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[beancurdturtle]

[flying_pig319]

[bigOz]

As someone who continually follows the news on global warming and the eco-changes on our planet, I believe there is a lot we can do to save the planet from becoming uninhabitable by humans.

Sceptics will always resist and brand it as mass hysteria or disaster conspiracy, but there is plenty to think about if one really takes a closer look in all the developments that have been taking place over the past decade.
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[beancurdturtle]

[flying_pig319]

[beancurdturtle]

[flying_pig319]

[beancurdturtle]

[asterix]

It's surely not smart to destroy the environment. However, to say we don't care is too simplistic.
First of all, the science is not good enough to say beyond all doubt that mankind is destroying the environment.
Secondly, there are so many other considerations that go into decision-making, such as the impact on the economy of countries that try to cut down their emissions, and the effect those cuts will have on social conditions etc., etc..
China is not included in the Kyoto agreement and is doing nothing to reduce emissions. Its industries are growing rapidly.
India is not included and its economy is growing.
USA is not included and is the biggest economy in the world.
Those three countries amount to about 40% of the world's population.
Brazil is doing nothing about the destruction of the rainforest.
Indonesia is allowing its forests to be destroyed.
Africa is practically deforested.
It is trees that absorb the carbon dioxide that is supposed to be , but as Bob has pointed out, is not, the main culprit.
Actually it is greed that is causing the damage and greed is what will make the earth uninhabitable.
Greed, and weak leaders.

[ad-miral]

I think it's a disaster. The world is being driven by economy, but economy destroys the environment, and the earth becomes warmer.

I think if we could enlarge the radius of the earth-rotation around the sun, or better, if we enlarge the rotation earthrotaion-velocity around the sun, it could be solved. because F = m*v�/r

Haha but I don't think it's makable.
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[flying_pig319]

[ieltsinsider]

The amazing thing is that all this has happened before. The Easter Islanders destroyed their environment. The Anasazi destroyed theirs. Climate change brought down ancient Egypt and cultures in Mexico.

And what do we do? We run around saying that we want a better world for our children whilst destroying that world by voting for leaders who can only see as far as the next election.

Humanity deserves to die.

[flying_pig319]

[welkins2139]

I know not much about global warming. But I think it is out here. I noticed my city is getting warmer. Few years ago there used to be snow and colder and now it isnt. In the summer time, my city had weather record. The city was really hot in some days.

I think scientist notice enviroment crisis back into more than hundred and fifty years ago when industry began to mess up with the nature. May be at that time industry and scients thought nature and industry can be together.

I think in 60s enviromentist notice there is really some enviroment crisis maybe existed.

I probably will see the Al Gore movie on global warming to know about this subject.

[flying_pig319]