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Ten simple changes to help save the planet
BBC "News" ^ | November 5, 2018 | By Diego Arguedas Ortiz

Posted on 11/05/2018 7:38:00 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

It’s settled science that climate change is real.

So we don’t need to ask whether climate change is happening – or whether humans are causing it. Instead, we need to ask: “what can we do?”

What can you do that will have the biggest impact? Here’s our guide.

1. What is the single most important thing humanity has to do in the coming years – and what does that mean for me?

The number one goal? Limiting the use of fossil fuels such as oil, carbon and natural gas and replacing them with renewable and cleaner sources of energy

3. Other than that, what’s the best daily action I can take?

One 2017 study co-authored by Lund University’s Nicholas ranked 148 individual actions on climate change according to their impact. Going car-free was the number-one most effective action an individual could take (except not having kids – but more on that on that later). Cars are more polluting compared to other means of transportation like walking, biking or using public transport.

5. Could I make a difference by changing my diet?

That’s a big one, too. In fact, after fossil fuels, the food industry – and in particular the meat and dairy sector – is one of the most important contributors to climate change.

8. Should I think about how many children I have (or don’t have)?

Nicholas’s study concluded that having fewer children is the best way to reduce your contribution to climate change, with almost 60 tonnes of CO2 avoided per year. But this result has been contentious – and it leads to other questions.

One is whether you are responsible for children’s climate emissions, and the other is where are these babies born.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer

An Oldie from Minnesotans for Global Warming to get you in the mood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03QcymdCtg


41 posted on 11/05/2018 9:36:42 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Nicholas’s study concluded that having fewer children is the best way to reduce your contribution to climate change, with almost 60 tonnes of CO2 avoided per year. But this result has been contentious – and it leads to other questions.

Not that this advice is aimed at the paper's readers.

Environmentalism is thinly-veiled white genocide.

42 posted on 11/05/2018 9:41:05 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The planet has never been in danger as long as the sun shines. People however, that may be different.


43 posted on 11/05/2018 9:51:10 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If you really want to save the planet, then eliminate the left around the world. Not allowed to breed.


44 posted on 11/05/2018 10:51:34 AM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Step 1) send all the climate alarmists into space to not return.

Step 2) there is no step 2


45 posted on 11/05/2018 10:58:33 AM PST by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The planet can not be “saved”. In a mere few billion years our sun will engulf Earth as it becomes a red giant. Even if we manage to kill off every living thing, the planet will continue in its orbit, unless God has other plans.


46 posted on 11/05/2018 2:38:34 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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