The
solutions of global
warming have to do with reducing our carbon emissions.
While the
factors causing climate
change are complex interactions of many factors, the main
factor causing the recent global
warming is
the high accumulation of greenhouse
gases, mostly carbon
dioxide, in the atmosphere.
These gases come from burning
fossile fuels, and also burning
down (rain)forests.
With the forests, there is a double effect of 1) the burning itself,
and
2) getting rid of trees - which absorb and store carbon dioxide through
photosynthesis.
So how can we reduce our
carbon emissions?
We have to change the ways we
* generate energy
(solar and wind power)
* move around
(we have to find alternative
fuel sources)
* manufacture goods
(factories are creating a fair bit of carbon emissions)
* grow food
(organic agriculture)
* destroy (rain)forests
(a lot of carbon emission)
While most of these issues require some changes in a country's
infrastructure,
there are smaller, simpler things
that you
and me can
do to reduce
our carbon emissions:
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