GLOBAL WARMING-how do this effect us? & why am i talking about it.
i was having my lunch in my living room and tuning into channel news asia.
It really caught my attention when they actually interviewed religions about global warming.
I was shock with some statement the religion said.
Be it negative or positive.
My mind-set is fixed.
We gotta save our world, if we want to live better and live longer.
An indian nun was interviewed and was ask for her opinion to it.
She said:
What can we do? when we are living in a hig-tech world. we can just try to help, but we can't do much. But do listen, whatever we are doing to the world, the world would do it back to us. E.g: we destroy the world, the world will bring us natural disaster. Why? they are trying to balance the population in the world.Somehow,what she said made me reflected on what i'm doing.
Oning air-con switching on fans plus lights on.
I will cut down on that & i promise. (:
I wanna play my part to save the earth.
I belong to the world and i have a part to play by saving the earth.
So, people read the article i found on the net.
This might make youe change your mind and save the earth. (:
The presence of what global warming is doing to us:Deaths Due to Climate Change;- 154,000 people die every year from the effects of global warming, from malaria to malnutrition, children in developing nations seemingly the most vulnerable. These numbers could almost double by 2020.
- climate change could "bring some health benefits, such as lower cold-related mortality and greater crop yields in temperate zones, but these will be greatly outweighed by increased rates of other diseases." Haines mentioned that small shifts in temperatures, for instance, could extend the range of mosquitoes that spread malaria. Water supplies could be contaminated by floods, for instance, which could also wash away crops.
Increasing Storms and Floods;- global warming has produced an increase in precipitation during the 20th century, mostly in the form of heavy rainstorms, little in moderate, beneficial rainstorms.
- recent decades have produced a 20% increase in blizzards and heavy rainstorms, "Hundred-year events are become more frequent now"
- warned that flooding in Asia and Southeast Asia would increase more than ninefold over the coming decades. Floods are already increasing worldwide. The year 1998 was the worst on record, with 96 floods in 55 countries.
- global warming is causing early snowmelts, During the month of December 1996 and the first week of January 1997 unusually warm weather caused an early snowmelt that resulted in record flooding in parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Montana. These floods forced about 500,000 people to leave their homes. In California alone state officials estimated flood damage to homes and businesses at $1.6 billion.
Weather-Related Natural Disasters;
- dollar damages from weather-related natural disasters (floods, storms, droughts, fires) worldwide for 1998 totaled $89 billion. (The final figure for 1998 was to be $93 billion.) Total damages for the entire decade of the 1980's were $83 billion (this is the inflation-adjusted figure; actual figure was $54 billion). Damage totals for the 1990's soared above $340 billion, a 300% increase over the 1980's.
Islands are Endangered by Rising Seas;
- Earth Island Journal reported that rising seas are about to inundate Pate and Ndau, two small islands near the Indian Ocean resort island of Lamu. Kenya has announced plans to spend $517,000 to build walls shielding these islands from the rising surf.
- population, 75,000 is being threatened with rising seas, engulfing homes and crops. These are rising sea levels, surges during sunny weather. Says one islander, "It's nice weather, and all of a sudden water is pouring into your living room."
Review by people about global warming:
hoax or truth?
Is global warming a threat to our world today?
or is a means for the coming elections.
to gain the favor of the people.
people being those governing the united states of america.
are we govered by the people and for the people,
or by a few looking for a new means of getting rich?
No doubt global warming has filled the pockets of many
and emptied the pockets of others.
It is known as the war of the rich and the poor.
There are many ways to get rich. Make a new product or destroy the competitor.
and put fear in the hearts of men to go your way,
saying the air is killing you so you buy filters and machines to purify the air.
We are not talking about the little guys but national products,
namely oil, gas, electricity and water.
Global warming affects all these products, not jus air, worldwide.The truth is global warming means money, big money.
Right now, just a ticket, today to win an election.
Not just in the USA but all over the world.
Changing gears here, ice polar caps melt, rivers rise, temperatures change.
These have been taking place since the beginning of time
and will continue to do so, forevermore.
I can prove to you, without a doubt, that global warming is a hoax,
or
I can prove to you that global warming is real and a threat.
It depends on how I want you to believe and know
where I am coming from. These are called theories.
There is only one truth, and that stands on facts.
Facts tell the truth and not stories about people
trying to gain the lime light.
So to be true to you the fairest way, is to have a jury
and you decide what you believe.
We need a jury of the mind, of the heart, of the soul,
and spirit that is yours,God given, to all mankind.
To the jury of the heart, first I would state this truth.
That heat travels to the colder object and never, never in reverse.
This is a law set down by our creator.
A law that can never be broken.
Only people break laws and make up new ones. They do not stand fast.
For example,we wear hats on our head to hold the heat in our bodies,
or the heat leaves through our head and goes to the colder air,
and we get cold.
Fact: heat travels up to consume that which is cold.
A piece of pipewhich is the simplest example but a fact of truth.
You heat one end and the heat will travel to the colder end..
Global warming says heat stays put. This is false and not truth.
There are many other examples. Our bodies get cold and everything else,
because the heat leaves to the colder object.
I am not a scientist or a scholar, but my heart tells me
God made things this way.
Do you believe the God, creator of all earth, heaven and the seas,
would create something that man can destroy? As a juror of the mind,
think about this. The sun appears each day.
Without it's presence the world would freeze.
Global warming says the dirty air of man is causingthe heat of the earth, given to her by the sun to linger
behind and raise the temperature from one to three degrees each year.
As a juror of the mind, common sense,
and that is my brains. How does the earth which is
about 75% water and very,very cold the deeper you go
which absorbs heat tells me when I enter the water or anything else,
heat leaves that object and gives up itself to the water.
Fact:
heat travels to the colder object and never in reverse.
It is not the cold water that makes me cold,
but the heat leaving my body, which I received, from the sun the day before.
It is a known fact, that outer space is absolute 0 cold.
You need but one clear day,when the stars are visible
that the heat will rise into space and the earth gets cold.
If it were not for the sun coming up the next day, earth could freeze.
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The average driver could save 16,000 lbs. of CO2 and $3,750 per year driving a hybrid
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Getting a few extra miles per gallon makes a big difference. Save thousands of lbs. of CO2 and a lot of money per year.
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Insulate Your Water Heater
Keep your water heater insulated could save 1,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $40 per year.
Replace Old Appliances
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Unplug Un-Used Electronics
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Insulate Your Home
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Air Dry Your Clothes
Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer instead of using the dryer. Save 700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $75 per year.
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Switch to Double Pane Windows
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Buy Organic Food
The chemicals used in modern agriculture pollute the water supply, and require energy to produce.
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Turn off Your ComputerShut off your computer when not in use, and save 200 lbs of C02. Conserve energy by using your computer's "sleep mode" instead of a screensaver.
Y the world, Y your life.Help in saving the world.Live Earth; Live green. [:TATA!
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