temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and
oceans in recent decades and its
projected continuation.
Global warming is caused by several causes
such as pollution from factories, carbon dioxide
from rotting trees, the burning of coal,
natural gasses and fossil fuels lead to methane travelling
into the Earth's atmosphere any
transportation vehicles, water vapour, and many other little
things, which contribute to make
global warming even worse.
The effects of Global Warming are: Rising sea levels,
glacier retreat, Arctic shrinkage, and
altered patterns of agriculture are cited as direct
consequences, but predictions for secondary
and regional effects include extreme weather events,
an expansion of tropical diseases,
changes in the timing of seasonal patterns
in ecosystems, and drastic economic impact.
Actually, we could put in our own efforts
in curbing global warming.
I have found a website that listed out the
"TOP 50 THINGS THAT YOU COULD
DO TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING"I would
post the top 10 here and the website would
be provided at the end
of the post.
1)Replace a regular incandescent light bulb
with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)
CFLs use 60% less energy than a regular bulb.
This simple switch will save about 300 pounds
of carbon dioxide a year.
2)Install a programmable thermostat
Programmable thermostats will automatically
lower the heat or air conditioning at night and raise
them again in the morning. They can save you
$100 a year on your energy bill.
3)Move your thermostat down 2°
in winter and up 2° in summer
Almost half of the energy we use in our
homes goes to heating and cooling.
You could save
about 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide
a year with this simple adjustment.
(NOT APPLICABLE IN SINGAPORE~)
but saving could help too(:
4)Clean or replace filters on
your furnace and air conditioner
Cleaning a dirty air filter can save
350 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
5)Choose energy efficient appliances
when making new purchases
Look for the Energy Star label on new
appliances to choose the most energy
efficient products
available.
6)Do not leave appliances on standby
Use the "on/off" function on the machine itself.
A TV set that's switched on for 3 hours a day (the
average time Europeans spend watching TV)
and in standby mode during the remaining 21
hours uses about 40% of its energy in standby mode.
7)Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket
You'll save 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year
with this simple action. You can save another
550 pounds per year by setting the
thermostat no higher than 50°C.
8)Move your fridge and freezer
Placing them next to the cooker or boiler
consumes much more energy than if they were
standing on their own. For example,
if you put them in a hot cellar room where the room
temperature is 30-35ºC, energy use
is almost double and causes an extra 160kg of CO2
emissions for fridges per year and 320kg for freezers.
9)Defrost old fridges and freezers regularly
Even better is to replace them with newer
models, which all have automatic defrost cycles and
are generally up to two times more
energy-efficient than their predecessors.
10)Don't let heat escape from your house over a long period
When airing your house, open the windows
for only a few minutes. If you leave a small opening
all day long, the energy needed to keep it
warm inside during six cold months (10ºC or less
outside temperature) would result
in almost 1 ton of CO2 emissions.
Click Here For The Top 50 Tips for curbing Global Warming.
-Mingrui. 
