Have you made lifestyle changes to "save the planet"?

The environmentalists may be right for the wrong reasons. You see, as the earth warms, CO2 in the oceans is released into the atmosphere. (Yes, it is true. Increased CO2 is because of a warming earth, not the other way around.) It is just like the CO2 bubbles in a soda pop leaving the liquid as it warms. Now, the thing of it is that if God designed the earth this way, for CO2 to be released from the oceans as the earth warms, there is probably some really darn good reason earth's atmosphere is supposed to have more CO2 as the earth warms. Until we figure out the actual role of this increased CO2 as the earth warms, we better not mess with the natural balence.

Ha. I have not, nor will I ever, change my lifestyle to "save the planet." The whole climate change is a farce. A short, and I do mean short dive into research will show many of the same things we are experiencing now also were around a couple centuries ago.... and there were no lightbulbs, no suvs, and no urban sprawl.

No, No, and No to your questions. When Al Gore starts caring about the environment I might start caring. The new green movement is the same as the old pinko movement, just using a different way of achieving what they want. The old adage the ends justify the means, will in this case that is exactly what they are shooting for. By undermine attempts to promote greener lifestyles and industries this scrubber defeats the movement. If it is possible to have your cake and eat it too why not. Why not have all the coal plant you can build, or the biggest hogs you can drive? The problem is that is freedom, and the new greenies/old pinkos cannot allow you to have freedom to do whatever you want to do. One last thing I have to add to this, the game that the capitalist greenies are pulling is all about the money. If there is no fear of global warming then there is no fear to buy eco-friendly products. If there is away to have clean air and pollute all day, then why carbon credits. Their is a reason that GE was pushing Warner-Lieberman, because they stood to make a killing.

Hi Ladyluna, It's all a bit of a circus, really. Most people haven't woken up to the hard reality yet - namely that the Global Warming (which is or maybe WAS real) has little if anything to do with the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. To coin a phrase - it's the Sun, silly! The Sun is the one doing all the warming, not the carbon dioxide or methane or whatever. That's borne out not only by the fact that ALL of the planets in our Solar System are having their own versions of "Global Warming", but certain key studies have conclusively shown that our atmosphere isn't doing what it should be doing if it was actually being heated up by too much carbon dioxide. No, it's not carbon dioxide that's the culprit. It's the Sun. And there's nothing the Kyoto Protocol or any other Red Tape Brigade can do about it. So it's a little tiresome to see all these nonsense antics about trying to suck carbon dioxide back out of the air, and pump it into the ground or whatever. And I personally have a lot of difficulty stomaching all the Green hype - because it's all just pushing someone or another's political agendas. It would be nice to see a concerted effort to cut back on toxic pollution and reforest the globe instead of chopping down everything in sight. That would do a lot more to make the place more habitable and eco-friendly, which is desirable for everyone, including humans as well as pandas. But forget about trying to control Global Warming. That's way beyond the capability of the entire human race to influence - the Sun is just a wee bit too big to care much about what we might do here on our floating dirt ball. So if anyone wants to do something about the climate, then I reckon figuring out strategies to adapt to changing times would be a lot more sensible than wasting time and energy on trendy political fluff.

The only thing I have changed in my life is recycled more and waste food less. That is pretty much it

Haha, that kills me. I hate environmentalists, they're such fun suckers. But I still think global warming is a myth, so I'll do nothing to reduce my "carbon footprint". Apparently, though, neither will they...

I've cut my fuel consumption by 50%. I used to spend about $50 per week on gasoline, now I get by with just $25 per week. I make sure that I do everything, that requires driving, on my way to work or on my way home from work. I make sure my car is tuned up and the air pressure in the tires are correct. I've seen a slight increase in milage per gallon by doing this. I've also stopped watering my grass. I still water my plants and my garden, but I leave the grass to fend for itself. I also keep my central air conditioner set at 79 degrees. Believe it or not, you get used to it and it's quite comfortable. Those are some of the things I do to hopefully 'save the planet'. Lloyd

The whole global warming thing is all about power and money... and the sick and twisted desire that America and every other country be reduced to a third world standard of living. CO2 is not even a major cause of global warming in the first place... the sun is. Man made global warming is a hoax... a scam... a damn lie perpetrated by individuals and organizations that want to control everything we do including where we set our thermostats, and backed by the liberals including McCain. This article further proves the assertions that myself and others have been making for a long time.... that it is all a scam based on money and power, and that the ones pushing the scam are a bunch of hypocrites and control freaks who should be thrown in prison and subjected to a massive regimen of high voltage shock therapy in an attempt to cure their madness. At least the truth is finally out... the envirofascists aren't really looking for a solution... they are looking to control everyone.

Hi ladyluna, I have not made any changes to my present lifestyle because I find it hard to adapt into the changes such as using less plastic bags. As we know plastic bags are biodegradable material and will give off poisonous gas into atmosphere if being burnt but there is 1 issue that needs to consider which is without the plastic bags, what are you going to use to contain the food swills? Are the people going to use paper bags? Paper bags do not hold long when it is damp, so is there any other ways to hold the food swills without using plastic bags? I have been using energy saving light bulbs all day long.

Regarding the "new technology to scrub the air" quote - it is rather an inefficient way of doing things and to suggest that just because people oppose it means they must be socialists (and there's nothing inherently wrong with that) is a rather ridiculous link to make. You could just as easily... in fact it would make more sense to suggest that those who oppose it have more business sense than those who favour it. It there are more efficient means of tackling global warming by developing alternative technologies to fossil fuel. For example, by building vast solar farms in the world's deserts. According to German scientists by covering just 0.5% of the world's hot deserts 'concentrated solar power' (CSP) could provide the world's entire electricity need. CSP technology is already being used in California, Nevada, Spain and Australia. This kind of technology along with wind power, hydro, biomass and geo-thermal will eventually make Europe and the USA no longer reliant on oil production in the unstable regions of the middle east. Many new opportunities for business entrepreneurs are out there. Could it be that those who blindly deny man-made global warming and the large oil corporations that spoon feed them their anti-green propaganda are against new technology and new business innovation? Do they want us to be reliant on Saudi Arabian oil for the next fifty years? Yes I do what I can as an individual to be more energy efficient but only political international cooperation will truly tackle global warming.

It seems a number of years ago, that popular science published an article on this very technology. It also seems to me it said that it would have unintended consiquences on the atmosphere that would actualy be detrimental to it. This is only from memory however. To your point. I agrea, basicaly anything that condradicts the prescriptions they offer is off the table and begats a rabidly negative response from them. I believe it is mostly politicaly and idealogicly motivated. I would much compair it to the war in Iraq, no matter how well things may go now, they will never admit they were wrong because it doesn't fit in to the feel-goody, warm and fuzzy idealology they hold and shove down our throats. butI digress, so no one go in to an Iraq discussion here, it was just used to illustrate my point. What do I do To "save the earth"? I do what I have done all my life. I dont litter. I turn off a light in a room I'm not in. I don't dump poisons down my sink. and I DON't use those toxic, mercury laden toxic lightbulbs everyone is pushing now. Basicly good things that everyone should simply because golobal warming hoax or not, we should do what we can to take care of the environment we live in. I like fresh air to breath, clean water to drink and regularly available electricity. these don't have to be in the name of "saving humanity form global warming". It's just good common sense. My 17 year old daughter, who describes herself as a confirmed but sensable liberal, was attending a presentation at her high school by one of Al Gore's cronies, I don't know exactly what the details were but it was somethng to do with global warming and his movie. Durring the question and answer period after, when all the other sheeple students and facyluty were either praising it or asking questions to confirm their fears, she stood up and asked the man about the report that Al Gore's house used twice as much energy as the average american dwelling and about his use of private jets and convoys of SUV's. The guy just stammered and studdered for a moment and said something like " I can't comment on that, I really don't know anything about that report". And then went on to the next question. I was SO frikkin proud of her, lol. There is actualy a study out now that demonstrates that the planet stablized it's temp about 10 years ago and has actualy dropped a fraction of a degree in the last few years. I believe it was out of australia. We as a species haven't been around long enough to underestand what happens over time on this earth. We think too much in terms of human time. We look at it as, if we haven't seen it in our life time, or even in a few hundred years, or even in a thousand years, that it is unusual or must be caused by us. the universe doesn't follow human time, it follows it's own and it's concept of time is vastly gargantuine in terms of our conception. In order to understand what is normal and what is not, we would have to have been watching these things up close and personal for millions of years and even that would be the blink of an eye in terms of cosmic time. The earth has been here for billions of years and even though we think we can understand everything that has hapened or even know everything that has happened, we don't know a fraction of it. It is arrogent to think that in the short time humans have been on this earth that we can understand everything about it and how it works. Even more, it is almost the HEIGHT of arrogence to think we can control it.

The planet is just fine. Those light bulbs they want you to buy are way too expensive. I don't care how long they last. Global warming is such a farce.

Absolutely. I no longer speak. I've decided to take a stand. Top scientists, yes TOP scientists, have determined that every time we speak we expel heat and carbon dioxide into the air. All speech emits 98.6 degree heat into the environment along with the carbon dioxide. I WILL NOT be party to such an attack on our earth. So from now on I will only email, text message and myLot to communicate. I encourage all others to take a similar stand. For more info go to: www.ForeverHoldYourPeace.com

I expect there are many of us who have made small changes to try and keep in line with the `save the planet` theme,one major thing for us has been the amount of recycling that we do,instead of just the odd bit or two,we now recycle a vast amount of the waste that we have.I am intrigued by the solar panels and the electricity generating windmills too.

No I didn't make any changes on my lifestyle to save the planet earth. I think having plants around your home would save. How would it help if we replaced light bulbs? I haven't heard anythin about that. Changing gas guzzler for a hybrid would be an expensive cost for me so I can't do it just yet. We cannot move as well because that would cost too with the crisis on the economy I cannot afford much of anything to save the planet all I can do is save our stomachs from aching so I earn for food. I believe I can help with the plants at this time.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not the only issue. The world's supply of fossil fuels is finite. It will inevitably run out in a few decades. If we don't shift to alternative energy, imagine what will happen when there's no more oil. People won't be able to go to work anymore.

that is interesting but I question the sweeping generalization of the use of "environmentalists". I am sure not every single enviromentalist group or individual would agree with this position and it seems that this artical is more anti-enviromentalist propaganda then anything really. Just my opinion though.