Global warming, pollution, and populations at critical mass
By sharone74
@sharone74 (4837)
United States
July 18, 2009 9:21am CST
In America and Canada a lot of lip service is paid to improving auto emissions and regulation of gross polluting industries, controlling greehouse gasses etcetera. However there are countries like China, and India, where there is no regulation of these things and where they have populations at critical mass polluting and generating wastes of all kinds. If we are to save the planet we are all going to have to do it together. We are all going to have to work together to save the planet. There are nuerous countries that just don't have the money or the governmental agencies in place to regulate toxic emissions and air quality. I think this is a better time than ever with the worlds eyes upon their fossil fuel dependencies to find alternatives in transportation, in industry, and in waste disposal to both wean up off of our oil dependencies and to find better ways fuel our vehicles both large and small from cars to ships to airplane fuels. We talk about global warming and we shake our heads and say what can we do but if pollution is not fixed worldwide in a hundred years or so we will have to put all of our cities under UV resistant bubbles to keep from cooking ourselves alive in the radiation and the heat. What are we going to do when all of our wildlife dies off because of the steadily increasing world temperatures, ocean temperatures, and human pollution of their air and water?
3 responses
@jb78000 (15139)
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19 Jul 09
good posting sharone. the thing is even though developing countries have big populations they don't produce the same degree of carbon emissions that well off countries do (in particular the usa). if you're from a well-off country there isn't much you can do personally apart from using public transport and avoiding flights when possible.
@jb78000 (15139)
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3 Aug 09
well four of these suggestions involve driving less - which is what i was getting at by mentioning public transport. i was trying to keep this quite low key because i was aiming at those that do nothing for the environment. you are quite right though - there are other ways of reducing your carbon footprint. planting trees is one of them - adding to pressure in favour of renewables is another, you can also include recycling and composting. incidently i have planted a number of trees, always use public transport, take the train instead of flying, and recycle pretty much everything. the only problem with a list like this is that those new to environmental protection might be overwhelmed by it - that was the reason for this post although i admit i didn't put it very well. jb
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Global warming, pollution and population explosion are very serious problems that almost all countries are facing today. While governments are expected to come up with effective programs to combat them, their success will highly depend on each country's political will, and the people's active participation and cooperation. For instance pollution can be minimized if everyone will endeavor to dispose of their trash properly; on problems of population, there are a lot of family planning programs that if only taken in its proper context, can slow down population growth. For the global control, there are several organizations advocating the use of environment-friendly fuels or gases. For the future of our children and our children's children, everyone has to take part in saving the world, before it's too late.
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Thanks. Matters on family planning is always a delicate issue between the state and the church. As politicians had to please those in the church with large followings, they cannot come up with a sound family planning program, or if they have, they can't get it done for fear of losing their support. Nevertheless, let's not lose hope. Cheers to a better world!
@benny128 (3615)
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18 Jul 09
well to add to this,
how many of us have got energy saving lightbulbs in their houses
how many of us have a pc, with lets say 100w powerpack it is using more energy than a 60w lightbulb
people like to say we are going green but very few do,
same as goverments we as the people cant do anything individually untill the goverments stop wasting carbon etc etc
how many times in the last year has your leader flew to another country do they drive around in electric or gas powered cars etc etc
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
21 Jul 09
People drive what they are given by the car industry to drive. You can't drive a green car that has low or no emissions until they manufacture such cars in bulk.
