Rethinking What I Thought I Knew

I’m going to be honest and start off saying that I’m a little confused about global warming right now. I know that I knew a little bit about global warming, but I’m learning more and becoming shocked and slightly upset. I want to thank Iron Man for leaving the comment on my blog for my first post. He enlightened me to the fact that most of global warming is water vapor. I don’t remember ever being taught this in school. Not wanting to take his word for it without doing a little research of my own, I checked out the Environmental Protection Agency website, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/, specifically the portion on climate change. I searched through frequently asked questions, what you can do, and where you live to name a few good places to look. I found that Iron Man was right. Water vapor IS the most widely found greenhouse gas. This being said, I guess I’m learning early what this project is all about. It is challenging my preconceived notions and I’m sure it will challenge yours as well.

Even though water vapor is the most abundant gas and it occurs naturally with positive and negative effects, it doesn’t mean that we should stop working toward going green. Going green encompasses so many ways to help the environment. Anything we do to help out is wonderful. Conserving energy helps, recycling helps, carpooling helps. We need to learn to stop being selfish and to care about the environment. After all, what’s more important, driving your gas guzzler down the street so you don’t have to walk, or breathing clean air?

Green Tip Number Dos: I hope you took the last tip into account. Even though I’m notorious for unplugging phone chargers and hair dryers, I realized there’s even more things that I can unplug. I’m working on this with you! So in the next couple of weeks, I encourage you to invest in a reusable water bottle. Even if you recycle water bottles, not every part of a bottle can be recycled, so some of it ends up in a landfill. Water bottles can get pretty pricey, but I got mine from Target for only about $10 (it even says think green!). Compared to buying disposable water bottles, you’re going to get your money’s worth pretty easily. Save money and save the environment. Buy a reusable water bottle today!