
Global warming
Preventing global warming
Global warming has been widely discussed
in recent years. The terms greenhouse effect and global warming
have become very common nowadays. This is just because we are
feeling the effects of global warming and greenhouse effect in
our day to day life. Increased earth temperatures and
variations in the climate system are felt by us even more
prominently in the last few years.
So the need to control global warming and the emission
of greenhouse gases are on the rise. Many think that it’s the
industries and large corporations that have brought about this.
But the fact is that we individuals are the main reason for
global warming.
We are the consumers and corporations build stuff for us.
Unless there is a demand for ecologically harmful products, the
companies would not produce them. We as individuals need to
keep ourselves informed and make more environmentally sound
decisions in future. There are many substitute products that
can replace the environmentally harmful products. We just need
to search for them and find them.

"Even fire extinguishers, bubbles in
plastic foam, spray paint, bleach, industrial chemicals
and household chemicals are harmful to the
environment."
Chemicals are one of the major contributors to global
warming. Chlorine is very harmful to the environment and we
should avoid using any type of chlorine compounds. Even fire
extinguishers, bubbles in plastic foam, spray paint, bleach,
industrial chemicals and household chemicals are harmful to the
environment. The phosphates found in laundry detergents and
soaps lead to water pollution. Aerosols lead to air pollution.
Controlling pollution will help us control global warming.
We need to reduce the usage of electricity as producing
electricity leads to emission of greenhouse gases. Electricity
is produced mainly from fossil fuels and burning them emits
greenhouse gases. An average home tends to contribute more to
global warming than an average car. We can reduce the
electricity usage by switching to energy efficient CFL bulb
instead of the incandescent light bulbs. Doing so can reduce
the emissions of carbon dioxide by almost 700 pounds over a
bulb’s lifetime. Make sure that the appliances you buy are
energy efficient. Energy efficient appliances are cheaper to
run and can make sure that your energy bill is greatly reduced.
Many countries have energy efficient labels on appliances which
would indicate how energy efficient the appliance is.
Energy spent on heating and cooling our homes are on the
rise. With warmer temperatures, the need for cooling has
increased and that is consuming a lot of energy. The amount of
energy spent on heating and cooling are pretty much wasted by
us. Unless we have good insulation to keep our homes warmer we
will be spending more energy to heat our homes. There are many
ways to ensure that no cold air enters into your homes and that
can reduce the energy used to warm your homes during winter.
Also there are many natural cooling options that you can use to
help you during the summer ensuring that less energy is spent
on heating and cooling your home. Most of the options are
simple and can be done using the do it yourself kits.
Vehicles emit carbon monoxide which is a greenhouse gas.
With the number of vehicles increasing leaps and bounds, the
carbon monoxide emissions are greatly on the rise. Every gallon
of gasoline that is burnt emits about 26 pounds of carbon
dioxide and carbon monoxide. Good vehicle maintenance and smart
driving would reduce the emissions by as much as 30%. If you
are buying a new vehicle make sure that buy an efficient
vehicle – something that would give out less emissions and
would go extra miles for a gallon of fuel.
You also have the option of reducing the
usage of your vehicle. Walk whenever you can or ride a bike to
the nearest store. Car pooling is another idea which can help
you reduce emissions. Vehicles running on hybrid fuels are
available in the market nowadays. You can always go for such
vehicles as they tend not to emit any green house gases. Make
sure that you recycle your air conditioner coolant when you
have your air conditioner serviced. Thousands of pounds of
carbon dioxide emitted can be saved by this move. Even small
change that you make to your vehicle and your life style will
help your environment.
We should try whatever is possible to reduce the usage of
energy in and around our homes and yards. Do whatever we can to
ensure that the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere is
reduced. Plants use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis and
during this they give out oxygen. Planting trees and plants
around our homes will help reducing the carbon dioxide present
around as the plants would use up the carbon dioxide. Lawns
need maintenance and an average lawnmower takes up a lot of
energy. So plant more trees and do use a manual lawnmower to
maintain your lawn. Destroying forests to make way for
residential and industrial development are also reasons for
increased global warming. So population control also can help
reduce global warming
Remember, the more aware an individual is about global
warming, the more he or she would contribute in trying to stop
increase in global warming. Let us all work together and
curtail the emission of green house gases and make our world
get rid of global warming. Together we can!
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