What do you think is the most effient way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?

Hi everybody! My name is Agnes, I am 13 years old and in grade 8.I live in Taipei,Taiwan and I’m studying at Dominican International School. I’d like to talk about the carbon footprint in Taiwan,recently I’ve learned that Taiwan’s footprint is much higher than the average of the world. I think most of the footprint is caused by what we do when we are home.
Summer in Taiwan can be very hot and many families use the air conditioner to cool down. When people are inside a building they would open the air conditioner so often. Like our house we will turn on each room’s air conditioner when we are in different room. I want to do the best I could to help Taiwan to reduce carbon footprint so I will use the fans instead of air conditioner.
However, winter in Taiwan can be pretty cold as well and people use heaters to keep warm. I think we could use thick blankets or sleep together with our parents to use only one heater.

I was asked by Nathan to make this an “official” ISCFC discussion.

While the topic is appropriate, the content is not.

This entire entry below by Nathan was plagiarized from the Wall Street Journal.

“No Need to Panic about Global Warming” from January 2012

We at the ISCFC are seeking opinion and discussion, not copy & paste without attribution.

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ISCFC Media & Content

Ice age study delivers blow to global-warming skeptics:

It’s the latest indication that researchers’ understanding of CO2’s effects on climate “is confirmed by the history of climate,” notes Richard Alley, a Penn State University geologist who specializes in studying glaciers and the climate records encoded in the ice.

Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

“This could be a big deal,” says neurobiologist Andrew Dittman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. Dittman, who was not affiliated with the study, says the new findings could go a long way toward explaining curious sensory changes observed in fish exposed to acidifying waters. The scary scent of predators, for example, can suddenly become alluring.

Trees Cool the Climate…Isn’t That Cool?

Researchers from Carnegie’s Global Ecology department found that evaporation of water from trees not only cools things locally, but also globally, as well. The cycle produces clouds that reflect sunlight, meaning less energy (heat) makes landfall. The net result? Cooling.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-wagner/trees-cool-the-climate-is_b_971032.html

Group seeks forest restoration to cleanse planet: COPEMISH, Mich. – Redwoods and sequoias towering majestically over California’s northern coast. Oaks up to 1,000 years old nestled in a secluded corner of Ireland. The legendary cedars of Lebanon.
“In our infinite wisdom, we’ve destroyed 98 percent of the old growth forests that kept nature in balance for thousands of years,” said David Milarch, the group’s co-founder. “That’s what we intend to put back.”