Monday, January 3, 2011
We aren't efficient
Ithink the reason that we have large ecological footprints is because we aren't smart about our actions. For example, a student goes back and forth to different places to do some errands. Since he uses alot of energy to go back and fourth, he'll eat more, using more land to grow the food. We also are lazy and leave the lights on as we go back and forth to put away the laundry. Being smart helps us to be more efficient( that's another reason to go to school and listen to all these hardworking teachers remind you to use common sence).
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I think there are plenty of smart but lazy people. Do you think educating people about these problems will get them to make a lifestyle change? I wonder how many people on Team A have actually made a change in their life since we started the Natural Resources unit...
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ReplyDeleteI tried to! I always unplug things from the wall if there's nothing charging on the other end, after I learned it still uses electricity. And I've only taken five minute showers since the first day we started learning too. But I think Ms. Sun is right. Not everybody will listen to you just because you tell them the world is in danger. I think that, for people to take global warming seriously, you have to show them. If, for example, the ice shelfs melted and overflowed the oceans, and Hawaii was covered with water before evacuation could happen, people would start to get scared, and they would believe scientists more. Even politicians couldn't ignore that.
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