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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] (no subject)
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:36:11 -0600


Well said. For my part, my concern isn't about having an effect on great
issues but just being part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
Just do the right thing and don't worry about whether we're successful or
not.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 7/18/2007 at 12:47 PM Terry Wereb wrote:

>I think we all, as individuals, can do something small to help alleviate
>the accelerated global warming situation. So the Atlantic Ocean has lost
>some of it's ability to act as a carbon sink--make ways for carbon to be
>absorbed on your own property. Water shortages? practice methods that
>conserve water. (water vapor is considered a 'greenhouse gas') Don't let
>anybare soil show through on your property if there is a way to avoid it--
>cover it with SOMETHING that is growing- not concrete or asphalt. Insist
>to
>your lawmakers that people do not need to build McMansions- that a 800 SF
>home is plenty of room for a single person, or even a couple( with
>children!)
>
> I learned in one science class, that global warming is the predecessor to
>a
>huge 'ice age'-- as the planet 'dies' it will start to cool, even to the
>point of massive glaciers world wide. Then, volcanic activity will spew
out
>the gasses needed to help 'warm up' the Earth, melting the ice and snow,
>and life 'returns' to the newly exposed lands. Of course, it is the change
>in weather patterns that helps move all this process--as the temperate
>regions warm, the overall air flow reverses, taking warm air to the
poles,
>and bringing cooler air to the equatorial regions.
>
>But to shrug your shoulders and say "nothing we can do about it" is
>fatalistic- take the small things, and it will add up--
>
>Terry
>Frosted Acres







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