To produce 100 million plastic bags it requires 430,000 gallons of oil. Worldwide, we use about five trillion plastic bags each year or 160,000 bags each second. Each bag is used for an average of 8 minutes before it gets disposed of. Sadly, only about 1% of them get recycled.
#ClimateActionNow#Recycle The world is doing a horrific job in recycling waste. Instead it has become much easier to throw out plastics, glass, batteries and everything else that need to be recycled. Until governments set up mandatory recycling facilities there will be no change
#ClimateJustice#oilandgas -40^C and still snowing. It has been a truly old fashion type winter.
Many thanks to all the workers who have kept the power on to our homes and fuel in our trucks so we can still make it to work.
@BeeAsMarine The temperature has been changing on earth since it was created. The bigger issues we have are improper recycling facilities to reduce waste and overpopulation.
#ClimateActionNow#oilandgasindustry -25 degrees Celsius this morning and cannot tell you how thankful I am to have access to oil and gas to heat my home and fuel for my truck. Many thanks to all the people working in these conditions to keep things producing.
#ClimateCrisis#onlineshopping#shoplocal Stopping Online Shopping would go a long way to reduce oil consumption. Fuel costs and plastics would drop off considerably by shopping locally.
@BrentToderian@WIRED Online shopping is a top concern for being one of the main contributors to CO2 emissions over the past decade. Petrochemical plants trying to keep up with all the plastics they are shipped in along with all the extra jet fuels and emissions from delivery trucks.
#ClimateCrisis#oilandgas Is Milankovitch's Theory correct about climate? If this is correct, we are going to see a fairly significant rise in temperatures over the next 29 years until the year 2060. After this time we will be going into a mini ice age due to the earth's tilt.
#oilandgas#ClimateCrisis If world leaders think they are doing their part by shutting down oil production in their own countries just to turn around and increase oil imports from other countries are wrong. All this does is creates more emissions transporting oil across the ocean
#ClimateCrisis#oilandgas Stopping Online Shopping would be a fantastic way to reduce CO2 emissions, which is a main contributor to the increase of fossil fuel consumption. Both plastic and fuel consumption for delivery would drop.
#ClimateEmergency#oil Having oil and gas to run vehicles and heat our homes is a good thing. To eliminate oil consumption we need to start recycling. Right now we have inadequate recycling facilities. Governments need to take action and set up proper facilities.
#ClimateEmergency#oilandgas If people want to reduce emissions they need to stop online shopping. Jet fuels and plastics have skyrocketed since 2002 and are still on the rise. But that is all the fault of oil companies. Not the online shoppers.
#ClimateCrisis#oilandgas With the levels of CO2 increasing over the past 30 years we are also seeing vegetation increasing by almost 30%. Foliage growth in deserts is up 11% making these waste lands a potential area to grow food. Plants grow better in increased levels of CO2.
#ClimateCrisis#oilandgas#writercommunity We all know that CO2 levels are on the rise. Deforestation is partly why. Eleven thousand years ago there were 6 trillion trees on earth and now why have about 3 trillion and dropping. Trees reduce CO2 levels through photosynthesis.
Looking for some ways you can stop contributing to the #ClimateCrisis? Start with your food waste. Where's that going? Any better options (compost, community garden...)? It might be a small step, but it's a step.
@PaulEDawson Actually the number 1 contributors to plastic usage is from online shopping. Jet fuels consumption is also rapidly increasing. Oil companies are only providing them with plastics to package each individual product before they get shipped.
@Tzeporah You don’t enjoy having power to keep your lights on and A/Cs running? Or fuel to keep your vehicles on the road and the airplanes in the sky? Or fuel to keep your house warm? If there is a better solution why is up to the oil companies to come up with it?
“The fossil-fuel industry has been a source of immense wealth for decades. It could continue to be an important source of income and taxes even after an energy transformation whose details — and even broad outlines — are still undetermined.” https://t.co/xBEG1m1g3c