Ileen Oshell: Absolutely nothing.
Jannie Ariola: hebe00 - Do you really want that much government control of your daily life? What would you think if they did that and than we find out that CO2 really isn't the culbrit after all? Or that we (I meant the world with this we) do lower our CO2 emissions to next to nil and the CO2 in our atmosphere still continues to increase?
Esteban Lyson: seems like someone does not know the difference between local weather and climate/global climate.
Gaston Edgcomb: Bob - It's nice to know you like the idea of encouragement over taxation.
Nicolas Cooley: Benjamin - That is an incredible list of ideas!The only one I disagree with is:"Taxes or carbon charges on fossil fuels" I feel the government wastes tax dollars as it is, so to give them an idea to take even more taxes I'm completely against."Improved crop and grazing land management to increase soil carbon storage." - Wouldn't this be something farmers should be i! mplementing themselves? So how would the government implement something like this?"Restoration of degraded lands; reforestation; forest management; reduced deforestation." - I love this one!!...Show more
Damaris Weiler: hiiokay so in Afghanistan's perspective according to the UN what is their perspective on climate change, do they think its a big deal or would they think there needs to be a stop to it or any actions done ... and WHY>:)any help is greatly appreciated!...Show more
Rivka Killmer: Institute regulations to get the world population back down to, like, 150 million.
Romeo Tinnea: The first point I would like to make is to inform you that 1% of the planet's precipitation and temperature means nothing. The second is that you do realize that warmer air can have a much higher moisture content than cold air.
Adan Stribble: hiiokay so in Afghanistan's perspective according to the UN what is their perspective on climate change, do they think its a ! big deal or would they think there needs to be a stop to it or! any actions done ... and WHY>:)any help is greatly appreciated!CategoryEnvironment > Global Warming...Show more
Roselee Mczeal: QCNP58 - How do you think we could do this? "Enhance natural carbon sinks."This was something I was thinking about myself that's why I asked some questions in regards to cultivating things that absorb CO2.
Gwenda Micheals: What the oil companies that are sponsoring this scam do not want. Build every new power plant nuclear and replace every coal, gas or oil powered plant that can not meet emissions standards with nuclear. Then start building solar power stations in orbit for the long term. Burning oil or coal as fuel is as dumb as burning food for fuel.
Melissa Lavallie: The Afghanistan Government has taken positive steps to prevent global warming. Their forces have chosen to not use fossil fuels for transportation and supply, instead relying on horses and mules. They have also convinced the USA to do the same. http://www.olive-d! rab.com/od_army-horses-mules_afg...As such, only Zimbabwe can claim to have done as much to further the AGW cause.
Ayesha Genova: BB - I fully understand what your saying, since I feel the same way. But what I'm learning from some of these answers are some great ideas for possible government regulations. So if they look more at implementing some new regulations that they feel could help our environment I wouldn't object to that. Like automobile manufacturers needing to build more fuel efficient vehicles.or Better regulations to make apartment compex replace appliances for more energy efficient appliances....Show more
Noah Deni: If so, you may seriously want to consider medication for that delusion.
Russ Kiernan: global warming is just one of the causes of global climate change...Since its snowing it doesnt mean anything.... Global warming could cause ice age How?well if you saw al gores movie youd know..The icecaps would melt and stop the ocean currents th! at carry heat from teh equator and then the warm ocean air would not en! ter europe anymore which woiuld cause cold air to enter causing snow and northern cold...Show more
Lucille Saetteurn: Ban new fossil fuel power plants.Then we'll let the market decide what to replace fossil fuels with (though we'll probably find it's nuclear power).I'd also remove all renewable energy subsidies (since they wouldn't be needed for CO2 reasons without having to face competition from new fossil fuels).A carbon tax would also be nice although a ban on new fossil fuelled electricity with phase out dates of existing power plants would be better. Cap and trade should be avoided if possible....Show more
Adan Alipio: Dana - I need to do more research on Cap and trade. I feel I should know more about what that is, since the guy I had lived with for fifteen years talked about it, since he watched alot of finacial programs.
Darrin Hixenbaugh: Step 1: enact a carbon cap and trade system.Step 2: sell the carbon credits to industry for the system, use th! e money to fund alternative fuel and energy technologies. Both fund their R&D and subsidize them so they become more affordable to individuals.Step 3: form a comprehensive plan to decrease US GHG emissions by at least 80% (preferably 95% to compensate for developing nations) by 2050. Obama has such a plan, for example. One of the carbon cap and trade bills being considered by congress also meets this goal. The Lieberman-Warner bill which the Republicans blocked only had a 66% reduction goal.An alternative solution to a cap and trade system is a carbon tax, but I prefer cap and trade....Show more
Rheba Cockman: I don't believe this proves global warming and I find it shocking that anyone does without at least, further investigation. But we live in a society where science has taken a political approach to science. I have told people who uses our forecasts, than mother nature doesn't care about politics.
Lanita Reichman: Everyone in the United States shoul! d be fined if he/she throws out too much trash or doesn't recycle. The ! measures should be tighter and stricter to save this planet. Other countries already serve less food in the restaurants to waste little. US is pouring food to every customer when they don't need that much. Government should provide more public transportation and let the ones that drive a car should pay more tax. That way streets will clear up and produce less air pollution. There should be a limit to one car per person or per family. All others should be fined....Show more
Gene Debell: Welcome to the world of climate change. Caused by AGW no less. One of the very early predictions was that there will be more severe weather events, more extremes, more energetic events. So record snow storms, yep just as predicted. You should expect more extreme weather events as AGW proceeds. Even though you may think otherwise a snow storm or three means nothing in regard to global warming theory, as we are currently only a degree or so warmer than before on average, and winter temper! ature well below freezing are not unusual, a degree warmer than -20 is still warmer, and still plenty cold enough for blizzards. So don't expect the end of all cold winters any time soon, but do expect more and more intense storms summer or winter....Show more
Renato Abatiell: I think the government should do absolutely nothing but protect the borders, provide a national currency, and arbitrate between the states (but unfortunately, that's just me).
Chi Alfero: There is incredible opportunity for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What we need is leadership on this issue, and no, it can not wait until 2050. We need to stop subsidizing the oil, coal, and gas industries. These guys are having record profits anyhow. Let us use that money to wean ourselves from fossil fuels. With American momentum, we can solve almost any problem. The Manhattan Project: completed within years. A man on the moon before the decade (1960's) is out: done. Jimmy Carter's goal for energ! y independence within 20 years: ummm, still need to work on thatâ€"Reag! an cut those goals and ripped the solar panels from the roof of the White House to prove a point that policy had changed.Opportunities for improvement could included, but not limited to:Renewable energy obligations; switch electric production from coal based to nuclear power, renewable heat and power (hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy).Eliminate fossil fuel subsidies.Taxes or carbon charges on fossil fuelsInvest in new renewable energy technology.Encourage more fuel efficient vehicles; hybrid vehicles; cleaner diesel vehicles.Additional biofuel blending and CO2 standards for road transport.Encourage a shift from road transport to rail and public transport systems; Investment in attractive public transport facilities and non-motorized forms of transportation.Upgrade building codes and standards; encourage efficient lighting and day lighting; improved insulation; passive and active solar design for heating and cooling.Encourage more efficient electrical applia! nces and heating and cooling devices; improved cook stoves.Encourage alternative refrigeration fluids; mandate the recovery and recycle of fluorinated gases.Improved crop and grazing land management to increase soil carbon storage.Improved rice cultivation techniques and livestock and manure management to reduce CH4 emissions.Improved nitrogen fertilizer application techniques to reduce N2O emissions.Restoration degraded lands; reforestation; forest management; reduced deforestation.Better harvested wood product management; use of forestry products for bioenergy to replace fossil fuel use.Landfill methane recovery; waste incineration with energy recovery; composting of organic waste; controlled waste water treatment; recycling and waste minimization....Show more
Simona Bulwinkle: Increase rebates on alternative energy.remove speed restrictions on Electric vehicles.build bike lanes along major highways.mandate alternative energy on all government buildings.Replace all ! government vehicles with alternative fuel vehicles.stop selling carbon ! credit to over polluting companies, and make them comply with the EPA mandates....Show more
Luana Carothers: Take a moment to actually think about what you're saying. You seem to be suggesting that since it's cold and snowy in your tiny bit of the world, that disproves global warming. It doesn't. In many other parts of the world, it is exceedingly hot. Melbourne recently had its hottest night for over a century. It's roasting in Rio. The last decade was the hottest on record, and every decade for the last 5 decades has been hotter than the previous one. 2009 was the second hottest year on record, and January 2010 was the hottest January on record. That's why the Arctic is melting, glaciers are melting, permafrost is melting, climate zones are shifting polewards and uphill, sea level is rising inexorably and so on.It would be wise to look outside your own back garden and actually see if your perceptions agree with reality.Also you need to learn a bit about weat! her. The planet as a whole does not suddenly warm up or cool down by many degrees over a period of hours or days. Changes like that take decades to centuries. When you get a cold snap it's because you're getting an unusual blast of cold air from somewhere else - in this case, the Arctic... but that cold air doesn't leave a vacuum behind - instead, it's replaced by an unusual blast of *warmer* air from lower latitudes. The net effect on global temperature is zero - it's just movement of cold and warm air masses around the planet.So, you cannot infer anything about *global* climate from your observations of *local* weather.Hope this helps....Show more
Azalee Ahrendes: faze out coalhttp://multiply.com/gi/ecowellness:video:744
Edmund Rappley: Now they're saying that this heavy snowfall actually proves global warming.Of course when we had winters with little snow they said THAT proved global warming.And their explanation makes no sense - they now say that warming! makes for more evaporation thus more moisture in the air thus more pre! cipitation. But then if that were right, it should be raining. What's different these last few years isn't snow where it would otherwise be cold and dry - it's snow where there would have been a mix of snow and rain....Show more
Tobie Oshea: Not a damn thing.We already have enough government intrusion in our lives and I don't want a nanny state restricting my 'emissions' nor taxing me for it.There is a certain emission I'd like to release in the presence of our government and it ain't sweet, brother....Show more
Beau Starcevic: Oddly, extreme snowfalls prove the point. Warm moist air overrunning cold dry air ALWAYS results in precipitation...either rain or snow. The warmer the air mass the more moisture it can hold, particularly when that warm air mass passes over a warmer ocean. We're not even talking about a lot of extra temperature here....tenths of a degree make a big difference and tenths of a degree is all we're talking about. Just wait until we'r! e talking about several degrees. If you think you've seen a lot of heavy wet snow now, you'll be seeing a lot more of it....Show more
Peter Lapoint: Only those of us who are familiar with the global temperature data.http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lr...People who think winter snow over a fraction of a percent of the Earth's surface is representative of long-term global temperature changes usually don't. But that's kind of like saying Creationists don't believe in Evolution.By the way, have you watched the Olympics at all? Are you aware that Vancouver hasn't gotten enough snow? If you lived in Vancouver, would you now be arguing that the planet is warming out of control?...Show more
Raelene Cunnick: James - You've mentioned "solar power stations in orbit" before and I'm trying to wrap my mind around the concept. Part of my problem is if these solar power stations are in space, how do we get the energy to the consumer?I know how a satelite tele! vision gets it's signal. I understand how radios get their signal and h! ow the signal on a celular phone works, but wouldn't we need more than a signal to get the energy we are collecting from the sun to people on the planet?...Show more
Malcom Bourek: Nothing. Government will use the alleged global warming craze as a taxing opportunity. When the government claims that subsidies/funding for alternative fuels (or anything else for that matter) will not increase our tax bill but will be 'financed' by windfall profits taxes on .... in this case ..... oil companies, they (government) hopes that the masses will fall for it. When taxes and other expenses go up for any business.... we (the taxpayers) pay more for products/services when those expenses go up.Keep the government out of the business of climate. If there is ever proof of 'man-did-it' global warming, the private sector will take care of it. Remember the government's last effort to 'fix' pollution ... ethanol??!! That boondoggle is costing us $$Billions and pollutes more than reg! ular gasoline!!...Show more
Shandi Wedge: How many times do I have to state in these threads that the current snowfall in the US and Europe and the colder temps associated with it have to do with a weather pattern known as the arctic oscillation before the deniers start to read it? I'm going to have to add a macro key to my keyboard soon that cuts and pastes exactly the same thing. Click on the link below. Read the link below. Understand the link below.
Elvin Mannheimer: Global warming is a fact, the only people that deny it are either ignorant or have a hidden agenda.
Charline Granes: You all are giving such good answers that I'm going to have a very hard time choosing a best answer. I wish I could award more than one answerer best answer for this question, but since I can't I want you all to know that all your answers were great and I feel the answer community will learn a lot from reading these answers.
Arlene Maycumber: When your home is in a wa! r zone, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Wardon't expect your n! eighbors to spend a lot of time thinking about things like Global Warming. http://climate4you.com/images/HadCRUT3%20GlobalMon...When your country is land locked, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afghanistan_phys...don't expect your neighbors to spend a lot of time thinking about any possible rise in sea level. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/Since 1979, Afghanistan has experienced virtually no warming. http://www.ssmi.com/data/msu/graphics/plots/MSU_AM...Between 1940 and 1970, temperatures in Afghanistan dropped about 0.2 Kelvins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Global_Cooling_M...Thus, Afghanis have experienced very little climate change since 1940, and that has mostly been cooling. It would be surprising if Afghanis would worry about global warming. Their government does not. Afghanistan is one of the few countries that have not signed the Kyoto Protocol. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kyoto_Protocol_p......Show more
Vern Serratos: I don't really think it's a big! deal. Many don't have electricity, and cars.
Shon Almquist: Work to implement solutions like this:http://www.princeton.edu/~cmi/resources/stabwedge....
Barton Sease: For starters, encourage alternative energy development, and conservation with things like tax credits.. Fund research into alternative energy development. Pass new gas mileage standards for cars/trucks.Given the current price of oil, those things are basically no brainers.The American people agree:"A vast majority of Americans, across all political parties, overwhelmingly support development and funding of solar energy. Ninety-one percent of Republicans, 97 percent of Democrats and 98 percent of Independents agree that developing solar power is vital to the United States."http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS13...But the Republicans have blocked the bill supporting this. They won't even let it be debated:"For the fourth time this summer Republicans have stopped the Senate from taking ! up wide-ranging legislation that provides tax credits to an array of re! newable-energy entrepreneurs..."http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/200......Show more
Fannie Collingwood: Don - I ask you to really think about what you are suggesting. If we restrict both the amount of oil we pump out of our oil wells and the amount we import that will cause gas prices to increase even more. That will also cause essential items - Food and Clothing - prices to increase.
Bell Pasco: Hannah's Grandpa - Great ideas! I especially love this idea: "Build bike lanes along major highways." - If I had something like that right now, I'd be able to ride a bike to work, since I only live six miles away from my place of employment. But I don't have viable bike route.(If I worked downtown I would though, since there's an excellent bike path along a railroad track that lead's to downtown Minneapolis about a half mile from the apartment complex I live in.)...Show more
Theresia Fashaw: The most obvious first step is to restrict the amount of fo! ssil fuel that can be imported or extracted. If it is imported or extracted it will be burned.We can not be sure that reducing burning of fossil fuels alone will stop global warming, helpful as this would be. We also have to do something to increase the uptake of CO2 by terrestrial plants, which means make sure those plants, particularly trees, have enough water to do that job. This means that we need to provide structures to contain flood water and distribute it to our lands, including forest lands. We also need to reclaim all our waste water for forest irrigation. We have megatons of ocean plant material sinking into the oceans and causing death of animal life as it decomposes. We can make our oceans healthier if we harvest that plant matter to be used as bio-fuel... This can and should be done by private enterprise, but because we are involved in international water we should consult with other nations on sharing agreements.The need for cap and trade is largely eliminate! d if we restrict extraction and importation of fossil fuels, but cap, w! ithout trade option, may be needed to ensure we can still feed ourselves. If we can use someone else's share of the fossil fuel, we may be using the fuel someone else needs to produce or transport the very food we need. Wealth alone may not allow us to determine who is allowed to waste our fossil fuels. ...Show more
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