What is the most effective long-term solution to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions?

To help reduce amount of CO2 emissions you could start by:

Walking or cycling to near distances instead of driving. It could be a win-win, you saving money on gas and helping the planet. By walking it'll help us stay active especially for lazy people "me." Recyling and reusing house hold items is another stradegy. Throwing any cans, news papers, plastic bottles, or cardboard objects into a recyling bin will help by reducing the amount of garbage getting tossed in waste lands.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."

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