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What are you most focused on doing to fight global warming?

Stage Z June 25, 2007 22:53:42

The consensus amongst scientists is that we are only a decade away from the climatic tipping point – the point at which the global climate will become irreversibly unstable - and only by reducing our CO2 emissions can we push this point far enough into the future to buy us time to develop long-term solutions to the problem.


While major changes from governments and corporations will be necessary to make an impact, change start with the individual. With the information and tools available to us, each one of us can make small changes in the way we live that will contribute to a better climate.

For more information, and to hear today’s top celebrities give you their take on the climate crisis and tips on how you can help, tune into Stage Z in the Zwinktopia virtual world on 7/7/07 for a 24 block of music, film, comedy and more!
 Using less water & electricity
Converting to green energy in your office or home
Recycling
Flying less
Driving less
Buying carbon offsets
Educating others about global warming and how to fight it
Composting
Buying recycled, sustainable, and locally produced goods
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All of the above
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  • +11 John July 18, 2008 21:49:58
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    I bought an SUV and have cranked up the AC..... I try to eat alot of refried beans and cook out with CharCoal every night.....BTW why would you ever think you should listen to celebs? THey are not scientists... they are idiots with big egos..... Would you be upset to know that the climate has been coolin since 1998.... Some scientists think we are heading into a mini-Ice age? That is why the Goreons has to change from "global Warming" to "climate change"..... You really should try to educate yourself on this big hoax and stop drinking the kool aide.... Democrats think you are stupid... dont prove them right!
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  • ¡ǝɯ ʇǝƃ ǝɯoɔ ˙˙˙ǝɯ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı August 06, 2009 21:21:34
    ¡ǝɯ ʇǝƃ ǝɯoɔ ˙˙˙ǝɯ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı

    All of the above

    i just want to do the best and i think that this answer is closest to my good deeds.
  • BillySteve May 31, 2009 16:43:47
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    Explaining that while there isn't enough fossil fuels to go around for everyone forever that the "science" of global warming is patent non-sense.

    In this way I am laying the ground work for reasonable use of fossil fuels once this hoax passes over.
  • BillHill "In God We Trust" December 22, 2008 02:43:01
    BillHill "In God We Trust"

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    I'm burning all the Al Gore books that I can find to cut down on my electric bill. It's called the "Al Gore Carbon Credits". I just finished reading an article regarding global temperatures. January 2008 capped a 12 month period of global temperature drops on all of the major well respected indicators. It's reported that HadCRUT, RSS, UAH, and GISS global temperature sets all show sharp drops in the last year.
  • cid December 08, 2008 07:32:21
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    Many of the above -- driving less, flying less; using less electricity; recycling and creative reuse whenever possible; talking to others about it, although I'm usually preaching to converts, I find. Besides that, I've been concentrating on passing on what I can't use to those who I know could. I've given up paper plates, plastic cutlery and cups, and other petroleum-based products. Instead of cleaning chemicals, I use baking soda and white vinegar for scouring and disinfecting: besides being non-toxic, they're much cheaper, too! I use the public library rather than buying books and music, and, for gift-receiving occasions, I'm asking for 'gently used' books, DVDs rather than new ones. I've planted a small a balcony garden, which produces some nice, fresh vegetables and puts out oxygen to offset some of the carbon dioxide. For the rest of my produce, I buy mostly locally produced from a nearby, small market so I don't have to drive far. For gift-giving occasions, I've purchased trees on behalf of earth-conscious friends and family, but only those I know would appreciate it, of course. (One young couple asked for tree plantings, instead of the traditional gift of paper for their first wedding anniversary: rather than cut down a tree, we planted some!)
  • The Simmering Frog December 07, 2008 20:12:39 (edited)
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    To flight global cooling, I insist on flying on a carbon producing nightmare private jet and live in a mansion that uses resourses like mad. Oh, sorry, that's what algore is doing. What am I doing? Nothing. Global warming is a natural part of the earth climate cycle.
  • +1
    lfc August 09, 2008 13:27:23
    lfc

    Using less water & electricity

    I drive less and recycle more .
  • +1
    deano July 23, 2008 01:58:29
    deano

    Driving less

    and many of the others listed.
  • +1
    cronewinter July 21, 2008 16:33:36
    cronewinter

    All of the above

    plus my son and i have a green cleaning company to help spread the word that cleaning chemicals do not need to be toxic...i admit all the changes take time as they are expensive, but we are doing our best to work towards a clean energy world
  • +2
    LeeVee- "Right Wing Nut Job" July 21, 2008 13:33:38
    LeeVee- "Right Wing Nut Job"

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    Little, if anything. Man made global warming is unfounded and a hoax perpetrated by Al Gore, and the like, to clean up. Financially, not ecologically.
    Read this http://www.theaustralian.news... I believe when you camp, work, or have any activity, you clean up after yourself. Don't throw trash on the ground and minimize your damage to the surrounding area, but you never, ever put the "environment" ahead of human beings. If the snail darter is going to become extinct to put in a dam and there is no reasonable way to prevent it, so long snail darter. 2000 acres out of 5 million acres, we should drill for oil in ANWR. Do it with as little damage to the surroundings as is reasonable, but do it.
  • +5
    mary July 20, 2008 12:27:17
    mary

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    I recycle and conserve as much as possible. I am not going to live in the dark,be uncomfortable in my home A/C on 68, heat on 70. I drive an SUV for safety and room and I like it. Why do the environmentalists want us to live like the caveman did?
  • cid mary December 08, 2008 07:51:27
    cid
    I applaud you for recycling and conserving as much as possible, but I don't think environmentalists want us to live in the dark or be uncomfortable in our homes, just not so excessively wasteful as we have gotten in recent decades. We're not being asked to live like cavemen, but more as our parents did. Remember your parents saying, "Turn the lights off when you leave," or "Waste not, want not"? We've been building homes 5 times larger than we grew up in. Many families own 3 or 4 TVs (not to mention multiple computers, game consoles, etc) and leave them all running simultaneously, whether anyone's watching/playing or not. That's not really necessary, is it? Would we suffer unduly if we all cut back just a little?
  • +2
    Boris Badinov July 19, 2008 13:31:40
    Boris Badinov

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    Voting Republican. The tipping point is closer than necessary, I agree.
  • +5
    john conner July 19, 2008 12:17:42
    john conner

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    Celebrities are so smart leave comment ideastips celebrities smart
  • +1
    Ken "Do... john co... July 20, 2008 18:01:03
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"


    Yes, someone to really look up to for guidance!
  • +5
    Jamie (goofygirl) July 19, 2008 02:56:31
    Jamie (goofygirl)

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    I have always believed in conservation and not wasting anything, but I cannot buy global warming.
  • +5
    Bitwise Operator July 19, 2008 02:42:23 (edited)
    Bitwise Operator

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    Continuing to fight the incredible amount of misrepresentation going on regarding planetary cooling and heating cycles. Now that I think of it here is an excellent example!

    http://www.grassrootinstitute...
  • +6
    Big Bob July 19, 2008 02:08:35
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    to fight global warming i am sitting inside an air conditioned room, it is hott outside
  • +6
    Robert July 19, 2008 02:05:22 (edited)
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    Discredit algore and his money grubbing stock in "carbon credits" at the expense of the American people.

    His latest blunder was leaving his motorcade outside his speaking venue with the motors running and air condition running so that he and his entourage would have a nice cool car to return to.
  • concerned July 19, 2008 01:36:27
    concerned

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    how we are going to go from oil to a better source for engry ....no more oil ....that mess is nasty ...and we have been breathing it for to long now ...
  • +2
    John concerned July 19, 2008 15:49:13
    John
    SO you propose we stop using oil immediately and wave the magic wand for the "better source"?
  • Ken "Do... concerned July 20, 2008 18:22:12
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"
    Yes, concerned, you should stop exhaling that "nasty" CO2!
  • +5
    Janet July 19, 2008 01:31:17
    Janet

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    This is too funny. I just noticed it was posted a year ago and look how much global goring has been debunked in just a year. How insane that anyone actually bought into this crap! funny noticed posted year global goring debunked year insane crap
  • +4
    Dwight Mann July 19, 2008 00:47:14
    Dwight Mann

    All of the above

    I do all of the above, but it is out of our hands. The earth goes through these changes periodically. It is like a sunspot cycle. No need to be alarmed. . .
  • +1
    Silverback July 18, 2008 23:09:39
    Silverback

    All of the above

    Except driving less. I'm in sales need to get out and see my accounts. trying to teach others waht is really working and what is wrong with the media hype.
  • +6
    Ken "Don't tread on me!" July 18, 2008 23:00:54 (edited)
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"

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    Mostly I'm trying to avoid all of the alarmists, such as the "celebrities" you referred us to on this poll! The amount of 'hot air' those people are putting out is creating its own problem. Actually, I am educating myself to understand the "theory" better, and the more I learn the more I am led to believe that it is utter "hogwash!'

    The IPCC sold the concept with a lie, the phony "hockey stick" temperature graph which purported to show that the 20th century was the hottest in a thousand years. Then Al Gore reinforced that lie with another lie, the CO2 vs. temperature graph purporting to show that increased CO2 in the past has caused increased atmospheric temperatures.

    LIE #1: The hockey stick graph is phony. When an independent scientist was finally able to obtain the algorithm that the IPCC's Dr. Michael Mann used to create the hockey stick, he discovered that virtually any input of data resulted in the hockey stick graph - the algorithm eliminated the two to three hundred years of the Medieval Warm period, when it was warmer than it is today, 800 to 1,000 years ago! How do you think the Vikings were able to settle Greenland, and why do you think they named it Greenland? Only today is the ice melting on Greenland to the point that they are discovering the Viking farms and villages bu...""''""''""'""
    Mostly I'm trying to avoid all of the alarmists, such as the "celebrities" you referred us to on this poll! The amount of 'hot air' those people are putting out is creating its own problem. Actually, I am educating myself to understand the "theory" better, and the more I learn the more I am led to believe that it is utter "hogwash!'

    The IPCC sold the concept with a lie, the phony "hockey stick" temperature graph which purported to show that the 20th century was the hottest in a thousand years. Then Al Gore reinforced that lie with another lie, the CO2 vs. temperature graph purporting to show that increased CO2 in the past has caused increased atmospheric temperatures.

    LIE #1: The hockey stick graph is phony. When an independent scientist was finally able to obtain the algorithm that the IPCC's Dr. Michael Mann used to create the hockey stick, he discovered that virtually any input of data resulted in the hockey stick graph - the algorithm eliminated the two to three hundred years of the Medieval Warm period, when it was warmer than it is today, 800 to 1,000 years ago! How do you think the Vikings were able to settle Greenland, and why do you think they named it Greenland? Only today is the ice melting on Greenland to the point that they are discovering the Viking farms and villages built during the Medieval Warm Period!

    melting greenland discovering viking farms villages built medieval warm period melting greenland discovering viking farms villages built medieval warm period
    PHONY "HOCKEY STICK" GRAPH, so wrong that even the IPCC dropped it from its 2007 report!



    LIE # 2 is Al Gore's use of the CO2 vs. Temp. chart. In actuality, if you look closely at the chart, CO2 increases follow temperature increases rather than leading them! There have been a number of glacial periods throughout earth's history, and we are currently in an "interglacial period." CO2 'outgassing' occurs during interglacial periods as the oceans warm, much as the CO2 in a beer or Coke "outgasses" if you open one when it is warm!

    interglacial periods oceans warm co2 beer coke outgasses open warm

    Note Dr. Roger Revelle's name on the interglacial outgassing chart. He is the eminent climate scientist from whom Gore learned that CO2 is increasing in our atmosphere. However Dr. Revelle was no alarmist, unlike Gore, and cautioned that we "look before we leap" before taking drastic steps. Gore attempted to have Revelle, his mentor and hero, declared incompetent and possibly senile in the years before his death because of this disagreement. Real principled guy, that Gore! hero incompetent senile years death disagreement real principled guy gore
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  • +7
    brozak July 18, 2008 22:39:48
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    Educating others about the global warming hoax and how to fight it.

    Fear based reactionism is one of our shortcomings as modern Americans.
    I did not buy into the forcasted Ice age of the 70's, and I prefer real scientific proof before I will buy into the global warming hooplah.
    http://green-agenda.com/
    Please research the issue, not just the sites which reaffirm your preconcieved misconceptions. We owe it to each other and our Lord, to not be led down the wrong path, as sheep follow their shepherd. ( ie... Bush's alleged weapons of mass distraction, David Coresh's alleged improper relationships with his flock, Randy Weavers alleged criminal actions, the list of misguided fears, or outright lies, goes on and on....
    http://www.americanthinker.co...
  • +6
    aace July 18, 2008 22:33:11
    aace

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    moderated...
  • +4
    Bill - Buffalo Soldier July 18, 2008 21:54:03
    Bill - Buffalo Soldier

    Recycling

    I recycle and conserve what I can - the reality is that if all of US 'goes gree' tomorrow morning we will have little or no impact because of China and India. It is good to be careful in the way we treat our environment; we are all environmentalist because we live here but pretending that the US is in control is silly. We need people like Gore to pay attention to what they are doing and stop trying to control the rest of us.
  • +11
    John July 18, 2008 21:49:58
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    I bought an SUV and have cranked up the AC..... I try to eat alot of refried beans and cook out with CharCoal every night.....BTW why would you ever think you should listen to celebs? THey are not scientists... they are idiots with big egos..... Would you be upset to know that the climate has been coolin since 1998.... Some scientists think we are heading into a mini-Ice age? That is why the Goreons has to change from "global Warming" to "climate change"..... You really should try to educate yourself on this big hoax and stop drinking the kool aide.... Democrats think you are stupid... dont prove them right!
  • +3
    Jamie (... John July 19, 2008 02:59:48
    Jamie (goofygirl)
    But Britney like totally is awesome and she totally drives a hybrid, so like I should right??? Like I think Cheryl Crow only uses one square when she wipes I think I will totally do that too.
  • BillySteve Jamie (... May 31, 2009 16:45:42
    BillySteve
    Asking a celebrity about science is like asking them for relationship advice.
  • +11
    spunkysmum ~ Tall In the S... July 18, 2008 21:32:48
    spunkysmum ~ Tall In the Saddle, White Hat on Straight ~

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    I am cranking up the A/C everywhere I go to fight global warming. Also I leave the refrigerator door standing open once in a while.
  • +9
    Art spunkys... July 18, 2008 22:04:33
    Art
    I am laughing too hard at Al Gore to actually go and use my freon-powered AC...

    laughing al gore freon-powered ac
  • +7
    John spunkys... July 18, 2008 22:05:31
    John
    You know... we all exhale carbon dioxide... how soon until the nutty goreons want us to buy carbon credits for breathing?
  • +7
    ♥ Ellen... John July 18, 2008 22:22:12
    ♥ Ellen ...☼True American Patriot ☼...
    LMBO! Art!!!
    Besides we need our AC's after Al gets through blowing hot air! Ha!

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  • +5
    Ken "Do... John July 18, 2008 23:04:07
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"
    Well, John, Al Gore has already reportedly made $100 million, tearing out natural habitat in third world countries and planting fast-growing eucalyptus trees in its place! Where is PETA when you need them?
  • +2
    spunkys... Ken "Do... July 20, 2008 05:11:58
    spunkysmum ~ Tall In the Saddle, White Hat on Straight ~
    LOL! I say we slap him with a windfall profits tax!
  • Ken "Do... spunkys... July 20, 2008 16:56:15
    Ken "Don't tread on me!"
    Good idea, mum! Have him give up at least 70% of those profits if he is so anxious for government to control everything!
  • +1
    kay kay June 22, 2008 00:38:38
    kay kay

    All of the above

    people don't know it is very important to do these things as much as posible
  • +1
    Red_Rose_Turning_Black June 21, 2008 21:32:56
    Red_Rose_Turning_Black

    All of the above

    We should all recycle,because if we don't, things like plastic bottles will stay in land fills forever.Saving water and energy is important,too.We should all educate others about the importance of recycling,reusing,and reducing.We don't need huge SUV's and RV's to travel.Using a eco friendly car that gets good gas mielage and don't create emissions can make a great improvement in our air and riding our bikes more will also help.
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