What can we do to minimize global warming?
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So much to do. I would first start by avoiding the waste of electricity because most of the electricity generated at home comes from gas generators that burning millions of gallons of fuel.\nthe heat generated from this generators is one of the main causes of the global waming.\nadded to that the emmissions from vehicules that is also one major problem.\ntry encouraging people and yourself :) to use vehicules that don't waste a lot of gas. take the bus when you can or ride a bicycle when you have a chance.
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It is Global Warming.  Geologically speaking we are still coming out of the last ice age.  We are on in a natural cycle which has been accerated by pollution.
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Global warming is NOT a "natural thing."\nYes, our planet all on its own, for various reasons, does go through cycles of warmer and cooler temperatures.\nHowever, in the last 150 years we have added many billions of tons of carbon in various forms (carbon dioxide in the air is the biggest problem) to the planet's ecosphere -- more than any "natural" cause in the history of the earth.  \nI very much want to leave a habitable planet to my children, so they can do the same for theirs.  That means reducing humans' artificial climate changes which are causing a runaway greenhouse effect -- which is NOT natural.\n\nThe earth isn't going to "die" naturally for another 4.5 BILLION years or so -- why are you so relaxed about moving that deadline up by 4.9999 billion years?\n\n"only" girl -- it's not a theory, it's well proven.  You should keep up with science.
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- Sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, or at least take the lead in replacing it with something more than a pro-polluter smoke screen (no pun intended). \n\n - Cease the practice of unilateral "first strike" wars. You can be defensive-minded about security and be just as safe, if not moreso. But hitting first makes you look like an a-----e, especially if the information you're using to justify the war is shoddy at best. \n\n - Remove the Evangelical Christian influence on our foreign policy, especially in regards to health services and the environment. People who don't believe in the rapture/apocalypse don't appreciate it when countries go around trying to provoke it. \n\n - Cease all development of "new classes" of nuclear weapons. It makes our country look positively idiotic when we threaten Iran while developing "battlefield nukes" which are oft touted as "nukes you can actually USE!". \n\n - Finally, as the previous answer so aptly stated kick Bush the f--k out of office.
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it is a little of both. yes the earth has heated but weather goes in circular movement. so there are periods of time when the earth heats up and then cools down. yes we are polluting the air and are loosing ozone, but the biggest factor is from methane gas produced by farm animals. we (Christians) are suppose to be good Stewart's of Gods gifts to us. so we need to learn to recycle, conserve and use the planet wisely. one of the things that would help the most is just planting trees. have an cooling effect on earth.
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How can we save humans from extinction.
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make more ozone. jk the best way to prevent it is to not cut down as many trees, not use cfc's (clorofloracarbons), and cut down on major pollution, such as factories and cars like hummers
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There are a few aspects to be addressed when discussing global warming...\n\nGlobal warming is the term used to describe how the average temperature of the planet is going up. No one denies that the temperature is, in fact, going up. Therefore, no one denies that global warming is a fact.\n\nHowever, according to studies of Antarctic ice, the average temperature of the planet has been rising for 6,000 years, which is well before the Industrial Revolution of 150 years ago. This proves that global warming is not caused by man. In that time, however, the rate of temperature rise has increased, which means that the actions of humanity probably has worsened the situation.  What has been the degree to which we have?\n\nThe critical questions to be answered about global warming are these:\n\nWhat are the effects of global warming going to be, and how can we prepare for them? Currently, no model of global atmospheric projection has shown itself to accurately predict to any degree the general weather patterns of the Earth (such as the number and ferocity of hurricanes). Until we come up with an accurate way of predicting the effects of global warming, preparing for them will be difficult and based upon conjectures, which are a difficult sell to taxpayers.\n\nWhat can be done to limit the effect of humanity on global warming in the future WITHOUT putting a major damper on economic growth and development, especially in developing nations? For example, all nations could agree to stop driving vehicles that use internal combustion engines, but to do so at once would devastate the economies of many nations. However, other options, such as diverting tax funds to subsidize the development of alternative-energy propulsion for vehicles, would accelerate the advent of such earth-friendly technology.\n\nAll in all, because of the massive stakes involved when discussing global warming (and the subsequent misinformation flying around about it), many people are confused as to the facts about it. I was hoping to be as informative and unbiased as possible.\n\nAnd yes, I am Republican.\n\nPlease let me know what you think!
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That depends a lot on what you mean by saving the world.  If you mean stopping pollution and such, you could join an environmental agency, or start recycling programs.  If you mean ending hunger, you could join a group like World Vision.  If you mean all of these things, well, good luck.
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There are many.  What follows are just a few, and I am certain many people would put them into different catagories:\n\nDeforestation is one.  Humans have cut down many areas of natural vegetation and either replaced it with crops or built cities on it.  Plants return oxygen to the atmosphere from carbon dioxide; they reflect light and adsorb heat from the sun.  Both plants and the soil help adsorb water and pollutants.  The more of the planet we pave, the fewer trees and less soil exist to regulate these functions.\n\nPollution is another.  We dump our trash on land and in the oceans.  We create chemical compounds that wouldn't exist in nature and spread them in the land, water, soil and air.  Some directly effect the health of living things; others effect things like the ozone layer, taking away natural system that protect life on this planet.  We dump the heat from our indutrial processes into the atmosphere and water.\n\nAnd, now, we're relatively certain we are creating enough waste of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in our atmosphere to trap excess heat in the atmosphere.  Enough of it to warm the entire globe just fast enough that plants cannot adapt.  Fertile zones will change.  Crops may fail.  Livestock (and wild animals) that depend on plants for forage may die.  Areas that we now comfortably inhabit - with suitable climates and drinking water may become desert.  Others may end up under rising oceans as glaciers melt.\n\nWhat can we do about it?  Everyone will likely have a different answer.  As an American, I have to say I am more guilty than many others who will read this.  The average American family (about 5 people) owns 9 internal combustion (gasoline or diesel) engines; in a still developing nation like China, there is one engine for every 159 people. If the Chinese lived like the American, how much soot, smog, waste heat, and carbon dioxide would be produced on a single summer day of driving, lawn mowing, and boating?  How much could our planet take?\n\nThe answers aren't easy.  In the short term, we can use applicance - from light bulbs to computers - that are more efficient in how they use the energy we make.  We can think about how to reuse things to create less waste; or not use them at all. (Seriously, how much of your groceries really need to be double bagged?  And does your produce really need to go in another bag inside that?) We can decide whether we really need to build a new 3 bedroom house for ourselves, or if an older, smaller place can be refurbished to suit our tastes. \n\nBut, ultimately, we use too much.  We burn too many things to create the energy we use.  Period.  But, what are the alternatives?  Deforest vast tracts of land to crate wind and solar farms?  I will leave you to draw your own conclusions, but it seems more and more like the future of our existence on Earth depends on the right answer.
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1.) Reduce pollution emissions from factories and vehicles. Country standards can replace high polluting processes with less pollution. These only work if there are inspections and fines.\na - Filters and electrostatic scrubbers can be used to remove harmful pollutants from smoke. \nb - High temperature combustion produces fewer carcinogens and polutants. \nc - The use of low sulpher coals and oils also reduces pollution\nd - Catalytic converters and lead free fuels reduce pollution\ne -  the replacement of fossil fuels with nuclear energy and hydrogen fules that don't produce pollution.\nf -  the safe mechanical recycling of items like glass, tyres and plastics that produce pollution if the are burned\ng - The stopping of production of CFC, freon and other harmful gases that were used in aerosols and fridges.\n\n2.) The creation of Carbon Dioxide "sinks" to remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. The planting of trees and shrubs, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Large scale experiments with tankers that dropped iron ore to grow alage that would take in carbon dioxide and then sink to the bottom of the ocean have not been succesful.  \n\n3.) Efficiencies in energy distribution. People who burn coal and gas (fossil fuels) create smog. An electricity grid that produces clean power from hydro electric, solar, wind, wave or nuclear power will reduce air pollution. Renewable energy sources like wood, ethanol from plant crops, fermenting manure (biogas) etc. Do not add to the pollution burden in the atmosphere. Public transport is less polluting than one commuter in one car.\n\n4.) Reduction in cattle and sheep stocks reduces the amount of methane that is released. Using human and animal manure for biogas also reduces the amount of free methane produced.
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No.  If the planet were on a cooling trend, and stayed that way for a while, it might be heading towards a periodic Ice Age, as it has done in the past.  We would consume a lot more of outr limited energy resources just to keep ourselves warm.  Also, don't worry so much about Global Warming.  As I said before, nature goes through these cycles of warming and cooling.  Yes. humans have an impact, but it is small.
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It is the destiny of the man who have been doing this for over a century. \nTo prevent/reduce the global warming, one of the option is to grow more and more and more trees, creating a forest like environment.\n\nCAN U TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO PLANT 100 TREES IN YOUR AREA. THIS IS A CHALLENGE. GET THE HELP FROM ALL IN UR AREA. JUST DO IT. IF U CAN DO MORE THEN THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT.\nMAKE SURE THE TREES GROW. THE BIRDS WILL HAVE MORE HOMES. & U CAN  SAVE A 1/4 OF A DEGREE OR LESS, BUT THE WARMING WILL SURELY REDUCE IF A MILLION OF PEOPLE WILL DO THE SAME\n\nI HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.
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Global warming.... It is a long term problem that is not going away, it affects the whole planet and all forms of life, most of the other problems mentioned above affect mainly the selfish human populous.\n\nWhat can you do?....\n\nStop buying products with palm oil is a good start (most rain forest is cleared for palm oil plantations)\n\nTurn off the lights you are not using\n\nDon't leave your PC on all day\n\nDon't leave things on standby (almost the same as leaving a light on)\n\nTry not to use your car quite so much\n\nSome informative and useful sites\n\nhttp://www.mec.ca/Apps/ecoCalc/ecoCalc.jsp;jsessionid=G1TlbhpQxHXzQ0wym1V5DcwxpwC1SGG7QvGYYR1XMsfSJJLk8qhK!-790721544?page=ecofootprint&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302881659&bmUID=1144345509405\nhttp://www.earthday.net/Footprint/index.asp\nhttp://resources.yesican-science.ca/energy_flow/energy_menu.html\nhttp://www.footprintbc.com/
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Tell them to stop polluting.\n\nNo in all seriousness it's not the individual you should be targeting but society as a whole. Government could introduce initiatives and legislation to order cut backs on greenhouse emissions and encourage recycling and renewable energy sources.\n\nBig companies are a big problem. Historically they haven't given a damn about the environment - they're just after profits so new technology and methods is essential in order for them to cut back.\n\nHefty fines should be implemented unto those who refuse to go "greener" when ordered, both individuals and companies. But this woon't happen just yet. For the time being e-mail your local council with some ideas and encourage others to be more considerate to the environment.
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I think we cant minimize it. As we all know technology is changing fast and we dont want to be left behind. Yes, there are disadvantages but its advantages can out weigh them.
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Fossil fuels: Reduce your car-miles.  Carpool, take public transportation, walk, or ride a bike.  Support the use of clean-burning fuels, like compressed natural gas.\n\nRefuse: Recycle plastics, paper, and metals.  Anything which can be used in any fashion should go to a resale shop.  Try to only use Type 1 and Type 2 plastics, which are easily recyclable.\n\nDon't flush anything besides rain water down storm drains.  \n\nWhen swimming or boating or camping or spending time in the wild, gather your trash and pack it out with you.