What are you doing to combat climate change?
 

It's real. It's very real. Glaciers are melting, weather patterns are changing.

Who is still buying outdoor patio gas heaters? Who would deny that their Canada carbon footprint is greater than their UK carbon footprint?

Should Canada discourage immigration because of the poor eco effects?

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I try to eat less fart inducing foods, which is difficult as I do eat lots of veggies and in particular, brussel sprouts! 🤔😉

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Living in a small apartment
Not having kids
Not having much money so not a big consumer of goods, got rid of all my aquariums.
BC Hydro says our electric use is 32% lower vs our neighbors so we are good there.
Not working so no commute necessary so not burning fuel on a daily basis.
Eat little meat as its expensive.

I think I have done my part.

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It's an uncomfortable fact that it's already too late to do anything useful.
Carbon dioxide levels are already high and together with other greenhouse gases they will continue to rise. It won't go away. There is no magic bullet for this problem. Even if the entire world became carbon neutral, the effects would still be there and they won't be getting better while we continue to burn oil and coal.
The effects that these gases are having will continue to get worse into the foreseeable future and politicians will do nothing to prevent it.
And us, the greedy little animals who live on this planet, we will do little to help and will do much to make it worse. We would crucify anyone suggesting that we limit some of our energy intensive lifestyle.
I fear for my grandchildren and hope that the region they will live in will remain above sea level and not subject to threatening weather patterns. No doubt they'll be subject to the effects of climate change, but perhaps their generation will do better than mine did.

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I suspect that my carbon footprint is far less here than it was in the UK.

Our electricity is, for the most part, solar and wind from devices that we have on our property. We sell our excess back to the grid and we use the grid when our system can't provide what we need when we need it. They buy from us at the same rate we buy from them. They owe us money each month so we generate more than we use.

We cannot produce our own gas and, if I could heat using geo thermal, I would but I have been told by the local experts that we can't.

I drive a Fiesta and my daily mileage is less than it was in the UK.

I dont fly anymore and, once in the city, I take the c-train to work.

We grow as much of our food as we can but se own animals 5hat eat grass and fat.

I believe that we have done as much as we realistically can, although I accept that I could live closer to work.

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We now commute by hybrid car and use that car for most of our non-commuting mileage. We don't eat red meat, we heat with wood. I actively avoid goods packed in type 1 plastics and avoid packaged food generally.. I have led a campaign in the office to make people who buy from Tim Hortons figures of derision; they've gradually learned to use the kettle.

But then, as above, there are the horses.

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On the one hand in Canada I'm heating the house a lot more than back in the UK and cooling with AC whereas I didn't do that at all. But both of these would be happening in this house and to this Canadian family wherever they were living.

On the other hand I'm no longer flying somewhere and back twice a year, but the plane I'd be on probably still is. Unless it was one of Thomas Cook's or Monarch.

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Oh, we don't have air conditioning, that's a ridiculous affectation when you're in Canada. We don't print anything or have any hard copy correspondence for domestic or business purposes.

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I, of course, only object to global warming because I am not a Man of God:

https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26...nded-paganism/

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Global warming my arse.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-b-c-1.5299699

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Electric cars and renewable energy heating system (ground source heat pumps). Plus all the usual recycling etc. But I'm pretty sure we negate the good we do with flying several times a year. :unsure:

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I drive a used Honda Civic Hybrid to and from work that does about 6l/100km, will likely get a used electric car when that dies. I am vegetarian - no meat or fish - which helps a bit. Rarely fly by plane anywhere (once every 3 years or so?)

Right now I live in a townhouse, so I'm a little constrained on what I can do. What I hate the most is in summer time using a tumble drier to dry my clothes, I'm hoping we'll move somewhere where we'll be able to air-dry them.

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I have re-usable bags that I use for groceries. I've been pretty focused on reducing my intake of single use plastic to try and reduce the impact that has.

Climate change is not really on my radar as I'm too busy preparing for Canadian winter.

Mankind will drive itself to extinction and the world will reset and start again. No big deal as we'll all be long gone. Climate change is simply a process.

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