global warming?

[villainoust]

First post here in god knows how long.
I was just reading this article on cnn.com Climate risk 'worse than thought-click hereFor the sake of discussion I was just curious what people's thoughts were. Granted, I'm sure the human race has had an affect on climate. I mean how could we not? We've torn down forests, polluted the air-water, etc etc

Comments

[sexyvanilla]

My parents are most of the right wing type, and I have taken enough liberal classes that discuss this exact topic- this puts me in the position to feel exactly in the middle

[instantamish]

Fact is we don't really know (and we really can't know) for sure why the Earth is warming up

[sexyvanilla]

"Hell we can barely tell you if it's going to rain tomorrow, how the heck can we tell you that your car is causing Hurricanes?"
I hope you read what I said correctly, otherwise you are sitting there thinking I am dumb.
I dont think that cars cause that much damage :P nothing near that much.

[kathhazel]

Oh no, the dooms day scenario will be not having enough gasoline to put in your car. The entire world will fall into disarray if this happens.

Don't you have feet ;) and before you shout at me yes I do take your point seriously, I just couldn't get the picture out of my head of people not being able to move without their cars :D

One of the easiest ways of saving on energy costs is to buy local produce, this way extra fuel is not burned trundling goods all over the place, supermarkets are somewhat to blame, but so are the consumers for taking the lazy option. If you were already buying local produce society would not fall apart because essentials would still be available. And did you never camp, forage for blackberries or fish as a child? Most people could fend for themselves given the right conditions, which at present do not exist, this is one of the things we need to think about changing

[villainoust]

By all means take your mind for a trip ;p
And I agree, we should be looking towards future energy sources and technology. I don't really see a whole lot of innovation these days. Maybe I'm just not paying attention. I find it rather unfortunate that society is so hesitant to jump on the alternative energy source bandwagon. Imagine where we COULD be. Definately something to think about...

[sexyvanilla]

I agree. I see people advancing the technology we have, but there is no new technology. I know they are producing more energy efficant cars, but I really wish someone would think outside of the box. Instead we are all looking at the same sources of energy that we had 100s of years ago.

[kathhazel]

Solar technology is perfect for the home. Even in the UK we have enough sun to make this a viable option, you produce an excess in the summer, store it or sell it to the grid and when you are a little low in winter use the storage cells or buy it back from the grid. THis system was working 15 years ago in the UK. It has only improved since.

I am currently looking into what grants are available to get it on my roof! Not only will it save me a fortune in gas and electricity bills, but will play a small part to cutting the polution levels. If everyone else were to do the same over the next few years it would go a long way to helping the situation.