It’s not even about global warming…its clear that the climate is changing what variables influence this who the cuss knows? The fact is no one really knows…a lot of speculations. Personally I believe in global warming but that is because I have been studying the issue along with others through my first 2 years of university.
I believe the bigger issue is sustainability. Trying to lower ecological footprint I find is more important. The amount of water we use, electricity, and waste we produce. Countries in Europe have implement programs a couple years ago and are extremely successful. A good example is London, England and others including Austria, and Switzerland.
Here in Ontario an implementation started a few years ago with recycling programs and encouragement/media advertisements to reduce electrical use. A lot of households replaced their lights for more efficient ones, lowered the thermostat in the winter a little bit and reduced the A/C in the summer. The program has been working so well that the energy company is asking the government to raise electrical prices by 8-10%.
The point is that sooner rather then later countries will be running low on resources most importantly petrol products and water. Other resources like lumber and gas can definitely also be added to the list. The supply and demand machine will up the prices on these products and the public will be shitting bricks when they have to pay 5 dollars a liter.
If you want to see your ecological footprint compared to others from your country check out this website www.myfootprint.org I scored 6.8.