• Question: What Is Your Opinion Of Carbon Dioxide And How Us Humans Are Affecting The World With Green House Gases

    Asked by coolTails48 -Youtuber to Iain, Helena, Gabriel, Elaine, Cat? on 11 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Olusegun Gabriel Fawole

      Olusegun Gabriel Fawole answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      We should all work to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere. That way we are able to protect our planet and reduce the trend of global warming.

    • Photo: Cat Scott ?

      Cat Scott ? answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      Hey coolTails48,

      If we don’t do anything about it, climate change is set to really ruin the world ?, we (humans) know that putting more greenhouse gases into the air is bad, but we are still doing it. There’s nothing wrong with carbon dioxide itself (in fact we need a bit of it, otherwise it would be REALLY cold on Earth all the time! ⛄), but we have reached a point where we have added too much.

      I think it’s pretty amazing that the world turned out the way it did – the chances of all the things happening (just the right distance from the Sun ☀, having a moon, etc) to have made the Earth somewhere humans and animals can live are pretty remote so I feel like we have a responsibility to look after it! ? ? ?

      It’s not all bad news though, last year all the world leaders got together and agreed to try and stop climate change from being so bad – it’s up to all of us to make sure they all stick to their promises!! ?

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      Helena Quilter answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      Hey there coolTails48! Really great question.

      Carbon dioxide is given a pretty bad reputation because it’s causing global warming but it’s actually really important. We need some carbon dioxide on the planet to keep the heat from the Sun from escaping from our atmosphere – otherwise we’d be freezing! As well it’s really important because plants need carbon dioxide to make their food and to produce oxygen to breathe.

      The problem is that we’ve been producing too much carbon dioxide for a long time, as well as some other greenhouse gases. This means that the planet is steadily getting warmer and warmer and that’s why scientists are worried.

      We really need to stop making so much carbon dioxide! A lot of the carbon dioxide comes from using fossil fuels – that’s things like oil, gas and coal. These things were formed in the ground over millions of years and contain lots of carbon. We burn them for energy in power stations, and when we burn them we produce carbon dioxide!

      It’s really important that we start using “renewable” energy sources – things like wind and solar – instead of fossil fuels. We also use fossil fuels to make chemicals and plastics – that’s why I’m trying to make new plastics out of plants instead of oil!

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