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Even if there is no such thing as Climate Change, why don’t you go green anyway?
People contend which they won’t go immature since there is no such thing as Climate Change, though who cares? If you go green, you save money, you do not mistreat alternative animals, as well as you do not need to rest upon singular rescources! you do not hold in Climate Change, though you consider you should all go green!
By: Anu R
By: Anu R
There’s more effective methods to reducing green house gases than me replacing a regular light bulb with one that contains mercury.
Embracing nuclear technology would have a far greater impact than any thing we would do.
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LikeDislikeBecause saving money by going green is a myth. We don’t harm other animals by not going green, and resources aren’t limited.
If you want to go green, no one is standing in your way. I like somethings that aren’t green, such as electricity, my computer, and having a car.
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LikeDislikeGoing green isn’t always cheaper. Sometimes it costs a lot more, and people don’t switch because it is too much of a hassle.
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LikeDislikeThere is climate change and anyone to think otherwise… im sorry but they are stubborn idiots that refuse to see it. i also used to think there was no climate change. but sorry there is whether or not its man made or not. we all have to contribute to the cure and i think that people look at it like voting. what is one person going to do? plus people are lazy, no getting away from that.
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LikeDislikeGoing green is a slogan that sounds good but it does not save money and does not make us more energy efficient.
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LikeDislikethere is a climate change. therefore the temperature has gone up a bit. that my friend is why we go green
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LikeDislikegoing green is the gayest thing ever at our mall thier are actually spots for hybrid cars only because they suposivily save gas but some regular cars get better mpg
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LikeDislikeSorry but so called green products cost 2 to 5 times what a normal off the shelf item does and all that I have been able to investigate consumed more resources in their production than their normal competitors. Ethanol is one of the most documented of these with bio diesel being just as environmentally unfriendly.
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LikeDislikeSpeaking of the light bulbs that have mercury – My spouse decided that we should start using them as we are going have to in 2010.
Read the instructions on how to dispose of broken or burned out ones. If they are that dangerous why would we want them in our house?
If you go green it will cost you more money. And the people who are pushing this idea are total wacko’s as far as common sense is concerned.
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LikeDislikei do believe in the climate change.I live in north carolina, and each year it has noticeably gotten hotter.But anyway, people who don’t go green because they are cheap and refuse to listen that they are killing their own children,despite the proof that has been practically shoved up their noses for years. People are so concerned about saving one or bucks that they don’t care about the future.The point is, global warming is real,its been proven,and wether you give me a bad rating or not, it will happen if we don’t do something. So tke that,you stinking 60 year old christian republicans
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LikeDislikeWhether there is climate change or not, I do believe people should think about being more green and more conservative with thier usage of energy. It is just common sense, given the amount of chemicals that we put in the earth, the water and air, the chemicals have a detremental effect to the environment. Put a fish in a fish tank and dump some cholrine in it and see if it survives.
I would also like to say that it seems everyone is on the bandwagon to get you to buy green products, such as green cleaning supplies, when in reality they are probably just as toxic as the product you were using.
I try to do my part by being conservative in the energy I use. I am not giving up my car or computer but I try to make a conscious effort to turn my computer off when not in use and dont let my car idle for long periods of time. Granted a small step but still a step.
I also use green cleaning supplies. However I only use Shaklee as they have been around for 50 years, and have the green seal certification. Shaklee was environmentally conscious before the term green ever came up. A bottle of basic H is only about $12 and does it all. Only 2 drops with 16 oz of water makes window cleaner better than Windex, also is a degreaser and general household cleaner.
Another factor is how detrimental common cleaning supplies are on your health as much as the environment, although that is a subject.
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LikeDislike1. nicely said (although i do believe in global warming).
2.People just think “oh wearen’tnot going to die so lets destroy the Earth.” So then the Ozone layer is being destroyed so yes ice is melting although that may not be Global warming that may be something that comes out of spraycans and beats up parts of the Ozone.
So yes THINK GREEN
p.s. claire and carol well said
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LikeDislikeI don’t like Toyota Prius’. I prefer incandescent light bulbs. I enjoy eating meat. Also, it’s just a stupid fad and buzz word that will in time go out of style like Hammer pants and the mullet.
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LikeDislikeI have a challenge for you, but I will get to that in a minute.
First of all, of course there is climate change, there always has been and there always will be. I doubt it’s caused by mankind but the climate is always changing.
But in the spirit of the question:
If you assume that there is no man-made global warming why not go green anyway?
I don’t know where you live, but where I live it costs money to recycle, there is no public transportation that will take me to my job (and if there was it would probably cost me more in taxes than my car does), “green” cars are very expensive compared to just the regular cars, and I’m sorry but I just don’t believe that the fate of the world rides on how much fast food I eat.
In truth if going “green” was cheaper would you really have to pressure people into doing it?
The phrasing of your question seems to acknowledge the possibility that humans are NOT causing climate change. If you want to live “green” then good for you! I encourage you to live your life as you see fit! But if there were no man caused global climate change then why the heck should I go to the trouble and expense of living green? And why the heck should I give other people the power to tell me how to live my life?
I don’t believe that man-kind is causing climate change and I don’t feel the need to win the approval of others by living green. So that brings me to my challenge to you.
Do what you want and believe what you want, but sometime maybe you would consider taking a minute to sit down and really think about why you feel the need to go onto the internet and try to promote green living. Why do you feel the need to control how other people live?
Now I’m not one of these people that just dismisses all conformity as evil. Conformity serves a useful and valuable purpose in society. When we were kids we all knew that one kid that didn’t bathe regularly. And of course that kid got picked on. Cruel perhaps. But that kid learned to bathe regularly through social pressure. And that is a good and sanitary thing.
But we also all know that conformity can be a bad thing. We all know that social influence and groupthink can be used to pressure people into doing things that are not good for the individual, or for society.
You should really read up on both sides of the issue, and I mean the science, not the politics. If someone tells you that the debate is over that usually means that they don’t really want one to start. Look at the science, look at the data. And if after hearing the other side with an open heart and an open mind you still believe that mankind is placing itself in peril by using a particular kind of light bulb and eating Big Macs then Godspeed to you.
But if… after careful study of the facts, and after some real thought on the subject you begin to question what you have been told by your government, the media, and certain segments of academia… then maybe just maybe you will also question your reasons for asking this question in the first place. And you might find yourself becoming that rarest of non-conformists.
Remember this: Truly intelligent people are truth seekers instead of truth acceptors.
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LikeDislikeThis is a good question that cuts to the root of the debate over global climate change, aka global warming. Do those who question AGW want more pollution or less? Do they want more trees or fewer? Cleaner or dirtier air and water? Only a fool would think anyone wants fewer trees, more pollution or dirtier air and water, though some would think it’s a good trade-off for better quarterly reports for their energy or chemical corporation.
The difference lies in how we achieve that end. Do we resort to scaring schoolchildren so they can’t sleep at night, panicking the public and markets with doomsday talk? Or do we force our governments to research and fund alternatives in a calm and deliberate way?
There are drawbacks to every energy source we currently have and we’re a long ways from sustainable nuclear fusion as a power source. With more research and subsequent tax incentives and rebates we could make solar, wind, geothermal and tidal energy much more viable. But solar and wind aren’t as reliable as a coal-fired plant so in the short run we’d need nuclear power plants as well, but there is a lot of opposition to these plants so we may need to continue using coal and oil for some time.
There are also drawbacks to going green, CFL are great but they do contain mercury like all fluorescents and that can leach into the water table. If they’re properly disposed of that’s not a problem but people tend to be thoughtless about such things so developing household lighting with LEDs seems like a better long-term plan. Electric cars are great but they don’t have the range some people want, the batteries will need to be replaced multiple times during the car’s lifetime and they’re much more expensive than gasoline I/C cars. You don’t need to believe in AGW to think that the government needs to fund research into better electrical storage (batteries, super-capacitors, etc) and then subsidize the initial stages of public adoption of those cars thru tax incentives and rebates. Once they’re making 10,000 of those a week the price will drop very quickly.
The same is true of recycling, it’s a travesty that even items like microwave ovens are now considered disposable, since it costs more to get one serviced than it does to replace it with a new product. That is just economics and it’s hard to solve that problem. You can try to do more recycling but since it’s not cost-effective in most cases, even if you separate your items they may not get recycled. The government could require more recycling but if it made it profitable for the companies involved they would do it without a mandate in most cases. And adding a recycling cost to all new products would make it more likely they’d get repaired instead of replaced. It wasn’t that long ago that even small radios got fixed instead of thrown out, now even a fairly new MP3 player that is too scratched up or has a minor problem goes into the trash.
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LikeDislikeI don’t know where these people come from or why they’re on here, but shutting off a light bulb in the day time isn’t going to cause the end of the world. Driving a vehicle that gets 30 mpg instead of 8 isn’t going to kill them, in fact it could be safer. These people are just like the trees and animals that are going extinct- they cannot adapt to a changing world and will pass by the wayside as times change, but not before making it more difficult and expensive for the rest of us to adapt
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