| Climate modification is essentially the
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| | car, the use of this medium produces
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| excessive heating of the planet, which
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| | carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a major
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| results in dramatic climatic changes. So,
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| | greenhouse gas. Reducing the volume of it
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| are there ways to prevent climate
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| | in the atmosphere will greatly reduce the
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| modification?
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| | greenhouse effect. As our energy
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| Ways to Prevent Climate Modification
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| | production evolves away from oil, we
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| In many ways, the climate modification
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| | should see improvements in the
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| debate is benefiting from the current
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| | atmosphere. The bigger issue, of course,
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| highly volatile issues concerning energy.
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| | is whether we will get around to this
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| The world wide industrial revolution has
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| | anytime soon.
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| been powered by coal and oil. While coal
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| | A second major way to prevent climate
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| is available in many countries, oil is
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| | modification is to stop deforestation.
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| not. Circumstances being what they are,
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| | Vast forests, such as the one found in
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| the largest concentrations of oil are
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| | the Amazon River Basin in South America
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| found in areas with significant political
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| | are being clear cut. This has a
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| and armed conflict. One needs only look
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| | devastating impact on climate
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| at the situation in Iraq to understand
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| | modification. Nature being what it is, it
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| this fact. With the growing China
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| | has a natural method for filtering
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| economy, there now seems to be a
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| | harmful gases such as carbon dioxide out
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| universal understanding that oil
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| | of the air. It does this through
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| alternatives are necessary.
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| | photosynthesis with plants. Dense, huge
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| Perhaps proving the concept of Karma,
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| | forests are the biggest and best filters
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| nearly all oil alternatives are favorable
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| | of carbon dioxide. By cutting them down,
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| ways to reduce climate modification.
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| | we reduce the ability of the planet to
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| Whether we are talking about hydropower,
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| | filter out the bad gases while we
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| solar, wind, geothermal or even nuclear
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| | continue to pump more of the gases into
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| energy, each alternative power source
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| | the atmosphere. Any way you measure it,
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| produces significantly less pollution
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| | it is a formula destined to cause
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| than classic fossil fuels. Less pollution
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| | trouble.
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| is the key for one very simple reason.
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| | Are there ways to prevent climate
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| A major byproduct of using fossil fuels
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| | modification? Yes. We need to kick our
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| for energy is the much discussed
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| | oil habit and stop wiping out our forest
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| greenhouse gas. Whether using oil to
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| | areas.
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| produce electricity or just to gas up the
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