Comments on: What can we do against the climate change? http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/ and no answers Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Daniel Hofstetter http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Daniel Hofstetter Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:31:26 +0000 http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/#comment-83 @Dieter: Yeah, I don't own a car and so I use bicycle and public transportation too. An additional advantage is you no longer have to care about parking possibilities and to pay for them. @Dieter: Yeah, I don’t own a car and so I use bicycle and public transportation too. An additional advantage is you no longer have to care about parking possibilities and to pay for them.

]]> By: Dieter http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Dieter Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:33:21 +0000 http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/#comment-82 I try to buy much stuff 2nd hand. Not because of the price difference (although that helps too), but because the more stuff I don't buy new, the less packaging is wasted. I hate the way how new products are packaged: usually quite an over-usage of resources. Oh and I try to use my bicycle and public transportation instead of the car :-) Bicycle is also good for your health, and public transportation is good for social contacts :-) I try to buy much stuff 2nd hand. Not because of the price difference (although that helps too), but because the more stuff I don’t buy new, the less packaging is wasted. I hate the way how new products are packaged: usually quite an over-usage of resources.

Oh and I try to use my bicycle and public transportation instead of the car :-)
Bicycle is also good for your health, and public transportation is good for social contacts :-)

]]> By: Daniel Hofstetter http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Daniel Hofstetter Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:30:13 +0000 http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/#comment-81 @gromble: Thanks for your comment. I agree with you. @gromble: Thanks for your comment. I agree with you.

]]> By: gromble http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-80 gromble Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:52:11 +0000 http://questions.42dh.com/2007/04/04/what-can-we-do-against-the-climate-change/#comment-80 Lots of people say something like, "recycling paper won't stop global warming", and it won't, obviously. They also point out that scientists can't accurately predict what will happen. And in countries like The UK and The USA, you often hear the point that countries like China and India will produce an increasingly massive amount of carbon dioxide over the coming years. All these things are true BUT Some countries must lead by example otherwise nobody will want to change. I'm not particularly surprised that there's some uncertainty about what will happen to the global climate over the next few decades. Maybe I'm reacting to a worst-case scenario, but if I lived on the fringes of a rapidly expanding desert, or on the flood-threatened land in Bangladesh, how would I feel if I found out that people in the UK couldn't even be bothered to use energy saving lightbulbs or walk 5 min to the local shops instead of driving? There's no definitive answer, no person can stop things like this happening and we will never know exactly how much difference we did make or might have made, but we can try lots of little things. Even if we break the planet, not breaking it quite so quickly would be a relatively good result. If you want a simpler answer, I think these are good guidelines: Reduce your consumption of resources Reuse and repair what you can Recycle as much as possible Lots of people say something like, “recycling paper won’t stop global warming”, and it won’t, obviously.
They also point out that scientists can’t accurately predict what will happen.
And in countries like The UK and The USA, you often hear the point that countries like China and India will produce an increasingly massive amount of carbon dioxide over the coming years.

All these things are true
BUT
Some countries must lead by example otherwise nobody will want to change.
I’m not particularly surprised that there’s some uncertainty about what will happen to the global climate over the next few decades. Maybe I’m reacting to a worst-case scenario, but if I lived on the fringes of a rapidly expanding desert, or on the flood-threatened land in Bangladesh, how would I feel if I found out that people in the UK couldn’t even be bothered to use energy saving lightbulbs or walk 5 min to the local shops instead of driving?

There’s no definitive answer, no person can stop things like this happening and we will never know exactly how much difference we did make or might have made, but we can try lots of little things.
Even if we break the planet, not breaking it quite so quickly would be a relatively good result.

If you want a simpler answer, I think these are good guidelines:
Reduce your consumption of resources
Reuse and repair what you can
Recycle as much as possible

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