least employ more environment friendly ways to help alleviate global warming. There are many ways by which a person can reduce his carbon emission. Many of these things are actually practical and easy ways. But if you are seeking to be more active in this endeavor you can take a step farther and install a solar power system in your home. It runs the electricity in a more efficient and eco-friendly way.
Sounds impossible? Even if you think that this is not doable, I know that it has caught your attention. Read the rest of the article and become familiar with this technology. The thing is that the environment-friendly feature is not the only striking benefit that solar panels can promise you and your family. It is also developed to help people like you save a lot of money.
A simple solar panel has the ability to harness the energy of the sun so that it can be used to power certain machines. In this sense, the sun’s energy can create electricity when you have developed a consolidated solar power system. Science recognizes this technology, but you will not find a lot of solar panels out in the market. While some people are doubtful against its effectiveness, companies do produce them because of reduced returns. A technology as good as this must not kept from the public, especially when it can help alleviate the global warming phenomenon. With this, I advice you to consult a useful manual that can help you create a solar power system in your home. This is better than buying a unit or succumbing to monstrous electricity bills.
Using solar panels is an alternative and environment-friendly pursuit because they help you lessen your carbon emissions. The logic is that you harness the power generated by something that is already present on earth. These are the sun and the wind. In addition, it helps the environment not only because of reduced emissions, but also because people who employ this technology become more aware about such this advocacy. While the former is the best benefit for the environment, the latter creates more environment advocates so that your actions are not only confined to saving energy, but to other global warming issues as well.
You can help stop global warming
Darren Chow asked:
Have you ever heard about global warming? You must have heard about it from the news, your friends, or environmental groups trying to sue irresponsible companies that destroy our ozone layer. If you think that it is not a serious matter, think again. Research about it during your free time for it is a matter that involves all of us and you need to take part in it if you are a responsible citizen, anywhere you are in the world. When you have decided that it is indeed a serious matter, the next step is to find ways on how to help alleviate it, if not stop it. One promising way that you can employ in your daily life is to invest on things like the solar panels or solar power system. As you will see, they can help the environment because they create lesser emissions and they can also help your monthly budget during the economic crisis.
The concept of the solar panels, solar power system, and the wind generator delves on using the power of the sun and the wind in creating electricity. While science acknowledges this process, not many companies use the opportunity to improve our energy consumption in a level that is more environment-friendly. The reason could be that they might not achieve measurable returns from it. As this is downright selfishness, an ordinary person cannot do anything but to succumb to costly electric bills. This is one the drivers that push the development of this technology. Because these things harness something that is already present in our environment, they become cheaper. The solar power system is indeed a very good alternative to your conventional electricity source.
In order to be a responsible citizen, install a solar power system in your home or a wind generator. You might be doubtful because such a thing is hard to achieve. The thing is, there are concerned entrepreneurs that have developed their own manuals that can effectively teach you how to construct your own solar panels. Buying one may cost you more than what is needed so a manual is what you need to find. It should not give you a hard time because they are designed to be user-friendly and easily understandable. In just a weekend, you have your own environment-friendly solar panels and you are then ready to make huge savings.
If you want to help the environment even a little, try making sensible actions and start by using alternatives like solar panels and solar power system. Yes we cannot live without electricity but we need to be responsible. If this is the case, then this is a very good alternative.
Have you ever heard about global warming? You must have heard about it from the news, your friends, or environmental groups trying to sue irresponsible companies that destroy our ozone layer. If you think that it is not a serious matter, think again. Research about it during your free time for it is a matter that involves all of us and you need to take part in it if you are a responsible citizen, anywhere you are in the world. When you have decided that it is indeed a serious matter, the next step is to find ways on how to help alleviate it, if not stop it. One promising way that you can employ in your daily life is to invest on things like the solar panels or solar power system. As you will see, they can help the environment because they create lesser emissions and they can also help your monthly budget during the economic crisis.
The concept of the solar panels, solar power system, and the wind generator delves on using the power of the sun and the wind in creating electricity. While science acknowledges this process, not many companies use the opportunity to improve our energy consumption in a level that is more environment-friendly. The reason could be that they might not achieve measurable returns from it. As this is downright selfishness, an ordinary person cannot do anything but to succumb to costly electric bills. This is one the drivers that push the development of this technology. Because these things harness something that is already present in our environment, they become cheaper. The solar power system is indeed a very good alternative to your conventional electricity source.
In order to be a responsible citizen, install a solar power system in your home or a wind generator. You might be doubtful because such a thing is hard to achieve. The thing is, there are concerned entrepreneurs that have developed their own manuals that can effectively teach you how to construct your own solar panels. Buying one may cost you more than what is needed so a manual is what you need to find. It should not give you a hard time because they are designed to be user-friendly and easily understandable. In just a weekend, you have your own environment-friendly solar panels and you are then ready to make huge savings.
If you want to help the environment even a little, try making sensible actions and start by using alternatives like solar panels and solar power system. Yes we cannot live without electricity but we need to be responsible. If this is the case, then this is a very good alternative.
The Bad Things That Global Warming Can Do to Your Health
Janet Martin asked:
It is common to see news in the paper or on television about flashfloods in the country or in other parts of the world. These are all caused by changes in the weather and environment which are usually attributed to global warming. Although you may know that these phenomena are serious and can wreak havoc in the future, you may not be aware that environmental changes may actually have a direct effect on your health. While the melting of the polar caps should be a cause for alarm, you should be more concerned about the little changes in your body that global warming can bring.
Here are some health concerns linked to environmental changes:
Extreme Rashes
Due to the rise in greenhouse gases, deadlier strains of poison ivy are on the rise. As a result, the rashes expected from more lethal strains would be worse. A Duke University study found that urushiol oil, which is the one responsible for making poison ivy dangerous, when exposed to higher levels of carbon dioxide are 30% more potent than those that are exposed in prevalent CO2 levels. In fact, some experts believe that the toxicity of poison in plants like poison ivy is already higher today than decades ago.
Heatstroke
For the past few years, more and more people in the US have died from heatstroke. The people who are at a higher risk of getting heatstroke are the elderly and the very young children. One of the main reasons why temperature is high in some places in the country, particularly during summer, is that changes in climatic patterns are affecting the region’s nighttime cooling. In Europe back in 2003, figures have shown that about 35,000 people were killed during heat waves.
Skin Cancer
Experts have estimated that over 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be reported in the US in 2008. In fact, this type of cancer is the most common in the country today. Although efforts in dramatically reducing the production of chlorofluourocarbons (more commonly known as CFCs) were successful, the damage has already been done in the ozone layer. As a result, more deadly ultraviolet rays are penetrating the earth.
Toxic Seafood
The rising ocean temperature is making sea-borne bacteria flourish. In the past decade, you will see a rising trend of red tide outbreaks in clams, oysters, mussels and other shellfishes that did not only affect fish, but also humans. Aside from making shellfish unfit to eat, these sedimentary organisms are also responsible for turning regular mercury into methylmercury, a more toxic form, which can be found in aquatic animals like shark, tilefish, tuna, king mackerel and swordfish.
Severe Allergic Reactions
People allergic to pollen are sneezing and coughing a lot more as the spring and summer seasons seem to be longer due to global warming. The increase in CO2 is also making plants produce bigger and more pollen. Furthermore, the greenhouse gases are also encouraging more fungi spores to grow.
What You Need To Do
The first thing you need to do is to start caring for the environment. The little things that you do in saving electricity and resources or minimizing garbage and pollution can go a long way in stopping the further deterioration of the planet.
Secondly, it would be wise for you to start protecting yourself from the harmful rays of the sun by using sunscreen every time you go outdoors during the day. Make sure that the sun block that you buy protects you from both UVA and UVB rays.
Lastly, boost your health by eating right and exercising daily. You may also perform detoxification at least once or twice a year to make sure that the toxins inside you will be safely eliminated out of your body and system. One product that can help you undergo detoxification with ease is Colpurin. For more information about Colpurin, simply click on to http://www.colpurin.com/.
It is common to see news in the paper or on television about flashfloods in the country or in other parts of the world. These are all caused by changes in the weather and environment which are usually attributed to global warming. Although you may know that these phenomena are serious and can wreak havoc in the future, you may not be aware that environmental changes may actually have a direct effect on your health. While the melting of the polar caps should be a cause for alarm, you should be more concerned about the little changes in your body that global warming can bring.
Here are some health concerns linked to environmental changes:
Extreme Rashes
Due to the rise in greenhouse gases, deadlier strains of poison ivy are on the rise. As a result, the rashes expected from more lethal strains would be worse. A Duke University study found that urushiol oil, which is the one responsible for making poison ivy dangerous, when exposed to higher levels of carbon dioxide are 30% more potent than those that are exposed in prevalent CO2 levels. In fact, some experts believe that the toxicity of poison in plants like poison ivy is already higher today than decades ago.
Heatstroke
For the past few years, more and more people in the US have died from heatstroke. The people who are at a higher risk of getting heatstroke are the elderly and the very young children. One of the main reasons why temperature is high in some places in the country, particularly during summer, is that changes in climatic patterns are affecting the region’s nighttime cooling. In Europe back in 2003, figures have shown that about 35,000 people were killed during heat waves.
Skin Cancer
Experts have estimated that over 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be reported in the US in 2008. In fact, this type of cancer is the most common in the country today. Although efforts in dramatically reducing the production of chlorofluourocarbons (more commonly known as CFCs) were successful, the damage has already been done in the ozone layer. As a result, more deadly ultraviolet rays are penetrating the earth.
Toxic Seafood
The rising ocean temperature is making sea-borne bacteria flourish. In the past decade, you will see a rising trend of red tide outbreaks in clams, oysters, mussels and other shellfishes that did not only affect fish, but also humans. Aside from making shellfish unfit to eat, these sedimentary organisms are also responsible for turning regular mercury into methylmercury, a more toxic form, which can be found in aquatic animals like shark, tilefish, tuna, king mackerel and swordfish.
Severe Allergic Reactions
People allergic to pollen are sneezing and coughing a lot more as the spring and summer seasons seem to be longer due to global warming. The increase in CO2 is also making plants produce bigger and more pollen. Furthermore, the greenhouse gases are also encouraging more fungi spores to grow.
What You Need To Do
The first thing you need to do is to start caring for the environment. The little things that you do in saving electricity and resources or minimizing garbage and pollution can go a long way in stopping the further deterioration of the planet.
Secondly, it would be wise for you to start protecting yourself from the harmful rays of the sun by using sunscreen every time you go outdoors during the day. Make sure that the sun block that you buy protects you from both UVA and UVB rays.
Lastly, boost your health by eating right and exercising daily. You may also perform detoxification at least once or twice a year to make sure that the toxins inside you will be safely eliminated out of your body and system. One product that can help you undergo detoxification with ease is Colpurin. For more information about Colpurin, simply click on to http://www.colpurin.com/.
Global Warming Can Not Melt the Polar Ice Caps From Below
June 16, 2009 by admin
Filed under News And Society
Dilip Dahanukar asked:
The Earth is being heated by the Sun every day. Almost 174,000 Terawatts of energy hits the Earth. One Terawatt is equal to one million megawatts! So the Sun is heating the Earth with 174 billion megawatts of energy! Of this, about 30% is reflected back due to the white reflectivity of the Earth which is known in science as the albedo effect. So the net energy absorbed by the Earth is 122 Terawatts.
If so much energy is being absorbed by the Earth, it should continue to heat up and its temperature must continue to rise constantly. Within days the temp should surpass the maximum that any life could bear. All life would die and the trees whither and char.
But this does not happen. The Earth has its own temperature stability. Why? Because, at night the Earth radiates the heat absorbed during the day into deep space. Of the 122 TW that the Earth absorbs from the Sun, it radiates 121TW back into deep space and the difference is converted into work for moving the air, the clouds and the sea currents and tides. Radiation always takes place between two bodies, the heat going out from the hotter to the cooler body. We can actually feel this cooling effect at night, but the truth is that it is happening all 24 hours. The Earth is constantly cooling by radiating out its energy into deep space. We don’t feel it during day because the effect of the Sun’s radiation is to annul the cooling and go on further to warm the Earth. Over the millions of years the Earth has achieved a balance of its temperature equating the heating by the Sun and the cooling at night.
The sea has a vast reserve of water which is capable of absorbing the heat of the Sun without change in its temperature. Sun’s radiation penetrates a long distance down in the water and the heat is absorbed into a very big mass of water. In places where there are algae or plankton as a mixed layer, its depth makes some difference. Observations of sea surface temperature (SST) where there was ocean mixed layer (OML) at 5 feet below surface showed a day night temperature difference of 1.5 degrees centigrade. But when the OML was 50 feet deep, the temperature difference was only just 0.1 degree!
The Oceans hold 1.3 billion cubic kilometers of water. Physics has given us a way to calculate the rise of temperature of water knowing its mass, specific heat and the amount of heat input. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported that the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming is 1.6 watts per sq. meter which works out to a heat input of 800TW on the surface area of 500 Tera sq. meters for the whole planet. This heat input for the whole year without considering the night-time radiation from the sea surface, can only raise the temperature of the sea by ½ degree over a period of 111 years! It is therefore impossible for the global warming arising out of the greenhouse gases to warm the sea enough to melt the polar ice caps from underneath.
eMaya the expert on Climate Change, suspects that it is more likely caused by undersea volcanic activity. You can read how she plans to stop global warming in the book ‘eMaya’ at www.trafford.com/08-0434
The Earth is being heated by the Sun every day. Almost 174,000 Terawatts of energy hits the Earth. One Terawatt is equal to one million megawatts! So the Sun is heating the Earth with 174 billion megawatts of energy! Of this, about 30% is reflected back due to the white reflectivity of the Earth which is known in science as the albedo effect. So the net energy absorbed by the Earth is 122 Terawatts.
If so much energy is being absorbed by the Earth, it should continue to heat up and its temperature must continue to rise constantly. Within days the temp should surpass the maximum that any life could bear. All life would die and the trees whither and char.
But this does not happen. The Earth has its own temperature stability. Why? Because, at night the Earth radiates the heat absorbed during the day into deep space. Of the 122 TW that the Earth absorbs from the Sun, it radiates 121TW back into deep space and the difference is converted into work for moving the air, the clouds and the sea currents and tides. Radiation always takes place between two bodies, the heat going out from the hotter to the cooler body. We can actually feel this cooling effect at night, but the truth is that it is happening all 24 hours. The Earth is constantly cooling by radiating out its energy into deep space. We don’t feel it during day because the effect of the Sun’s radiation is to annul the cooling and go on further to warm the Earth. Over the millions of years the Earth has achieved a balance of its temperature equating the heating by the Sun and the cooling at night.
The sea has a vast reserve of water which is capable of absorbing the heat of the Sun without change in its temperature. Sun’s radiation penetrates a long distance down in the water and the heat is absorbed into a very big mass of water. In places where there are algae or plankton as a mixed layer, its depth makes some difference. Observations of sea surface temperature (SST) where there was ocean mixed layer (OML) at 5 feet below surface showed a day night temperature difference of 1.5 degrees centigrade. But when the OML was 50 feet deep, the temperature difference was only just 0.1 degree!
The Oceans hold 1.3 billion cubic kilometers of water. Physics has given us a way to calculate the rise of temperature of water knowing its mass, specific heat and the amount of heat input. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reported that the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming is 1.6 watts per sq. meter which works out to a heat input of 800TW on the surface area of 500 Tera sq. meters for the whole planet. This heat input for the whole year without considering the night-time radiation from the sea surface, can only raise the temperature of the sea by ½ degree over a period of 111 years! It is therefore impossible for the global warming arising out of the greenhouse gases to warm the sea enough to melt the polar ice caps from underneath.
eMaya the expert on Climate Change, suspects that it is more likely caused by undersea volcanic activity. You can read how she plans to stop global warming in the book ‘eMaya’ at www.trafford.com/08-0434
Global Warming: Burning My Island
June 15, 2009 by admin
Filed under Environment
Len Q. asked:
It’s just a little valley on a tropical island, sitting just on top of the equator in the west Pacific Ocean. It’s on weathered volcanic soil with a steep little mountain range on one side and the main highway on the other passing high above it. I live along the southern rim of that valley and I’ve known it my whole life.
Hiking at a nice leisurely pace up the steep ravine hills for a few hundred feet is entirely worth it when I choose a spot near the summit to just be. It’s a true blessing to be able to do that. It’s a wonderful workout, too. The tops of the steep hills all the way down to nearly its base are covered with savanna grasslands. The really steep slopes and all along their base are covered with ravine forests. More like raving jungles. If you look up into those hills from a distance, the golden color of the grasslands are a fantastic contrast to the dark green jungles of the foothills. It staggers my mind to know that a hundred years ago, nearly all of these hills were dark green. Jungles all the way to the top. Wow. And what a reason why it’s no longer that way.
Fire has been used as a tool for man’s purposes practically from the moment of its discovery. So too has it been done here. And it has become one of the greatest weapons for deer hunting here in the southern jungles. What they do is set a fire. Just set a fire to blaze and let her rip. Help it if it’s having some trouble getting going. Because once it’s gone and burning acres along the land, a fantastic thing called life happens after. New grass shoots come out of the burned and blackened hills. And the deer will come to eat those tender shoots with the fierce hunter in waiting.
Oh, but all the other things that happen because a fire was set loose in the hills. Surely, not things the arsonist would have thought about. Let’s just move in the direction as things happen. The fire is set and it’s burning. First thing then is the atmosphere. A powerful green house gas (carbon dioxide), a direct byproduct of burning vegetation, is set forth into the atmosphere. But wait. We won’t actually feel its effects for a long time anyway. No, that’s not right. Global warming. That’s right. Isn’t it amazing that the collective burning of vegetation all over the world is still a major contributor to global warming? Strike one.
While it’s burning, a stray fire will often run into a jungle. So the fire will stop then, right? That’s true. It will—at an eventual time. But the fire won’t just stop once it meets the jungle. It’s got to burn its way into it a bit, to run into the water and the bulk of the jungle. That’ll take a few feet at least. So fires reduce the size of jungles if allowed to burn out on their own. The more you burn, the smaller your jungles. Strike two.
Now the fire has died and the hills are bare. When the rain comes, and they will, so much soil will wash away. I’ve never seen a burnt hillside escape from being washed down by the rains. Soil erosion to sedimentation in the water. But that doesn’t matter. The ocean is a big place. It won’t hurt. In the grand scheme of oceans, not too much. To the aquatic creatures in the rivers, the living coral reefs, and the enormous marine population that feed and live on those reefs, the damage is absolutely life-threatening. Strike three.
Let’s add it all up. We’ve got the pros on one side, that being that the new shoot growth immediately following a fire is enticing to deer. They could be easier to catch. It only benefits the hunter. We’ve got the cons on the other side and the list is awesome.
- The air, our atmosphere, receives an infusion of a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. We know, without doubt, that extensive and continuing global warming has caused, and is accelerating, a climate change that could very well end our days.
- There is the land. Our jungles do get smaller. This already results in loss of habitat for wildlife. The vibrant green of our jungles and the golden sea of our savannas are replaced by burnt and blackened hills. Any wildlife, nests or burrows caught in the fire, any food supply, well, that’s just their loss. And when the rains come, we lose our topsoil. No more roots to hold it in place. Accelerated soil erosion, I do despise it.
.
- There is the sea, to include the rivers. Immediately following soil erosion is the impact of sedimentation. This transported soil spreads. It blankets and suffocates when at last it settles. Sedimentation is the bringer of death to microscopic organisms, to vegetation, to fish and corals, to say the least. In aquatic environments, destruction is great and long-lasting. Imagine that your air is filled with ash all of the time. What would the quality of your life be like then?
The actions of man introduces hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every single day. (It hurts to even write it down.) There is no question, no debate. A good percentage of that comes from the constant burning of the natural landscape. We have to change how we do things.
For the survival of our race, global warming has to stop. The climate change must be arrested, if not reversed. If we refuse to make it happen, will anything matter in fifty or a hundred years? Spread the word. Take your part. We can still save ourselves.
It’s just a little valley on a tropical island, sitting just on top of the equator in the west Pacific Ocean. It’s on weathered volcanic soil with a steep little mountain range on one side and the main highway on the other passing high above it. I live along the southern rim of that valley and I’ve known it my whole life.
Hiking at a nice leisurely pace up the steep ravine hills for a few hundred feet is entirely worth it when I choose a spot near the summit to just be. It’s a true blessing to be able to do that. It’s a wonderful workout, too. The tops of the steep hills all the way down to nearly its base are covered with savanna grasslands. The really steep slopes and all along their base are covered with ravine forests. More like raving jungles. If you look up into those hills from a distance, the golden color of the grasslands are a fantastic contrast to the dark green jungles of the foothills. It staggers my mind to know that a hundred years ago, nearly all of these hills were dark green. Jungles all the way to the top. Wow. And what a reason why it’s no longer that way.
Fire has been used as a tool for man’s purposes practically from the moment of its discovery. So too has it been done here. And it has become one of the greatest weapons for deer hunting here in the southern jungles. What they do is set a fire. Just set a fire to blaze and let her rip. Help it if it’s having some trouble getting going. Because once it’s gone and burning acres along the land, a fantastic thing called life happens after. New grass shoots come out of the burned and blackened hills. And the deer will come to eat those tender shoots with the fierce hunter in waiting.
Oh, but all the other things that happen because a fire was set loose in the hills. Surely, not things the arsonist would have thought about. Let’s just move in the direction as things happen. The fire is set and it’s burning. First thing then is the atmosphere. A powerful green house gas (carbon dioxide), a direct byproduct of burning vegetation, is set forth into the atmosphere. But wait. We won’t actually feel its effects for a long time anyway. No, that’s not right. Global warming. That’s right. Isn’t it amazing that the collective burning of vegetation all over the world is still a major contributor to global warming? Strike one.
While it’s burning, a stray fire will often run into a jungle. So the fire will stop then, right? That’s true. It will—at an eventual time. But the fire won’t just stop once it meets the jungle. It’s got to burn its way into it a bit, to run into the water and the bulk of the jungle. That’ll take a few feet at least. So fires reduce the size of jungles if allowed to burn out on their own. The more you burn, the smaller your jungles. Strike two.
Now the fire has died and the hills are bare. When the rain comes, and they will, so much soil will wash away. I’ve never seen a burnt hillside escape from being washed down by the rains. Soil erosion to sedimentation in the water. But that doesn’t matter. The ocean is a big place. It won’t hurt. In the grand scheme of oceans, not too much. To the aquatic creatures in the rivers, the living coral reefs, and the enormous marine population that feed and live on those reefs, the damage is absolutely life-threatening. Strike three.
Let’s add it all up. We’ve got the pros on one side, that being that the new shoot growth immediately following a fire is enticing to deer. They could be easier to catch. It only benefits the hunter. We’ve got the cons on the other side and the list is awesome.
- The air, our atmosphere, receives an infusion of a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. We know, without doubt, that extensive and continuing global warming has caused, and is accelerating, a climate change that could very well end our days.
- There is the land. Our jungles do get smaller. This already results in loss of habitat for wildlife. The vibrant green of our jungles and the golden sea of our savannas are replaced by burnt and blackened hills. Any wildlife, nests or burrows caught in the fire, any food supply, well, that’s just their loss. And when the rains come, we lose our topsoil. No more roots to hold it in place. Accelerated soil erosion, I do despise it.
.
- There is the sea, to include the rivers. Immediately following soil erosion is the impact of sedimentation. This transported soil spreads. It blankets and suffocates when at last it settles. Sedimentation is the bringer of death to microscopic organisms, to vegetation, to fish and corals, to say the least. In aquatic environments, destruction is great and long-lasting. Imagine that your air is filled with ash all of the time. What would the quality of your life be like then?
The actions of man introduces hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every single day. (It hurts to even write it down.) There is no question, no debate. A good percentage of that comes from the constant burning of the natural landscape. We have to change how we do things.
For the survival of our race, global warming has to stop. The climate change must be arrested, if not reversed. If we refuse to make it happen, will anything matter in fifty or a hundred years? Spread the word. Take your part. We can still save ourselves.
Will Energy-Saving Lightbulbs Help Fight Global Warming
May 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Environment
James Nash asked:
The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. That ban would fully be in effect within two years, forcing all 490 million citizens of the EU’s member states to switch from the current conventional lights they now have.
However, some problems of this plan have been raised considering that the supposed energy-efficient light bulbs have to be left on all the time, they’re made from banned toxins and they won’t work in half your household fittings. Yet Europe (and Gordon Brown) says ‘green’ lightbulbs must replace all our old ones. They also are up to 20 times more expensive than conventional light bulbs. They also give off a much harsher light and do not produce a steady stream of light but rather just flicker 50 times a second.
These special ‘efficient’ light bulbs also need more ventilation than conventional bulbs, which means that they cannot be in an enclosed light fitting. I’m sure that this won’t inconvenience any of the 490 million who are being forced to switch. In Canada, talk is taking place of having a ban on conventional light bulbs being included in Ross Tawdrey’s clean air act. This discussion was recently brought about by the act of Australia taking moves to ban conventional light bulbs by the year 2010.
As well as that, a lawmaker in California has introduced a bill to ban the selling of conventional bulbs by 2012, with a similar bill also being introduced in New Jersey. Royal Phillips Electronics, one of the leading corporations in producing light fixtures announced that they would stop selling conventional bulbs by 2016. This will result in a massive cost to the consumer, who is losing their free will in where they spend their money and how they choose to help the environment.
Hoping to get by without buying new bulbs and sneak it by the government? Good luck. As a recent report pointed out in the UK, the government has very intrusive plans to make the UK the world’s first green economy. Part of this plan is that every home in the UK is to be ‘carbon neutral’ within 10 years, making every house updated to ‘green’ standards. The government said they would provide the renovators, which has led many to fear that it is a method of spying on homeowners to make sure they go green.
John Sinclair, a member of the Taxpayer’s Alliance and critic of the plan stated, It’s bad enough that politicians want to take so much of our money away in tax. For them also to intrude into our homes in order to have the ability to penalise us even further is simply unacceptable.
I am not saying that it isn’t a good idea to take action to help the environment, but I ask you to consider this: if the majority of scientific data points to the fact that global warming is caused by the Sun, then how will a tax on carbon emissions help to stop it? How does us driving cars cause climate change on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune and Triton?
Can Al Gore please fill me in on this? If CO2 increases as a RESULT of temperature increases, then how can we hope to accomplish anything by taxing emissions? That’s like saying we will prevent the process of humans ageing by dying their grey hairs. It’s not grey hair that causes people to age; it’s ageing that causes grey hair. And nothing that you do to your hair will have any affect on how long you live. Especially since ageing is a natural process that cannot be stopped and has always occurred and will always occur. Just like climate change.
It seems worrisome that politicians are all too eager to grab onto this man-made myth of global warming in order to make us afraid and guilty. Guilty enough to want to change it, and afraid enough to give up our freedoms and undergo massive financial expenses in order to do so. So this lie, being pushed by big money and big governments, is a convenient lie for those who want to exert control and collect money. However, it’s inconvenient for the mass amount of people who are already experiencing the problems of a widening wage-gap and fading middle class.
If the problems we are being presented are based on lies, then how do we expect to find any true solution to helping the environment? A Global Tax won’t clean up the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, which is still polluting waters in Alaska nearly 18 years after the spill occurred. A Global Tax won’t stop Shell from making the Niger Delta the most endangered Delta in the whole world. No, we have to first be realistic, mature, and have debate about the problems we are facing, and then, and only then, can we even hope to achieve any sort of solution.
The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. That ban would fully be in effect within two years, forcing all 490 million citizens of the EU’s member states to switch from the current conventional lights they now have.
However, some problems of this plan have been raised considering that the supposed energy-efficient light bulbs have to be left on all the time, they’re made from banned toxins and they won’t work in half your household fittings. Yet Europe (and Gordon Brown) says ‘green’ lightbulbs must replace all our old ones. They also are up to 20 times more expensive than conventional light bulbs. They also give off a much harsher light and do not produce a steady stream of light but rather just flicker 50 times a second.
These special ‘efficient’ light bulbs also need more ventilation than conventional bulbs, which means that they cannot be in an enclosed light fitting. I’m sure that this won’t inconvenience any of the 490 million who are being forced to switch. In Canada, talk is taking place of having a ban on conventional light bulbs being included in Ross Tawdrey’s clean air act. This discussion was recently brought about by the act of Australia taking moves to ban conventional light bulbs by the year 2010.
As well as that, a lawmaker in California has introduced a bill to ban the selling of conventional bulbs by 2012, with a similar bill also being introduced in New Jersey. Royal Phillips Electronics, one of the leading corporations in producing light fixtures announced that they would stop selling conventional bulbs by 2016. This will result in a massive cost to the consumer, who is losing their free will in where they spend their money and how they choose to help the environment.
Hoping to get by without buying new bulbs and sneak it by the government? Good luck. As a recent report pointed out in the UK, the government has very intrusive plans to make the UK the world’s first green economy. Part of this plan is that every home in the UK is to be ‘carbon neutral’ within 10 years, making every house updated to ‘green’ standards. The government said they would provide the renovators, which has led many to fear that it is a method of spying on homeowners to make sure they go green.
John Sinclair, a member of the Taxpayer’s Alliance and critic of the plan stated, It’s bad enough that politicians want to take so much of our money away in tax. For them also to intrude into our homes in order to have the ability to penalise us even further is simply unacceptable.
I am not saying that it isn’t a good idea to take action to help the environment, but I ask you to consider this: if the majority of scientific data points to the fact that global warming is caused by the Sun, then how will a tax on carbon emissions help to stop it? How does us driving cars cause climate change on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, Neptune and Triton?
Can Al Gore please fill me in on this? If CO2 increases as a RESULT of temperature increases, then how can we hope to accomplish anything by taxing emissions? That’s like saying we will prevent the process of humans ageing by dying their grey hairs. It’s not grey hair that causes people to age; it’s ageing that causes grey hair. And nothing that you do to your hair will have any affect on how long you live. Especially since ageing is a natural process that cannot be stopped and has always occurred and will always occur. Just like climate change.
It seems worrisome that politicians are all too eager to grab onto this man-made myth of global warming in order to make us afraid and guilty. Guilty enough to want to change it, and afraid enough to give up our freedoms and undergo massive financial expenses in order to do so. So this lie, being pushed by big money and big governments, is a convenient lie for those who want to exert control and collect money. However, it’s inconvenient for the mass amount of people who are already experiencing the problems of a widening wage-gap and fading middle class.
If the problems we are being presented are based on lies, then how do we expect to find any true solution to helping the environment? A Global Tax won’t clean up the oil spilled by the Exxon Valdez, which is still polluting waters in Alaska nearly 18 years after the spill occurred. A Global Tax won’t stop Shell from making the Niger Delta the most endangered Delta in the whole world. No, we have to first be realistic, mature, and have debate about the problems we are facing, and then, and only then, can we even hope to achieve any sort of solution.
