Comments on: Blog Action Day: How Bloggers Can Combat Climate Change http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:52:37 -0600 hourly 1 By: Mart Gordon http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1002004 Mart Gordon Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4784#comment-1002004 It seems that a lot of people are having a hard time reconciling the ideas behind tackling climate change due to the argument being centered on the term climate change which is obviously debatable as a problem man has created. This is due to the climate fluctuating naturally often in extreme ways. However, that said would the argument be so contentious if we centered it on lowering our personal impact on the use of resources which are finite and measurable. Plus there is the economic factor that less resource use saves you money. It seems that a lot of people are having a hard time reconciling the ideas behind tackling climate change due to the argument being centered on the term climate change which is obviously debatable as a problem man has created. This is due to the climate fluctuating naturally often in extreme ways. However, that said would the argument be so contentious if we centered it on lowering our personal impact on the use of resources which are finite and measurable. Plus there is the economic factor that less resource use saves you money.

]]> By: victor ramos http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1000109 victor ramos Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:56:58 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4784#comment-1000109 Lets eat all the red meat we like, smoke the best cigars and be thankful we're not Chinese. Lets eat all the red meat we like, smoke the best cigars and be thankful we’re not Chinese.

]]> By: victor ramos http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1000107 victor ramos Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:55:31 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4784#comment-1000107 Lets not forget that China and India are the main polluters and don't plan to limit same for any time to come. So if you're wanting to influence 'Global Warming', direct your anger at Asia, not America. Its that simple Lets not forget that China and India are the main polluters and don’t plan to limit same for any time to come. So if you’re wanting to influence ‘Global Warming’, direct your anger at Asia, not America. Its that simple

]]> By: Robert Nagle http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-999658 Robert Nagle Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:41:56 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4784#comment-999658 I blog frequently about climate change. I'm not an expert by any means, but I see in a lot of the comments a lot of half-truths and vague information and quick and easy solutions. First, instead of spending valuable blog time to rebut well-known half-truths, it's better to link commenters to the <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php" rel="nofollow">sceptical science's list of bad arguments </a>. Second, remember this strategy of denialists. "I don’t have to be right. I just have to prove you might be wrong." The denialist has a lot of builtin advantages in the argument. Third, remember the precautionary principal (from the UN).: "In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." I blog frequently about climate change. I’m not an expert by any means, but I see in a lot of the comments a lot of half-truths and vague information and quick and easy solutions.

First, instead of spending valuable blog time to rebut well-known half-truths, it’s better to link commenters to the sceptical science’s list of bad arguments .

Second, remember this strategy of denialists. “I don’t have to be right. I just have to prove you might be wrong.” The denialist has a lot of builtin advantages in the argument.

Third, remember the precautionary principal (from the UN).: “In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.”

]]> By: liz http://www.dailyblogtips.com/blog-action-day-how-bloggers-can-combat-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-999516 liz Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:08:51 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4784#comment-999516 Clearly none of your bloggers live in deltas like those in Thailand or Bangladesh. In parts of these people can no longer grow rice because of increased soil salinity, an effect of rising sea-levels. In fact most bloggers (this is my first blog venture) are likely to be living - like me - in a solidly-built dwelling [maybe even with air con and c heating] not be vulnerable to the increasingly frequent extreme climate events affecting my part of the world (southern africa). Clearly none of your bloggers live in deltas like those in Thailand or Bangladesh. In parts of these people can no longer grow rice because of increased soil salinity, an effect of rising sea-levels. In fact most bloggers (this is my first blog venture) are likely to be living – like me – in a solidly-built dwelling [maybe even with air con and c heating] not be vulnerable to the increasingly frequent extreme climate events affecting my part of the world (southern africa).

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