What You Can Do About Climate Change
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What You Can Do About Climate Change
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#3Strong arguments for buying a new car from a group with industry ties in Michigan. Or you can buy a submarine.
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#4I have chosen to not have children. Environment concerns was not the only factor, but a significant one. I suspect that this choice is far better for the environment then anything listed in that article.
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#5https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
Short comment, but entirely true.
The cost decline curve of solar and wind has been stupid: Wind is below 2 cents/kwh unsubsidized, solar still around 6-8 cents/kwh unsubsidized; natural gas is destroying the demand for coal, and renewables are destroying demand for nuclear. As renewable deployments accelerate, they will push out natural gas generation (along with cheaper battery storage).
Electric vehicles are here! Go get one. If not a Tesla, a Bolt, a Leaf, or perhaps a Volt if you still can't commit entirely to a battery electric vehicle alone. There's a federal tax credit in it for you.
Need your roof replaced? Order some Tesla solar tiles; orders are being taken as of next month, with delivery near the end of the year. A 30% federal tax credit to have your roof replaced is a pretty swank deal, along with the roof producing power (most likely) for the remaining life of the home. (I disregard state incentives for the purposes of this comment, but do check if your state has them, many do)
Regardless of technologic advancement, people still need to make the right choices in aggregate; get your LEDs in them fixtures, insulate your home, buy energy efficiency appliances (your utility probably pays a rebate for doing so).
We'll still need to work on bovine methane emissions [1], marine [2], and air fossil fuel consumption, but there's still a lot of low hanging fruit for us to capture.
[1] http://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/th...
[2] https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/models/nonrdmdl/c-marine/r00002.pd...
[3] http://www.iata.org/policy/environment/Pages/climate-change....
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#6that was a really long and unusual way of saying 'nothing'
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#7We are beyond the point where individual action can make a difference. Legislation is necessary to stop the worst of catastrophes.
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#8I have chosen to not have children. Environment concerns was not the only factor, but a significant one. I suspect that this choice is far better for the environment then anything listed in that article.
Someday, all the people that are left will be the descendants of the people who had kids.
Adopt, so that you're not contributing to population, but are contributing what makes you a responsible human to that future population.
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#9I definitely have trouble balancing enjoyment of something with the environmental effects it has. This article hits a nerve for me.
I bought a sporty car that barely manages 15mpg. I've managed to put the worry about environmental effects at bay for a moment.
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#10I thought the best single thing was going vegan.
Anyway, I sometimes think it's quite funny how my own lifestyle is so much more green than the average "green" person. I don't have children, I don't own or drive a car, I only use public transporation, 99% of which runs on electricity. I'm vegan, I haven't been on an airplane for like maybe 4 or 5 years. I live in a modern, energy efficient and small apartment. I buy "100% renewable electricity" in a new, energy efficient "smart city neighbourhood". And of course I recycle.
Yet I haven't really tried to be more green, these circumstances have just happened naturally.