Environment - June 2006

Based on information from John Stossel's book "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity"

Hardly a day goes by without some kind of warning that mankind's use of fossil fuels is causing global warming.

Stossel looks at the numbers. Half of this century's global warming happened between 1900 and 1945. Stossel asks, "If man is responsible, why wasn't there much more warming in the second half of the century? We burned much more fuel during that time."

According to Harvard astrophysicist Sallie Baliunas, added carbon dioxide helps plants grow. Warmer winters give farmers a longer growing season, and the warming might end the droughts in the Sahara.

There's another consideration. For the past 800,000 years, there have been periods of approximately 100,000 years called Ice Ages, followed by a period of 10,000 years, a period called Interglacial, followed by another Ice Age. We're about 10,500 years into the present Interglacial period, namely, we're 500 years overdue for an iceage.

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2006-06-14 13:57:44 · 4 answers · asked by outlawscr10 2

It is one of god's most beautiful creations!

2006-06-14 13:47:45 · 16 answers · asked by דְבוֹרָה Devorah 5

I would like to exchange ideas about water resources partcipatory management approaches and there-to case studies that provrd to be succesful.

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2006-06-14 09:50:44 · 15 answers · asked by okie 1

Out of all the research conducted on Mars will there be an alternative fuel avilable to use on Earth from materials gathered on the planet?

2006-06-14 07:39:58 · 3 answers · asked by bushyferret1 1

That's always been my answer when people say "Well what would YOU do about emissions from power stations and non-renewable fuel and efficient energy and the ever-approaching energy crisis?"

2006-06-14 07:22:56 · 10 answers · asked by pittising 2

2006-06-14 07:19:56 · 16 answers · asked by Edward 2

For homework

2006-06-14 06:57:46 · 5 answers · asked by russell.magpies 1

please include URLs... curiosity LOL

2006-06-14 06:54:38 · 10 answers · asked by Ron 3

My homework

2006-06-14 06:36:49 · 11 answers · asked by russell.magpies 1

How many can you actually name without cheating and looking it up?

(I only got 4 of them myself before I read the article)

2006-06-14 04:04:30 · 2 answers · asked by gotalife 7

today the humidity is supposed to be between 57% and 63% i was wondering if that was average or normal

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2006-06-14 02:47:13 · 1 answers · asked by Terry S 1

Old houses might be damp, funghi grow and wind blows...?
New houses might emit weird chemicals, and might be isolated too well, so that again funghi might have a field day?
Even wood can emit dangerous fumes? Other people don't want to live in stone houses, don't know why?

So waht kind of house should one look to live in, and how to make sure that the house you chose is healthy?

2006-06-14 01:57:25 · 1 answers · asked by Tichy 3

2006-06-14 01:30:18 · 6 answers · asked by Edward 2

A friend brought this up to me a couple days ago, I didnt do any other digging into the subject...For example "Lake Michigan"....A large lake...."Partridge Lake".....much smaller...This seems to be the case in Wisconsin anyway...Did someone do this intentionally...If so what is the reason...And how is it determined if a lake is big or small...what is the citeria?

2006-06-14 01:24:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous