Well this term has been coined and thrown around for a long time now. We cannot deny it exists. But somehow we are determined to penalize anyone who bloats these figures. The fact that global warming is anthropogenic cannot be denied. We contribute the most to this phenomenon. To blame innocent cow's of contributing 2% of global warming, I believe is pointless. Infact people might actually start eating more cow's on account of wanting to save the planet and reduce global warming. So what if their gas has catastrophic effects, even if we put all the cow's together that's just 2%. We humans contribute the rest. To make a mockery of the IPCC and its findings, to equate their fudged figures to be a monumental mistake not be taken seriously. i believe is a grave error in judgement. Their image is damaged and their data will not be taken seriously from now on. There will be more doubts, more confusion and no centrally accepted statistic available for presentation. China is happy to align itself with the developing BASIC countries. It does not matter that they have over taken the U.S. as the highest in CO2 emissions. Smart move they say... but at what cost? What will be our fate in the coming years if this carries on?
It is a fact that there won't be any fuel left in 41 years if we continue our present rate of consumption. If a few bloated figures get the countries to co-operate and take action to stop global warming i believe its worth the risk. Many of us don't realize that we contribute to about .00001% of global warming. It seems like an insignificant percentage, but if 5 of us decided to make a conscious effort to reduce wastage of resources that is .00005% less isn't it ?
how many of you
1) switch off your bike or car engines in signals where the clock has more than 20 seconds to go?
2) how many of us refuse plastic bags at the grocery store?
3) How many of us turn off the water while brushing our teeth?
4) How many of us car pool or bike pool?
These are really simple acts that you and I can do everyday. But it seems that even the educated folk are lazy to try it. These are 4 things we can do and it wont cost us much to do it.
Why is that no one believes a single person can make a difference? What happened to 'be the change you want to see'. Will it always remain just a slogan? or will it become more? the ball is in your court......
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