| Global warming problems are a direct result of the | | | | finally started to take action in the mid-1970s by |
| burning of fossil fuels for energy; this allows | | | | using your tax dollar to advertise the effects of |
| addition warming of the atmosphere compounding | | | | smoking. After the huge amount of pressure |
| the global warming problems. The exhausting of | | | | applied by the public the government had no |
| carbon dioxide gases from the consumption of | | | | choice but to prosecute a cigarette company; this |
| fossil fuels allows more absorption of heat from | | | | resulted in a conviction in the late 1990s and a |
| direct sunlight and stops the escape of heat back | | | | huge fine. Looks good right? So all the other |
| into space this causes the air and water to get | | | | cigarette companies threw money into the pot, |
| warmer, resulting in the faster melting of snow | | | | helped pay off the fine and everyone is happy |
| and ice that normally reflects the sunlight back | | | | and business as usual. This is only one example of |
| into space therefore compound the global | | | | many regarding the honestly and integrity of big |
| warming problem. | | | | business and governments to us the general |
| Our homes are a major contributor to the global | | | | public. No need to talk about Banks or Wall Street |
| warming problems, every day we drive to work | | | | we all can figure this one out. Big energy |
| and use electricity in our home; these are the 2 | | | | companies have known for a long time the long |
| main carbon producers that households contribute | | | | term impacts of carbon dioxide gases. The |
| to global warming. We are all 100% dependent on | | | | energy industry is much bigger and by far more |
| energy for everything we do. It is not practical to | | | | powerful than a small cigarette company. Do you |
| expect our civilization to voluntarily return to the | | | | really feel comfortable putting your trust in big |
| Stone Age but if we continue using fossil fuels as | | | | business and governments? |
| our only energy returning to the Stone Age will | | | | The basic fact is the major amount of fossil fuel |
| be an unavoidable fact. Like it or not we are | | | | consumption has occurred in the past 70 years |
| already going down that path and it is happening | | | | and as a direct result there are major changes |
| much sooner and faster than anyone ever | | | | happening in the environment. To continue doing |
| expected. | | | | this for the next 70 years it is easy to |
| Relying on the big energy companies and | | | | understand that the pathway to the Stone Age |
| governments is not a solution, it is called an | | | | will be an unstoppable. We can change this, by |
| excuse that all of us have used to avoid the fact | | | | stopping to accept the excuses that governments |
| we are all guilty of the global warming problems. | | | | and big business give us and start taking |
| We all know the reality; governments are | | | | independent action to reducing our own carbon |
| incapable of taking a pro-active approach to | | | | footprint. |
| anything, as a whole, governments are totally | | | | We already have the solution to alternative |
| useless at setting policies for the future benefit of | | | | pollution free energies for the home all you have |
| societies and are in fact the most inefficient | | | | to do is make a small effort and choose an |
| spenders of our tax dollar. | | | | alternate energy source. If every home started |
| Big business is interested in only money and | | | | using an existing alternate energy system there |
| control. How honest is big business and | | | | would be a huge decrease in the carbon dioxide |
| government? Here is an example - in 1950 the | | | | gas exhaust into the atmosphere and making the |
| cigarette companies and governments became | | | | Global Warming Problem much smaller. More |
| aware that smoking was a major cause of death | | | | detailed information on how global warming has |
| and nicotine was addictive. They suppressed this | | | | happened and is continued to be allowed to go on |
| information from the public and continued to | | | | as well as alternate solutions that you can take |
| aggressively marketing smoking. Governments | | | | are located at the link in this article. |