Reply #2: Many solution aren't costly or hard... [View All]

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Many citizens just don't want to change or address problems related to pollution.

Even small things like we did back in the Carter years...aren't here anymore.

I tried to get my small suburban area to stop burning so much wood in their fireplaces. Many are effected by wood smoke in the winter. It causes Asthma and colds in the young. The toxins not good for them or the elderly.

Wood smoke was the largest pollutant in the mountains of East Tennessee when we lived there. The forest in the Blue Ridge were dying from acid rain. DA!!

The Lung Association of Chicago says, much of the bad air in the southern area of the city is from wood smoke. You can imagine hundreds of thousand of homes buring wood....effecting the air quality.

We could help by not burning wood, by driving cars that are smaller and gas efficent, by supporting public transportation, etc.

All the big cities already have pollution from cars, trucks, and airport traffic. Let's not even get into factories dumping toxins into the air.

We could do a lot and save money at the same time. I agree with Gore about environmental companies that could create jobs.