I am a pessimist.
I read/watch scientists presenting us with facts about dying coral reefs, species going extinct, extreme weather events etc, and assuring us earnestly that if only we reduce our greenhouse emissions by x amount the planet will be able to recover and I look at them and think, not even you believe that anymore, but you have to keep on trying.
However, I totally realise that I am a pessimist. I keep having conversations with angriest that go:
Me - THE PLANET IS DOOMED!!!
angriest - No, people will come to their senses in time to fix it and the planet will recover.
But because we have to keep on trying, on the offchance I'm not the last person here to know all this shit already Make Your Home Climate Clever.
Excerpt -
Screensavers don't save energy: switch the monitor off or use power management settings to control it.
A laptop computer used five hours each day generates around 40 kilograms of greenhouse gas each year. Desktop computers used the same way can generate between 200 and 500 kilograms.
More than half of the energy used by computers is from using the monitor. An LCD panel monitor generates around half as much greenhouse gas as a conventional monitor. And adjusting its brightness lower can cut emissions to a quarter.
However, I totally realise that I am a pessimist. I keep having conversations with angriest that go:
Me - THE PLANET IS DOOMED!!!
angriest - No, people will come to their senses in time to fix it and the planet will recover.
But because we have to keep on trying, on the offchance I'm not the last person here to know all this shit already Make Your Home Climate Clever.
Excerpt -
Screensavers don't save energy: switch the monitor off or use power management settings to control it.
A laptop computer used five hours each day generates around 40 kilograms of greenhouse gas each year. Desktop computers used the same way can generate between 200 and 500 kilograms.
More than half of the energy used by computers is from using the monitor. An LCD panel monitor generates around half as much greenhouse gas as a conventional monitor. And adjusting its brightness lower can cut emissions to a quarter.