Over and over in the news I hear about global warming. Unpredicatable and unusual weather is said to be a sign of the affects of global warming. I am concerned as a human about the future of man kind. Our we destroying ourselves? What can I do to help? Experts tell us we need to make less of a carbon footprint on Earth. How is my life going to affect the planet when I am gone? My family has started trying to be more "green". We have changed our light bulbs, turn off lights and use less water. We also try to use less gas, but honestly we probably did not do that for the planet. Face it gas is just expensive!
Now I have started looking at changing to a "green" car, but I am so confused. Some say that the batteries in electric cars cause as much damage to the environment to make as just driving a gas car. Fuel cell cars are also in the news. Does it cause more electricity or other source of energy to be used than it helps?
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I continue to have my doubts. We are a society of leisure. We want to have the easy life at what ever cost. We want to be told that there is going to be an easy answer to global warming and that we do not have to change the life style that we have and love.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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I think that we shouldnt have to change our lifestyles that much just because of global warming. We can just a little, by shutting off the lights when we are not in the room. This article tells me a lot about the harm we can do to help our planet and the stuff we can do to help save it.
I think this is a opionion alot of people think global warming is caused by humans. Also alot of people belive it is all a myth but i think there is a good arguement.
I think that when people go 'green' they ARE trying to save the planet. They say that going green will help the environment, but when I read that electric cars do as much damage as normal cars do, it makes me think about the expense of gas. Driving an electric car does take alot of energy, witch is also harmful to the environment. But, on the other hand.. you can do your best for an effort to make the environment a better place, weather or not the damage done is the same. While attempting to save the planet, you can save cash that you would usually spend on gas. Gas is too expensive. If I were this person, I would go green.
even though keiths comment is freaking hilarious, farmers, and other people depend on the money coming in from them growing corn.
what happenes there?
Hannah has a good point. Farmers and others grow corn and depend on the money coming in from the harvest. So, if their is no corn, what do the farmers and consumers do?
I think that saving energy and useing less things to hurt the planet is a good idea. Such as useing the car less to take you places and you could walk instead. But i do not think that we should use the green car because it jus uses more electricity and that is not saving energy.if people get the energy affitiant light blubs then their electricity bill will not be really high.
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