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[ad-miral]

It's the warmest Christmas here in Germany, without snow! (What a luck I haven't changed my summer tyre to winter tyre yet)
Is it because of global warmth? Is it inevitable? What do you think about the importance of this problem?
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If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love

[Yosuke Taira]

I don't think that global warming will stop if we don't do anything. I believe there are so many things that we can do to help environment individually. It's time each of us to start some actions .


What I'm now doing in my school life are...

1/ Use my own lunchbox, chopsticks and water bottle.

2/ Use the back side of papers as a notebook.

3/ Turn off the lights when I find classrooms and toilet where the lights are on despite nobody is there.



and so on...



I can't understand people who don't care about environmental problems, which will surely and badly influence our lives in near future. I don't want to live in such an uncomfortable world. That's why I'm doing what I can do now to help the environment and I'm sure that I'll keep on doing willingly. And hopefully, I want to be an example for the people who aren't interested in environmental problems.
I'll never give up our lovin' earth !!
Yosuke

[Christie]

Global warming is absolutely a HUGE problem. Even though we have tons of information about it, we don't do anything big enough to fight against this horrible situation.
In fact, here's a piece of information everyone must know: the effects that the humankind had on nature has damaged it FOR GOOD. There's no way we can go back to what this planet was before. Hundreds of species of animals and plants have vanish, there's no way to "re-freeze" the water that has thaw from the poles, etc.....
What WE CAN DO is stop being total morons (yes, that's what we are!) and start a new atitude towards nature.
Simple habit changes, like the ones that Yosuke listed above, are actually big moves. I wish everyone who's reading this could spread this message around.
But... it's not only that. The GOVERNMENT of all countries should take one serious action... specially the super stupid USA, the biggest "trash-maker" in this world. Well, but I won't get in details about this topic, because everybody knows the S#!T they are doing, right?!

[Napoleon]

The world is really warming up these years, before I came to Canada, I heard it is really a cold place. But the last and this winter turn out to be fairly well. I don't if the next winter will be mild too, but certainly a lot of things will change if the climate get warmer.

[flying_pig319]

I'd just like to ask Christie to refer to the GOVERNMENT of the USA when criticizing us, since many of us are good, liberal people.
If you did your research, you'd know that Bush actually did NOT win the popular vote.
Go to sorryeverybody.com
And don't be so needlessly hostile.
It's possible to discuss horrible world events without acting horribly yourself.
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peace-monger

[Rogerlz]

I think that the USA is a big country and there are a lot of industries, the pollution that the companies generates is not a problem of the government is problem of the company. They have to get the resourse for their products, and the transportation of this is a way to pollute the ambient.

Of course the USA is not the only country whose pollute the ambient, all the contrys helps to the destruction of the ambient.

Any way I don`t think that the govenment can do something to stop the pollution of the companies but it can minimize the damage that the industries cause!!!
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[flying_pig319]

[asterix]

Well, Miss FP, I hate to burst your bubble, but Bush did win the popular vote as any old Google will confirm.


Republican G.W. Bush 62,040,606 51%

Democratic Kerry 59,028,109 48%

Independent Nader 411,304 1%

[flying_pig319]

[asterix]

You did not specify which election you were talking about, and it's the last one that counts today.
In any case he won in 2000, despite Democratic gerrymandering, according to the Supreme Court, so what's your beef?
Y' all are stuck with the Texan for a couple more years.
As he would say himself, "Heh, Heh!"

[flying_pig319]

[asterix]

OK, I understand that you are a Democrat, but I would have thought you were an American first.
I notice that, for far too many Americans, nowadays, their political affiliation takes precedence over their loyalty to their country.
That is a recipe for disaster.

[flying_pig319]