On top of all the money lost to Ireland and our local economies by importing fossil fuel, by the global scarcity of supply coming with rising prices of fuel but more so by Climate Change. It is clearly now really happening and is unequivocal. It is predominantly being created by CO2 emissions generated by us humans in the Developed World, from burning fossil fuel. It is causing huge hardship and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year to poor in the developing world. It is by far, the greatest challenge ever for human civilisation on this planet to have to face. We are now on a trajectory for a six degree rise in global surface temperature in this century, unless global Governments and all of us act now. Our greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have now reached 390ppm – that is 40% above Pre-Industrial time levels and is now at a level of concentration that has not occurred since about 20 million years ago. Over that huge length of time our CO2 stabilised at about 280ppm. We are scientifically in ‘unknown territory’! It puts all our children’s future in peril.
Posts Tagged ‘Global Warming’
What is realistically achievable? Part Two – Targets…..
First: – Getting back to our ’big global challenges’ that need urgent response, these include:
1. Global warming,
A changing climate and deforestation:
- All of these are in need of urgent remedy and contributing to: – increasing surface temperature, rise in sea levels, – accelerating ice-melt, -more extreme, unpredictable and frequent weather events, – more intense floods, droughts, stressing water and food shortages, heat waves and species extinction.
Attic Insulation
The recommended amount of insulation to be in your attic is 300mm or 12” of fibreglass. In many homeowners cases at the moment they may only have roughly between 4” and 6”. So by upgrading your attic insulation as a homeowner you will see a big difference. Getting back to the type if insulation you put in your attic, today we are talking about Fibreglass Insulation.
