What are you doing: Solutions to climate change....

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rottingjohnny

Sport climber

mammoth lakes ca

May 26, 2013 - 09:01pm PT

wilbeer...I got the same IF rig with the Vicious fork...

wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

May 26, 2013 - 09:08pm PT

RJ,Sweet.We[The Mendon Cyclesmith] deal with Carl at Vicious now and then.
Both IF and Vicious are great american rigs.
Thats a Groovy cycles fork.
14 miles of singletrack ,today,the North Country Trail.

rottingjohnny

Sport climber

mammoth lakes ca

May 26, 2013 - 10:39pm PT

Amen brother...

mechrist

Gym climber

South of Heaven

May 26, 2013 - 10:53pm PT

Ken M, the LA water story is pretty awesome. I TAd a course with required readings from Cadillac Desert. It was fun to watch the (mostly) NoCal kids hating on SoCal for the first half of the quarter... the hit them with the results of water conservation efforts over the last couple decades.

Great work. Thanks.

Ken M

Mountain climber

Los Angeles, Ca

May 27, 2013 - 02:35am PT

The great thing is that LA water remains so messed up, in terms of what it COULD be, that there is tremendous room for improvement!

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

May 27, 2013 - 09:58am PT

I bicycle to work because it feels good

I grow my own food because it tastes better.

I use things till they no longer are repairable because I'm cheap.

I re-purpose what's left when I can because it's conservative

Give me one of these connected to the sun's output and I'll do something about climate change.

mountainlion

Trad climber

California

Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2013 - 01:04pm PT

Good for you TGT!! I am glad your doing healthy things for yourself and our environment!!

It doesn't matter what the motivation is, or the reason we do things that help out the planet.

It really is no different than picking up trash while hiking...leaving it on the ground just doesn't make sense...

wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

May 27, 2013 - 01:14pm PT

Something i have been employing in the last couple of years is the advent of rechargable /solar lighting.Both for night bicycling and for van/camping.
Call me what you want,i loved coleman lanterns ,but i hate using more fossil fuel,especially when im in the great outdoors.

Firstly,the Soladyne lantern,made in the usa,hand crank,rechargable,solar lantern.Around 40 bucks.There are 5 ways to charge this bomber lantern.
Sure it may not have the power of a fuel lantern but 3 minutes of hand cranking provides 2 to 3 hours of lighting.

And then there is the Lupine Piko 3 smartcore,made in germany,it is one of the most powerful units for its size made.Rechargable.900 lumens.2 1/2 hours of full 900 lumen use on one charge.LED lighting has come a long way.

Just saying.

mountainlion

Trad climber

California

Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2013 - 07:48am PT

Really good examples Wilbeer...I gotta get the lantern (who uses it more than 2-3 hours at a time) I would use it to eat at the crag but usually my headlamp will do--but for campground scrabble, chess, dominoes, cards, etc!!

This past year a gun named "Doc" had a solar cell at the campground that he used to recharge the battery in his Van...he used the radio and all sorts of stuff at night and recharged the Van battery in the daytime using the solar cell at JTREE!! It was super cool he also showed me how to make a solar oven.

mountainlion

Trad climber

California

Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2013 - 05:51pm PT

I also like the tip about putting on a coat or sweater instead of adjusting the thermostat.

I really wish we could get a movement started of providing a full lane for biking and stiffen the penalties for harassing bikers with cars.

The philippines has an excellent public transportation system and it gets USED for most all travel, very few people own vehicles. This is one of the things the car companies and oil companies dismantled here in the U.S. (just check out what happened to public transportation in California--google and check out the history--we used to have a good system).

SteveW

Trad climber

The state of confusion

May 28, 2013 - 06:12pm PT

No kids
Hybrid Civic, drive less
Solar electricity, supplanted with windpower when
needed
R100 insulation in my attic
Keep thermostat low
Eat organic, grow some, eat mostly chicken & veggies
Close shades during day to keep house cool, use
evaporative cooler when necessary, no A/C
My lawn is about dead, water it very sparingly, though
I do water my food.
Walk more, bike more, car pool, use public transportation
Get more stuff from the library (don't buy so much stuff)
Just my little part.

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

May 28, 2013 - 06:23pm PT

I really wish we could get a movement started of providing a full lane for biking and stiffen the penalties for harassing bikers with cars.

Move to LA dude, our ex mayor is down with that.

Anyone want to sell me some carbon credits??????

I wish to drive to the valley and go climbing for the weekend.

wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

May 30, 2013 - 07:29pm PT

COMMUTE ,There are a lot of riders here,how is your rig?

Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member

May 31, 2013 - 11:48am PT

Trek Valencia+ With a Goal Zero Boulder 30 Panel

wilbeer

Mountain climber

honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys

May 31, 2013 - 11:57am PT

AWESOME

bookworm

Social climber

Falls Church, VA

May 31, 2013 - 12:06pm PT

"I'm blowing way less co2 into the atmosphere than before..."

yes, i encourage all of you to exhale less...and challenge you to stop exhaling altogether

that should take care of about half the population

lostinshanghai

Social climber

someplace

May 31, 2013 - 07:38pm PT

Chief has the picture that explains part of the problem but wrong answer to the solution.

Who cares if it is photo is a fake it is reality of the large cities we live in:

Here is a shot of a development in Mexico.

What does Chief’s picture and the above have in common?

It is Heat Sink or the lack of it. No trees, no vegetation to absorb the heat generated by the sun bouncing on the walls of the structures. The material heats up and rises making it even worse.

Heat Sink: correct Behind the other buildings you would find trees and the same.

Why is that you do not see anyone climbing the Nose or on the walls facing south in the Valley when it is over 100 degrees F: is the granite hotter or is it cooler than the ambient air around you or being at the bridge next to the river.

The way residential/commercial development in Los Angeles is like living in a toilet bowl [hills surrounding the basin], ever fly and when you come in to Burbank or LA International the hills around it look brown and orange all the way to Riverside, all freeways, houses, malls, and streets; sure you will find grass in Beverly Hills but that is it. There is no way that the air can circulate even if it is windy because it is trapped. Go north 75 miles and it seems to disappear and get cooler.

These cities from all the non-absorbing material creates its own added heat and rises with the chemicals along with it, Burping, farting, gas fumes, smoking cigars, cigarettes, pot, lighting the pot, cigar, cigarettes, all the smoke generated by Mc Donald’s, Burger King, Taco bell, thousands of trucks from Long Beach going to Palmdale to unload overseas goods/supplies for storage to later to go back to LA for distribution. Trucks coming south that brings in agricultural filled with pesticides well the list goes on and on………………

So some solutions: Hardcore

You can use 15% co2 in concrete mixes; it enhances the material properties in the concrete making it stronger. Best examples are bricks, stucco mix, roof tiles and roads. The only thing you cannot use or mix if you are using steel reinforcement, if that steel is coated with a polymer than yes.

20% in Solar products to heat and run electricity in your house and using salts to freeze water overnight when electricity [or your batteries] is not at its peak for cooling or air conditioning your house or commercial buildings.

20% in electric cars, battery bikes and motorcycles.

20% + 20% + 15% =55% reduction in carbon use; it can be done. About 0.05% is being used now but maybe one day can get to that 55%. Just let our Congressman/woman in Washington know about this and for sure it will get done faster.