Americans' belief in global warming cools

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Poll: Americans' belief in global warming cools
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/po ... 69483.html

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence that the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years.

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Amazing. People are actually thinking as they pay those higher heating bills earlier this year.


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I mean.. REALLY... You believe this kind of garbage?



Reuters: Maldives govt goes underwater for climate change cabinet meeting

On Saturday, he and 12 cabinet ministers will don scuba gear and dive 3.5 metres (11 feet, 6 inches) under the surface of a turquoise lagoon to hold what is billed as the world's first underwater cabinet meeting.

It is the latest of Nasheed's eye-catching moves to bring attention to the Maldives' plight before a landmark U.N. climate meeting in Copenhagen in December.

"The message is we will do anything, everything, to live in this country," Environment Minister Mohamed Aslam told Reuters.

Beam me up Scotty.

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also.. drum roll...



Save the planet: time to eat dog?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/2987 ... to-eat-dog

The couple have assessed the carbon emissions created by popular pets, taking into account the ingredients of pet food and the land needed to create them.

"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda Vale said.

"A lot of people worry about having SUVs but they don't worry about having Alsatians and what we are saying is, well, maybe you should be because the environmental impact ... is comparable."

... They found cats have an eco-footprint of 0.15ha – slightly less than a Volkswagen Golf. Hamsters have a footprint of 0.014ha – keeping two of them is equivalent to owning a plasma TV.

.... we are not advocating eating anyone's pet cat or dog there is certainly some truth in the fact that if we have edible pets like chickens for their eggs and meat, and rabbits and pigs, we will be compensating for the impact of other things on our environment."

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wait there's MORE..

Are Condoms the Ultimate Green Technology?

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/ ... y-condoms/


More children equal more carbon dioxide emissions. And recent research has resulted in renewed coverage of the notion that one of the cheapest ways to curb emissions in coming decades would be to provide access to birth control for tens of millions of women around the world who say they desire it. A study by researchers at the London School of Economics and commissioned by the Optimum Population Trust came to the following conclusion:

Links to the Study:
Family planning cheapest way to combat climate change
http://www.optimumpopulation.org/releas ... 9Sep09.htm

U.N. data suggest that meeting unmet need for family planning would reduce unintended births by 72 per cent, reducing projected world population in 2050 by half a billion to 8.64 billion. Between 2010 and 2050 12 billion fewer “people-years” would be lived – 326 billion against 338 billion under current projections. The 34 gigatons of CO2 saved in this way would cost $220 billion – roughly $7 a ton [metric tons]. However, the same CO2 saving would cost over $1trillion if low-carbon technologies were used.

I recently raised the question of whether this means we’ll soon see a market in baby-avoidance carbon credits similar to efforts to sell CO2 credits for avoiding deforestation. This is purely a thought experiment, not a proposal. But the issue is one that is rarely discussed in climate treaty talks or in debates over United States climate legislation. If anything, the population-climate question is more pressing in the United States than in developing countries, given the high per-capita carbon dioxide emissions here and the rate of population growth. If giving women a way to limit family size is such a cheap win for emissions, why isn’t it in the mix?

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Again... THIS is Global Warming. This is what you a voting for when thinking GREEN. Absolutely Nuts.

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Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/e ... 891362.ece

People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.

In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”

Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases. Methane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a global warming gas.

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This guy is a "gas" or is he full of "hot air"?.