 Author |
 Post
|
 |
|
PersontheycallJ
Joined: Nov 3, 2006
Posts: 3 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Tongue-tied
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Female & 21
Country: Canada
Province/State: Ontario
City: Ottawa
|
Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 10, 2006 - 10:46 PM
|
|
The threat of global warming is only increasing!! Firstly, all greenhouse gas emissions are being put into the air almost every day by car emissions, industrial factories and pollutants. Eventually this will cause the ozone layer protecting us from the harmful UV rays of the sun to have a larger hole in it and this may cause a big threat to our world. so...could I got your imput on small ways we can apply to our own lives to reduce these harmful gases?
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
Cherrie
Joined: Oct 27, 2003
Posts: 247 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Chatterbox
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Female, 25
Country: New Zealand
Province/State: Auckland
City: Auckland
|
Re: Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 11, 2006 - 01:15 AM
|
|
In September this year, the ozone hole overlying the Antarctic region was observed to be approximately 10.6 million square miles in area, which is its largest recorded size to date.
[NASA article]
Briefly, the ozone layer protects us from UV (ultraviolet) radiation - induced damage, which can cause various types of skin cancers. The type of UV that is thought to be most damaging (and causative of cancer) is UVC, which is approximately 100-290 nm in wavelength (from memory...) :P
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
Rajesh
Joined: Jan 11, 2005
Posts: 92 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Chatterbox
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Male, 34
Country: Australia
Province/State: Victoria
City: Melbourne
|
Re: Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 11, 2006 - 03:50 PM
|
|
May be you can apply some simple rules
1. Use ladders as much as possible,
instead of lift
2. Use public vehicles and bicycles
3. Use bio-energy for instance firewood for heating houses
4. Less use hot water
5. Short your telephone conversation
So on. you can think these simple ways. where you are using more energy and how can you minimize it? 
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
Chris Williams
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
Posts: 26 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Talkative
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Male, 28
Country: United Kingdom
Province/State: West Midlands
|
Re: Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 12, 2006 - 01:07 PM
|
|
Glad to see the enthusiasm to do something about global warming.
Firstly...global warming/climate change is different to the hole in the ozone layer. Ozone layer hole is caused by CFCs being released into the atmosphere, a problem that is relatively under control.
Global warming/climate change is caused by carbon dioxide, methane and other emissions into the atmosphere. A greater release of carbon into the atmosphere than is taken out causes the concentration of carbon to increase in the air and then reflect in the sun's rays and heat up the earth.
In order to reduce your impact on climate change, try:
1. changing your standard light bulbs to energy efficient ones. The energy efficient bulbs are more expensive but they last longer and use less energy so reduce your electricity bill.
2. use more energy efficient cars (generally smaller ones) or better still, use public transport, walk or use a bike. This saves you money too!
3. Fly less!
4. Recycle more and buy less rubbish.
5. Buy local food - i.e. food from your area or your country rather than food flown in from the other side of the world!
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
prieten47
Joined: Oct 26, 2006
Posts: 748 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Blabbermouth
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Male, 53
Country: Japan
Province/State: Hokkaido
City: Sapporo
|
Re: Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 15, 2006 - 05:53 AM
|
|
Give yourself a Greenhouse Gas Score! Measure total Kilowatt/Hours you use per day per person in your household. Takes a little time, but worth it. Here's how: 1) Get your monthly Natural Gas bills, add up cubic meters of gas for a 12 month period, multiply result by 11.16, that's your kilowatt/hours from Methane use. 2) Add up the liters of gasoline you burned in the same 12 month period, multiply by 8.9, that's your kilowatt/hours for gasoline. (diesel liters or heating oil, multiply by 10.1 3) Last, add up all the kilowatt/ hours from your electric bills for the same period. 4) Add up all these kilowatt/hours, divide by 365 and by the number of people in the household. Presto! You have a kilowatt/hour per person per day figure. The average for all the people in the world is 30 kWh per day per person. Mine works out to 30 exactly (Yehhhhh!) Americans typically use 200kWh (Boooooo!). What's your score?
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
FaerieGirl
Joined: Oct 29, 2005
Posts: 72 (view all)
Poster Rank:
Talkative
User is
Offline
Gender & Age: Female, 22
Country: Mexico
Province/State: Distrito Federal
|
Re: Global Warming and you...small steps to take
November 18, 2006 - 09:31 AM
|
|
prieten47 wrote:
Give yourself a Greenhouse Gas Score! Measure total Kilowatt/Hours you use per day per person in your household. Takes a little time, but worth it. Here's how: 1) Get your monthly Natural Gas bills, add up cubic meters of gas for a 12 month period, multiply result by 11.16, that's your kilowatt/hours from Methane use. 2) Add up the liters of gasoline you burned in the same 12 month period, multiply by 8.9, that's your kilowatt/hours for gasoline. (diesel liters or heating oil, multiply by 10.1 3) Last, add up all the kilowatt/ hours from your electric bills for the same period. 4) Add up all these kilowatt/hours, divide by 365 and by the number of people in the household. Presto! You have a kilowatt/hour per person per day figure. The average for all the people in the world is 30 kWh per day per person. Mine works out to 30 exactly (Yehhhhh!) Americans typically use 200kWh (Boooooo!). What's your score?
 Thanks for the mathematical insight, hehe. I will do that!
|
|
back to top |
link to this post
|
|
|
Display posts from:
|
