Global warming and pollution... what are YOU going to do, or not do?
POSTED BY: needleseye
UPDATED: Saturday, July 18, 2026 13:17
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Question is: how much more will it take before we all agree this planet is changing?
Bout the same time ya'll admit George W. Bush is a good President (or even admit he won the 2000 election).
H
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See, we'll admit that Bush is a good President the day Hell freezes over, which will never happen.
On the other hand, when the Earth freezes over, you'll have to admit the planet is changing.
Thankfully some of us will be kept warm by burning the bodies of all the lawyers (living or dead, doesn't really matter).
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Originally posted by SimonWho:
See, we'll admit that Bush is a good President the day Hell freezes over, which will never happen.
On the other hand, when the Earth freezes over, you'll have to admit the planet is changing.
Thankfully some of us will be kept warm by burning the bodies of all the lawyers (living or dead, doesn't really matter).
How bout if the Earth freezes over I admit I'm wrong, if it doesn't you admit your wrong, and if half freezes and half doesn't we both convert to a third party (Republicrats)?
H
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By the 20th century, scientists had rejected old tales of world catastrophe, and were convinced that global climate could change only gradually over many tens of thousands of years. But in the 1950s, a few scientists found evidence that some changes in the past had taken only a few thousand years. During the 1960s and 1970s other data, supported by new theories and new attitudes about human influences, reduced the time a change might require to hundreds of years. Many doubted that such a rapid shift could have befallen the planet as a whole. The 1980s and 1990s brought proof (chiefly from studies of ancient ice) that the global climate could indeed shift, radically and catastrophically, within a century — perhaps even within a decade.
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/rapid.htm
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Tracking the world's average temperature from the late 19th century, people in the 1930s realized there had been a pronounced warming trend. During the 1960s, scientists found that over the past couple of decades the trend had shifted to cooling. Many scientists predicted a continued and prolonged cooling, perhaps a phase of a long natural cycle or perhaps caused by human activities. Others insisted that humanity's emission of gases would bring warming over the long run. In the late 1970s, this group's views became predominant. By the late 1980s, it was plain that the cooling spell, whose cause remained mysterious, had been a temporary distraction. For whatever reason, unprecedented global warming was underway.
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/20ctrend.htm
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As we go back in time in search of earlier records, the historical record becomes less reliable. Fortunately, Nature has provided its own recording mechanism. As we will explain in Chapter 4, measurements of oxygen isotopes yield an estimate of ancient temperatures combined with total global ice volume – a combination which is just as interesting as temperature alone, if not more so. Data from a kilometer long core taken from the Greenland glacier, as part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project "GISP2" , are shown in Figure 1-2. For comparison purposes, the zero of temperature scale for this plot was set to match that of the previous plot. For historical interest, we marked some events from European history.
http://muller.lbl.gov/pages/IceAgeBook/history_of_climate.html
and the ultimate geek resource:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_record
To be honest I'm not sold either way, don't get me wrong I thing we're
up this planet, but global warming doesn't _SEEM_ to be on an unprecedented scale...Hero:
And no ones denying that Bush won any election...
Its whether he won it democratically that I'd defute
Q: What do you have when you are holding two little green balls in your hand.
A: Kermit's undivided attention.
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Originally posted by needleseye:
Ok, been following the Global Warming thread, but I think I want to hear what one does about it.
Do you recycle, car pool, choose a hybrid car? ....to me that pollution really begins locally, at your house. ...
My bad is, I've gone thru several trees worth of paper plates in the last year because with my schedule, my 1yo., and trying to get dishes done just hasn't worked out for me! ...
Sounds like you're more conscientious then most. If you're really worried about the paper plates you could buy a dishwasher. The electricty to run it is minimal and if you wait until it's full of dishes it uses much less water than if you wash the dishes in the sink.
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Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
the standard recylcing and carpooling things. There is one other thing Jake and I do that just seems geeky to other poeple, but it's helpful. We read all our books electronically.
No books??We recycle!
And we pretty much only use our car on weekends...we walk everywhere during the week!
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
Summer Glau to me - "You are so photogenic."
Me -
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Illinois to ban fluorescent lighting in 2026
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-to-ban-fluorescent-lighting-
in-2026/amp/
Soon Illinoisans will no longer be able to buy fluorescent light as a result of the Clean Lighting Act. The main goal of the act is to stop pollution that comes from fluorescent lights. Fluorescent lighting is known to be incorrectly disposed of which leads to mercury and other toxins being released into the air. The act changes the wording of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. The law will take partial effect in 2026 by banning screw-based or bayonet-based compact fluorescent lamps from being produced or sold.
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science given t he boot?
Why is America switching off its climate warning system?
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Trump threatens to raise tariffs over Canadian wildfire smoke
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/trump-threatens-to
-raise-tariffs-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke/
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