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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yM a n k i n d i s f a c e d w i t h s o m e t o u g h d e c i s i o n s i f i t w a n t s t o s t i c k a r o u n d f o r s o m e t i m e t o c o m e , a n d a m o n g t h e s e t o u g h d e c i s i o n s i t h a s t o m a k e i s t h e o n e r e l a t e d t o h a v i n g t o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g . N o d o u b t , w e n e e d t o t h i n k a b o u t o u r b a s i c n e e d s s u c h f o o d , c l o t h i n g , s h e l t e r a s w e l l a s m e d i c i n e a n d e d u c a t i o n a n d m a y b e e v e n g e t t i n g a f f e c t i o n . B u t , s u c h n e e d s s h o u l d n o t b l i n d u s t o t h e p r e s s i n g n e e d t o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g b e f o r e i t s t o p s t h e p r o g r e s s o f h u m a n k i n d . I t s h o u l d n o t b e l e f t t i l l t h e t i m e m a n k i n d r e a c h e s t h e b r i n k o f s e l f - d e s t r u c t i o n , a n d t i m e l y a c t i o n i s w h a t i s n e e d e d .
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T h e p h e n o m e n o n o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s b e e n t r o u b l i n g u s a n d h a s b e e n a r o u n d e v e n b e f o r e w e a c t u a l l y b e c a m e a w a r e o f i t . I n f a c t i t h a s b e e n g o i n g o n f o r t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s , w h i c h h a s s e e n t h e t e m p e r a t u r e s o f t h e w o r l d g o i n g u p a n d r e c e n t l y T i m e m a g a z i n e h a s d e e m e d t h i s t o b e a p l a n e t a r y e m e r g e n c y c o n d i t i o n . T o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s s o m e t h i n g t h a t n e e d s t o b e d o n e o n a w a r f o o t i n g , w h i c h s h o u l d h e l p t o s t o p , c o p e a s w e l l a s a l l e v i a t e t h e p r o b l e m .
M a n k i n d n e e d s t o f o c u s a l l o f i t s e f f o r t s i n b e i n g a b l e t o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g , a n d e v e r y o n e o f u s h a s i n s o m e w a y o r t h e o t h e r c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s c o n d i t i o n , w h i c h m e a n s e a c h a n d e v e r y p e r s o n o n t h e p l a n e t s h o u l d t a k e r e m e d i a l a c t i o n a n d c o m b a t t h e m e n a c e . T o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e c a n f o r m o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d e d u c a t e o t h e r s a b o u t h o w g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t i n g u s a l l s o t h a t i t b e c o m e s e a s i e r t o t a k e r e m e d i a l a c t i o n s s u c h a s p u t t i n g a s t o p t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
W e c a n a l s o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g b y c o n s e r v i n g e n e r g y , a n d t h i s i s q u i t e e a s y a s w e c a n t a k e s m a l l s t e p s t o s a v e e n e r g y s u c h a s j o i n i n g c a r p o o l s , t u r n i n g o f f a p p l i a n c e s t h a t w e a r e n o t u s i n g a n d u n p l u g g i n g e l e c t r o n i c d e v i c e s w h e n t h e y a r e n o t i n u s e , a n d a l s o u s i n g e n e r g y - e f f i c i e n t l a m p s . S i m p l e s t e p s s u c h a s t h e s e t a k e n i n d i v i d u a l l y c a n a d d u p t o c o n s i d e r a b l e s a f e t y f o r t h e c o m m o n g o o d o f a l l o f u s .
W e c a n a l s o s t a r t t h i n k i n g a b o u t w o r k i n g o n l y f o r a s f e w h o u r s a s i s a b s o l u t e l y n e c e s s a r y s o t h a t e n e r g y i s s a v e d , w h i c h w o u l d m e a n t h a t i f w e i n d i v i d u a l l y c u t d o w n o n e h o u r i t w o u l d a d d u p t o m i l l i o n s o f h o u r s w o r t h o f e n e r g y b e i n g s a v e d . A n o t h e r m e a n s t o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s o b v i o u s l y r e c y c l i n g , a n d a l s o u s i n g e n v i r o n m e n t - f r i e n d l y v e h i c l e s a s w e l l a s f u e l s . T h e a d d e d e x p e n s e s w i l l c e r t a i n l y p a y b a c k w h e n y o u r e a l i z e t h e p o l l u t i o n t h a t y o u w i l l b e p r e v e n t i n g .
Y o u c a n a l s o s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g b y u s i n g s u n , w i n d a s w e l l a s w a t e r e n e r g y t o g e n e r a t e e l e c t r i c i t y . I n s u l a t i n g t h e h o m e i s a l s o h e l p f u l a n d e v e n t h o u g h a l l t h e s e m e a s u r e s m a y n o t a c t u a l l y s t o p g l o b a l w a r m i n g , t h e y w o u l d c o n s i d e r a b l y r e d u c e t h e r i s k t o m a n k i n d .
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