Questions from Gimnazija Ptuj

Answers to people’s opinions

Ivana und Tanja:

1) The climate becomes more and more warm, and the different between the seasons is more differently than before.

I think that the climate change makes that for example in summer you have more rainy days then before and sometimes it can change suddenly in very hot days.

2) It hasn’t so big consequences for our country but if the glaciers smelting the surface of water raise. Then we have more heat waves, more floodwaters and more storms.

I think it’s correct! The glaciers smelting can be terrible for people who live near the lake, because the surface of the water is growing up.

Patrick und Tobias:

“We will never know with absolute certainty if there is such a thing as climate change. But it is very likely that the numerous cases of extreme weather events are a sign of global climate change. And it is very likely that these events are caused by man through the excessive burning of oil, gas and coal.”

Some people blame it on “natural” climate variability, which has been there ever since, but scientists are claiming, that the measurable warming nowadays is happening much faster than the previous “natural” changes.

The majority of people surprisingly seem able to suppress the whole matter in daily life, although it gets a lot of attention in the media.

The opinion of two smart, nice guys

We think we have to take care of our ONE world. Off roaders, airplanes, farting cows etc. should be banned! The CO2 emission must be lowered; otherwise we will choke in our own emissions. We hope mankind will change its habits in a few years, otherwise the world will vanish and all the nice and smart guys will vanish as well.

Severin:

An opinion of someone else:

“I don’t understand that the human being always wants more, more profit, more power, it must be always more than we have. But the question is if this planet is big enough to feed all of us.

At one time the world will say goodbye to us and than we have a big problem. The only question that is important is what we can do to save the world. If every scientist und politician works together we must be able to save the world. Head up and hope than die hope dies at least.”

My opinion:

“I think we should start as soon as possible to do everything to save the world. Because if we carry on as we’ve done it the last fifty years, the world won’t be there any more in a couple of years. Maybe in twenty years, maybe in fifty years or even later, but it will come if we don’t start to save the world. If everyone would do a little contribution to the world by saving electricity or warm water it would probably be enough.”

Claudio und Leandro:

The person I asked thinks that the climate change is a bad thing. He also thinks that we should spent more money in renewable energy like solar energy, wind energy or geothermal energy. A possibility would be for him, that we reduce the distance between begetter and

consumes.

I think this person got realizable approaches. But the government has to realize this measures, the single citizen cannot do much to realize this stuff.

The person I asked thinks that the climate change isn’t that bad, as they all pretend. He thinks that the humanity steps in all the time. He tries to prove it with an logical explanation.

I think this person won’t believe the truth. He’s not directly affected with the climate change. So I think you can’t make a good verdict if you aren’t directly affected by the problem.

Natasa und Franziska:

1. Bartin M. dindn’t think much about the climate change. But he doesn’t have a car and go to work by foot. He looks a little bit for the world but it isn’t the most important thing in his life.

We think the climate change is an important thing for everybody in world. But we think also that people looks quite good in Switzerland.

2. He thinks in Switzerland not much will change because of the climate change. We haven’t the same opinion. In Switzerland the glaciers are melting. And this is a consequence for the whole world.

Newspaper articel headline: Have animals an influence in climate change?

a) In the articel which I had chosen, the question is, if animals have a big influence in climate change. Because they blurt methane and CO2 out. They want to give an answer to the question how bad this discharge is.

b) They proposed that the problem with methane is not so bad as the problem with CO2 . Anmials also blurth this gas out, but the discharge of the animals is not so worse as by the littering or distribution of domestic gas. Methane is in real a worse gas than, but the CO2 ejection is bigger than the one of methane.

c) As a solution the articel tell us, that we shoudn't hydrate the animals from methane. Eat less meat would be the better solution as to hydrate the animals.

d) The headline, if it has really an influence to the climate when animals blurt methan and CO2 out. Because I always want to know this.

e) "A list of all things you can do in your daily grind to lessen the climate change."

a)

Anger: persons, who have the power should use it to save our world and not for wars

Responsibility: the climate change is important for everyone

Hope: i'ts possible to improve the situation

Indifference: many people aren't interested in this important thematic

b)

Engagement: if everyone just did a small step to the right direction, we could go this way together

YES we can !!

It was quite a nice summer and now we have a warm autumn. The last two weeks it rained quite a lot.

The temperatures in Switzerland primarily depend on the altitude. In the northern lowlands, the average temperature in January is approximately 1°C and in July approximately 17°C. The corresponding average temperatures in the southern lowlands are 2-3° higher. At altitudes of approximately 1500 m a.s.l., the average temperature in January is about -5°C and in July about 11°C. Considering those locations in Switzerland where a series of observational data is available, Locarno-Monti in southern Switzerland is on average the warmest place with an annual mean temperature of 11.5°C. The coldest place, on the other hand, is the Jungfraujoch, located at 3580 m a.s.l., with an annual mean temperature of -7.5°C. The highest temperature that has ever been recorded in Switzerland, namely +41.5°C, was observed on 11 August 2003 in Grono in Southern Switzerland; the lowest temperature, -41.8°C, was measured on 12 January 1987 in La Brévine in the Jura Mountains.

Yes the glaciers are melting and the funny side about it is that the rapid melting of Alpine glaciers has prompted Swiss and Italian authorities to redraw the border between the two nations. Authorities believe the border will need to be moved by hundreds of feet in some places as glaciers have shifted and permafrost has disappeared, changing the course of rivers that once formed natural borders.

It is quite warm and sunny. A brilliant autumn day.

Hundred years, that means 1909... Karl Benz, the German mechanical engineer designed and built the world's first practical automobile in 1885, MAybe he and later Henry Ford, who improved the assembly line for automobile manufacturing and invented a car transmission mechanism, would already have thought of using as little fuel as possible.

b) That we shouldn't be shortsighted and allways bare in mind what the consequenses of our actions and decisions will be.

a) We can't imagine a world without nature, so that means that in our life there should be some mountains,glacier, river, brook, lake grass, bushes, birds, various animal species etc.

b) Personally, I think we are not 100% free to choose what ever we want to become. There are a lot of influences for example our parents. We make them extremely proud, if we manage to become a famous actor, a doctor, a lawyer or something like that. On the other side, they give us hint to do that way instead of the other. If you have got some as an idol, you tend to do what he did. Although we have all these influences, we are the one who decide, no matter if this is not the way our parents or teacher or somebody liked

c) It really depends on the persons you are related to. If they are good, that means if they know for example that if we keep damaging our environment by driving often by car (C02 emissions), if they are not interested in saving the jungle and all that kind of stuff, then the danger exists, to act like them.

staying with friends, talking, laughing

b) as often as possible

No but sometimes we have heavy storms and days of teoorential rain. This year near Lucerne where we live roads were closed and cellars flooded in canton Lucern by a such a heavy storm. A pork house was hit by lightning on a Lucern farm, but the 200 pigs were saved.

We've answered that question already. Do you find the answer ? (-:

No idea, we live in Switzerland (-:

I like all types of weather! I even like heavy rain.

It seems as if you like rain a lot!?!?

Our lake lies at the border of a big lake. It is beautiful!

Switzerland's Under 17 squad

I have my friends I can count on and that's good to know.

B) We are one world and we are in this together. It is easy to say and hard to live.

People neeed to know about those changes and they need to know that they are real, They also need to know what they can do about it.

The water in our lakes is very clean you could almost say it is drinking quality, the rivers are more dirty. Water quality is constantly monitored.

The drinking water that comes out of Swiss taps is as pure as bottled mineral water - and climate friendly (-:.

We have snow in the mountains. Many Alpine towns and villages heavily depend on snow, because their economy is dominated up to 90% by winter tourism.The average snow line has increased in altitude considerably since 1960. Predicted future warming would result in a further raising of the snow line by around 300 metres. This would have serious consequences for low-lying winter sport destinations in Switzerland.

The country has joined the Kyoto Protocol. We have the CO2 law. Government supports the construction of energy efficient buildings and renewable energy. But they could do more.

Yes and I actually like walking and I like riding my bicycle. I feel free than in a car. (And I always get sick in the car)