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aceman81 asked in Environment · 1 decade ago

If global warming is really man made, what do we do?

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  • Bob
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Conserve energy. Not stop doing things, do them more efficiently.

    Develop sources of energy other than fossil fuels; nuclear, solar, wind, biofuels, clean coal.

    Develop techniques to capture (sequester) carbon dioxide.

    Prepare for increased coastal flooding and possible changes in agriculture. We can't stop it, we can reduce it to a level where we can cope.

  • KerryK
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Global Warming has first of all never been fully proved to have come from human activities. It seems that it is a natural cycle that occurs about ever 500-800 yrs .

    That being said, if in the event that it IS man made then i suppose u could make cars that run off of CO2 and CO and CH4 and put off O2 and (i guess) sugar (we could call that car the Photosynthesiser). But that would have serious problems b/c if too much CO2 is used up our planet could still go through a global climate change with just as bad outcome. Also, plants would die b/c humans are using all the CO2.

    hmm...my idea didn't seem to work, looks to me like the probelm can't be stopped by human means. Hmmm...this can be related to Algebra, Humans (H) cause global warming (G) by adding CO2, but can't stop it by taking the CO2 away, that doesnt make sense, observe...H+CO2=G; G-CO2\=/ H... i guess that means we didn't cause it.

  • 1 decade ago

    global warming is an urban legend, the temp of th earth has actually gone down over the last few decades.

  • 1 decade ago

    We start wearing less clothes and going to the beach. What do you do when it gets warm?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Here is a link that will tell you everything!!

    http://video.google.com/url?docid=-452066547489945...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    some home truths

    politicians and scientists who work for politicians have downplayed the facts because solutions are expensive and means change and change effects many people income,and most of the world is kept in the dark of the real things that are going on.

    : i have seen lands that have been turned from jungle into desserts by people in a matter of a couple of years ,because of the slash and burn method used by settlers and expanding agriculture,and i have seen rivers dry up because of deforrestation in many places in Africa and Mexico ,

    i live now by the side of a river in Mexico where,in 30 years 5 species of fish have become exstinct .

    and part of the year the river is dry this is for longer every year because of over use of water by agriculture and as a result of deforrestation.

    there are natural cycles in the planets life

    but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

    in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification

    in recent times thousands of people have died because of exessive heat,usually old people.in India ,Mexico and France,

    deforestation causing desertification,the desert conditions causing very cold nights and scorching hot days

    in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,the globe where they were got to hot for them .

    and instead of producing food they are now needing it from some where else,and they will drastically effect the world food prices when they start buying water in the form of grains ,at any cost destabalising governments, in some countries ,could be the result

    (are you seeing more Chinese around interested in agricultural lands ,we do here in Mexico)

    ,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year

    and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

    collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,

    as far as the food production is concerned, Global warming or some of its effects are serious,rising seas result in landloss

    each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

    more landloss because of desertification every year,we have less areble land to produce food ,for an extra 70 million people ,

    and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,

    and there are less and less farmers to do it..

    who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers

    who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,

    because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

    RISING SEAS

    The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.

    this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

    Global warming is in theory reversable,but it will mean global co operation between all countries ,and taking into account human nature and the world politics ,it is unlikely that this will happen,

    At least not untill we are all in the middle of planetary disastres and it becomes a battle for the survival of humanity every where.

    SOLUTIONS

    if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to reverse the destructive processes

    reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

    the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

    the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

    Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

    the protection of existing forrests.

    stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

    education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

    education on environmental awareness

    education on family planning to curb over´populaion

    Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

    more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

    ,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

    alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

    recicling wastes,limit water use

    i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico

    http://spaces.msn.com/byderule

    Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has

    come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,

    his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into 50 languages and won the best book award in 2003.

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