What can be done to adapt to global climate change?
Al Gore has his question up on the board that assumes we can reverse the effects of global climate change. I sincerely hope we can turn things around. But so much lifestyle change is required that I think climate change will overtake us before we can make an impact. So lets imagine that more coastal cities around the world get drowned by walls of water, and more inland places basically get parched. Add to that the possible global cooling if the gulf stream gets shut down by the increased rate of melting ice caps. Possible proposals for human adaptation: GM modified crops, more efficient transportation of needed supplies (and communication of where such support is needed), communal societies. ..
Global warming doesn’t simply mean that your back yard will get warmer. I came across an article in a TIME magazine from earlier this year how rapidly the arctic ice cap is receding. The question isn’t whether global warming is happening – if there’s any question, it’s whether we’re contributing to it or not. I’m sold on the answer that we are. I’m not sold that we can do something about it, but we should try. (Basically translate that as kicking the oil addiction – it’s giving us headaches besides the unquantifiable environmental impact)
There’s been a lot posted to this board that doesn’t answer my original question. A number of posts here have been trying to answer different questions (like ‘Is Global Warming real?’ and ‘How can we conserve energy’, and ‘What can we do to stop and reverse the effects of global climate change’.)
To restate the assumption behind my question – things are happening. Assume more things are going to happen. We aren’t going to like them. If we are to survive cities being flooded / turned into swamps, droughts etc, then we need to be prepared. I think focus would necessarily switch back to basics – simply obtaining food will become a day’s work!
And here’s the question in brief: How can we prepare for the changes and adapt to them when they happen? Can we retain some semblance of economy, government and infrastructure?
What is the best environmental or green invention or occurrence of the last decade?
A couple ideas:
Modern compact fluorescent bulbs.
Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize.
where can I interview about climate change via email?
I need to interview someone who is well aware of climate change or global warming (like Al gore?) via email. But I’m having hard time finding a right place to interview.
Please help!
How did Al Gore win the Nobel for climate change awareness after his thousand dollar electric bill was leaked?
Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in climate change awareness. How did he get this after it was pubished that just one of his many mansions had an electricity bill over 2,000 dollars each month? This guys is out preaching for us to change but he doesn’t lead by example?
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Does anyone know if anything is being done about Global warming or if any success in stopping it has happened, or if someone has come up with a solution and is trying to get people to make it change. I know Al gore Emphasized this in his "An inconvenient truth video" I wonder if he was taking seriously by people. It seems like it has been a longer colder winter this year so maybe something has changed a little bit. Does anyone know?
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