if only i had...

as every single singaporean laments, complains, and curses about e sweltering heat and unbearable humidity, an unusually long summer and heatwave, let us look back on a life lived, and as the common individual complains "how can my actions impact a global problem", Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth seeks to remind us that "what we take for granted", are going to disappear, and be sacrificed at our hands. they are "not going to be here" for our descendants, whom would be robbed of e chance to exist, one which we had, and whom would look back at us bitterly knowing we were guilty of genocide even though we say we love them.

"why didnt they wake up, when they had a chance?"

if only i had switched off that fan when i wasnt in e room, that table lamp, unplugged those plugs which i found too troublesome.
~ coal burns to generate electricity, producing e principal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.

if only i had driven my car less and took public transport.
~ vehicles run on gasoline, which then produce carbon dioxide.

if only i had thought less of SUVs and discouraged people i know from buying, possessing and driving them.
~ SUVs are not built for city roads, and they emit more than four times carbon dioxide compared to a standard car.

if only i had used paper more sparingly, not printed everything i thought i needed, didnt mind using recycled paper, and not used disposable chopsticks unnecessarily.
~ deforestation is responsible for a quarter of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions, not to forget our elementary science: trees absorb carbon and provide e balance to humans.

if only i had flew less.
~ the aviation industry's contribution to warming is fast growing. e fewer people need to fly, e fewer flights.

if only i had turned off that engine while waiting, and not been part of heavy traffic.
~ stationary vehicles with engines running are contributing significantly in carbon dioxide releases.

if only i had made a point against fertilisers in my vegetables and cars with converters.
~ these are man-made sources of e greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, 300 times more effective in trapping heat than carbon dioxide.

if only i had eaten less beef, pork and rice and gone vegetarian more often. staples suck, they're so high on carbs.
~ cattle and rice fields release large amounts of methane, more than 20 times deadlier than carbon dioxide in trapping heat.

~ for cindy, and all of mankind ~