The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:23:49 +0000

The Kyoto Protocol (named after the place where the meeting took place in Japan); a global agreement about Climate Change was set up by the United Nations in 1997. This initiative was created to help reduce harmful polluting emissions and global warming. It contains goals for emission reductions that is legally binding for all the countries involved (37 industrialized countries and the European community ) in the accord.

The aim is to help prevent countries from causing global warming through preventable human activities. Other sources of Global Warming come from mother nature, however, damage of the climate caused by humans has more significant effects on the planet.

The developed countries of the world like Canada & the UK have made strong commitments to help reduce amounts of emissions and have also set out a time line in witch to do this by known as the target dates and set levels. Six greenhouse gases have been targeted to be reduced by five percent with in the next few years. Three of those gases are carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. If these countries are successful in tier goals, then it will definitely help reduce global warming.

Some countries have been allowed to raise emission levels, unlike most countries whom have agreed to reduce emissions. Some of these countries are Iceland, Norway, and Australia. There current numbers are much lower then the anticipated acceptable levels and even though they can increase levels they can only do so to a certain level. There are also countries that have told that they can maintain the levels of emissions that they already produce. Some of these countries are Russia, and New Zealand.

The goals of Kyoto is to decrease global warming and should be significantly noticed between the years 2008-2012. As we already know that this date is quickly approaching, it seems that this goal will be nearly impossibility to achieve for some countries like the United States.

Under the Kyoto protocol, a country can receive credit by helping other countries out. For example, if a developed country sponsors emissions reducing programs in other developing countries, then they receive credit for this. This method demonstrates their commitment to the reduction of global warming. When every developed country joins in the struggle to reduce global warming, the earth will finally start to clearly show the benefits of everybody help. After all we all live on this beautiful planet and we all need to do our part to maintain it for generations to come, so that they can enjoy it too.

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Carbon Monoxide (CO) in your home

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:56:23 +0000

Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas that you can’t see, smell or taste. Because of these invisible and odorless traits, it is often referred to as a silent killer. Carbon Monoxide gasses are produced from burning fuels such as wood, propane, oil, natural gas, kerosene, diesel, and coal when they do not burn properly. Now that does not mean that these are unsafe fuel sources, however like most things of this nature, proper precautions should be taken. All fuel burning equipment needs an adequate supply of fresh air in order to function properly, along with proper ventilation to carry the poisonous exhaust gases outside of the home.

Carbon Monoxide, the Silent Killer

If you happen to notice stale or relatively stuffy air, excessive moisture on your windows and walls or black soot build up around heating appliances or vents then you may have a CO problem in your home. All above are signs are indicators that Carbon Monoxide may be present and you or your family may experience flu like symptoms due to some degree of exposure to the CO gasses.

When a person gets exposed to CO gasses they may experience flu like symptoms such as headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, drowsiness, burning eyes, confusion and unconsciousness. If somebody in your home experiences these symptoms at home but then the symptoms diminish when they leave the home then there may be Carbon Monoxide present. If you think there may be CO present in your home then you should leave immediately and seek medical attention or simply dial 911 (you can also consult your fuel provider for more information). In some severe cases, prolonged exposure to Carbon Monoxide poisoning can result in death so you should treat this problem seriously.

Proper installation, inspection and regular maintenance of any fuel burning equipment is probably the best defense against any harmful releases of CO gases into your home. However, having good CO detectors is a great way to protect yourself from this silent killer, But do keep in mind that having a CO detector should not eliminate the need for regular inspections of your equipment by a licensed heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor.

Just like we do for smoke detectors, remember to change the batteries in your CO detectors when you change the clocks for day light savings. If your CO detector plugs into a wall outlet then double check to see if it is still operating with the test button and check to see if it has back up batteries.

So in summary, to protect yourself from any

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning , just install CO detectors and make sure they work properly with good batteries. If you do not have one yet you can get one for less then $50 such as the one listed below, so go out now and protect your home … better yet protect your family

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