Ten Ways to Reduce Emissions分析和总结分析和总结.docx

TenWaystoReduceEmissionsandSlowGlobalWarming

by:CandaceMurphy 17August2006

WithNewYorkCityfinallyriddingitselfofthesmellsthatonlyanastyheatwavecanincubate,andtheBayArealookingatapastheatwaveofitsown,peoplearestartingtodothemath.

Andwhattheyrerealizingisthat,afterlivingforhundredsofyearswithoutmuchofacarefortheenvironment,theplanetmaybeabouttoretaliatebygivingus,andourchildren,andourchildrenschildren,afutureclimatethatwearewhollyunpreparedtoface.

Or,asanenvironmentalistmathematicianmightsayinshorthand:Gluttony+Time=GlobalWarming.Whatshardtobelieve,though,isthatsomepeoplearestillindenialthatglobalwarmingexists.

Well,Isaytheyrewrong,saysLaurieDavid,anenvironmentalactivistwhohelpedfoundtheStopGlobalWarmingVirtualMarch,amovementtogetindividualstousetheircollectivevoicestodemandgovernments,corporationsandpoliticianstakethestepsnecessarytostopglobalwarming.Andmorethan2,000scientistsfrom100countriesareright.Theresmoreconsensusrightnowthatglobalwarmingisrealthantherewasthattobaccosmokingcausedcancerwhenthatwholemovementstarted.

WithDavidsVirtualMarch,thefocusisontheindividual.Becausewhatyoueat,whatyoudrive,howyoubuildandfurnishyourhome,canallmakeadifferenceincurbingglobalwarming.

Governmentdoesntchangeuntilpeopledemandit.Ithastostartwiththeindividual,saysDavid,wholivesinLosAngeles,andwhospearheadedtheVirtualmarchwithSen.JohnMcCainandnotedenvironmentallawyerRobertF.Kennedy,Jr.Ifonepersonmakesonechange,chancesaretheyllmaketwochanges.Andthentheirfriendsmightmakeachange.Weneedagiantindustrialrevolutioninthiscountry.ThatswhyweneedthisVirtualMarch:Onevoicecanturnintomillions.

Hereare10tipstohowyourvoicecanbeheard,courtesyofstopglobalwarming.org,thehomeofDav