the worrying aspect is the fact that it is happening at a quicker pace than it should be, and the causes of this is mainly the pollution and our use of fossil fuels that can no be renewed. Hence why it is impotant for us to find newer greener ways to produce electricity and reduce co2 emissions. Our use of oil and gas is having a major effect on no only our air but the structure of the planet. We are not truely sure as to what their role in the crust is, even though we know they are good for burning to heat our houses and light our streets and run our cars. Its possible that they could be a nessesary source within our planet to keep it balanced. By removing it, we could be causing more harm; increasing natural desasters caused by the earth tremoring more frequantly.
We need oxygen to live, but if we keep chopping down forests, and pumping carbons into our envoirnment, then we are doing serious damage not only to our planet but to ourselves. if there were more trees in cities and towns, less cutting down of woods and forests to make way for agriculture and motorways, we would have better air to breath.
It usually takes thousands upon thousands of years for an ice age to come about and go, but if we keep harming our planet and speeding up natures course, then it could be a few thousand years if not a few hundred years before it really freezes fast. all it takes for Ireland, britain and northern Europe to be frozen over is the gulf streem to be cut off.
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Originally Posted by Chava
The whole thing is a farce.
It doesnt even snow this much in this town in the height of winter!-- and weve used all our fuel and havbent thought up a good alternative we will die out. Or rather the devlopped technology reliant energy guzzling parts of the world will die out a la John Whyndom. Actually as it stands the devloped countries are quickly spelling out their own doom because people in countries that routinly go hours, days and even weeks without electric or running water wont have as much trouble adapting to the 'new world' as it were... of course thats unlikly to happen any time soon still it is a valid thing to worry about. and as for that 80% of fuel remaining untapped... are you going to evict thousands and millions of people from their homes in order to dig up the ground and thus cause more enviromental problems? Thats cutting off your nose to spite your face.
) for one hour of one day if, for every day of the year besides that, you leave your lights/tv/computer/laptop/everything else on all day and night? It really doesn't do any good. And 2) If the point of the project was to get people to talk about it, um isn't that what science classes are for? And even if they don't, they hear enough about the dramatization of it enough as it is.
