Environment - July 2006

Traveling the country talking about global warming in his Gulfstream 4 burning enough fuel to keep 4 houses warm for an entire winter each leg of his trip?

And is he not a typical Democrat highlighting the problem but no clue how to fix it!

2006-07-08 16:40:40 · 18 answers · asked by Drewpie 5

They say they are afraid of contaminating the underground water? Well, can we dig deep and built water proof concrete and store all nuclear waste in barrels for decades? Can this be done? So what is the problem then?

2006-07-08 16:09:16 · 11 answers · asked by teddybear1268 3

per mile which is the cleanest in general? , gasoline,
clean disel,ethanol or biodiesel?

per mile which is the cleanest refering to carbon dioxide? gasoline, clean diesel, ethanol, or biodiesel?

2006-07-08 15:49:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 14:59:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 13:48:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-08 13:27:02 · 8 answers · asked by zorgani1 1

One of the most characteristics of AOP is the presence of hydroxyl radicals (OH.) to degrade recalcitrant contaminants in the leachate.

2006-07-08 11:54:42 · 1 answers · asked by Tonni K 1

As a source of power for a city, how efficient would an artificially created wind tunnel full of wind generators be? I'm thinking something 15-20 stories up. All the buildings at that level would be designed to channel air movement for the generators. Supplement that with solar power.

2006-07-08 11:48:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What’s your opinion as to these points?

Unfortunately, the human race is predisposed to failure. Here are just three of the reasons why.

1) The human race is predisposed to procrastination which means that we will never try to fix something until it's "in our face". Even then, it has to be "absolutely" proven that it is recognizably affecting our "quality of life" before we will act. For example, take the environmental situation. We still have people (generally for economic reasons) fighting the preponderance of scientific data that indicates we better do something to fix the environment. They seem to think that if they are justified in doing nothing as long as they can find "any little piece of data" which "may" indicate that global warming isn't occurring. Let me ask you this; is it better to act and later discover that the situation was not as "dire" as we suspected or to do nothing and later discover that it's too late to fix???

2) We are naturally territorial (yes, like many other creatures). The problem is that the "sticks & stones" (which were replaced by fire, spears, arrows, gunpowder, etc.) we used to kill the challengers to "our territory" in the beginning have evolved into biological and nuclear weapons with the capability to poison the planet. By the way, how does territory get "claimed" anyway? I mean, at some point in the past nobody "owned" any property but now we all think we have the right to "own" that which was never "BOUGHT". BTW, yes, I "own" land and a house but I still stand by my point that neither the former owner nor I actually ever have had or currently have the rights to buy and sell it.

3) We have worldwide leadership that for the most part is either ignorant or indifferent to the truth (or, in the case of the U.S., BOTH). Without leadership, we will never make any headway and, regrettably, I believe that there are too many governments that are more concerned with either staying ahead of or catching up to, everyone else and are willing to accept the consequences of future problems in order reap the "rewards" of today.

Maybe, if we get lucky, we’ll get a “mini” version of the movie “The day after tomorrow” that will force the world into action. Unfortunately, according to the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, James Hansen (as well as many other scientists), we have 10 or less yrs to turn it around and I don’t think we will. That’s why my wife and I have decided not to bring another life into a world that has more of a negative outlook now than it ever has. Enjoy life and live for the now because too many governments, and many corporations, are steadfast in their path to destroying the future.

2006-07-08 11:39:15 · 5 answers · asked by flyerd1 2

http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/

2006-07-08 10:33:47 · 4 answers · asked by newsgirlinos2 5

2006-07-08 10:14:13 · 14 answers · asked by Bapboy 4

RE: "An Inconvenient Truth" Al Gore

http://www.climatecrisis.net/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3412657607654281729&q=rose+gore (free 1-hour show)

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/07/06/wal-mart-warms-to-gore/

2006-07-08 09:36:46 · 13 answers · asked by walrus 2

A new technology allowing the making of biodiesel fuel without enviromental waste or bi-product concerns and that will cost nearly 50% less then current fuel prices has been developed. With a second stage development of limitless amounts of feedstock(vegetable oil) made from earths greatest resource of plant oil that can be regenerated easily and quickly, this new technology could easily replace petroleum based fuels both for automotive and home heating at a fraction of the cost and impact on the enviroment. Looking for an investor who does not care about the amounts of money he will make from his investment, but will do it for the betterment of mankind and his enviroment. Greed does not make a good business partner!

2006-07-08 09:28:03 · 6 answers · asked by Andrew H 1

2006-07-08 09:10:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I pesonally don't believe in Global Warming. Why is everyone believing the scientists? Aren't the scientists just in it to make money, with their big research so that they can fund politics that they themeselves like. It certainly is subjective don't you think? I think if everyone delves into the topic a little more I think they will see that Global Warming infact does NOT exist, and is just figments of the scientists imagination.

2006-07-08 08:40:39 · 17 answers · asked by ↓ImWithStupid ░░▒▒▓▓ 4

Wars will one day be fought over water and water rights. We need effective solutions to drinking water shortages today.

2006-07-08 08:35:12 · 9 answers · asked by qwerty92844 1

2006-07-08 07:53:35 · 12 answers · asked by utefan32 1

people tend to want more than they can hav even if it means stealing from others.why is this so

2006-07-08 07:52:49 · 11 answers · asked by esther 1

2006-07-08 07:04:47 · 8 answers · asked by moby 2

As an environmentally concious person, I ask myself if the world will be habitable in the next 20 years? 50 years? 100 years? How will we avoid an environmental catastrophe? How many ways are we actually polluting the environment? What can we do to circumvent the inevitable?

2006-07-08 06:55:59 · 8 answers · asked by Michael H 2

2006-07-08 06:20:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-07-08 05:59:34 · 3 answers · asked by Antrena 1

2006-07-08 05:46:20 · 2 answers · asked by poring 1

2006-07-08 05:44:06 · 8 answers · asked by Sheryl B 1

2006-07-08 04:27:54 · 10 answers · asked by Cardozo LS Student. 1

2006-07-08 03:23:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I refer to Stephen Hawking's statement about the human race needed to expand into space in the event of a disaster to Earth. I find the movie "Soylent Green" to be a very real possibility.

2006-07-08 03:11:04 · 6 answers · asked by Trilobite 1

2006-07-08 01:55:59 · 8 answers · asked by TARIG B 1

2006-07-08 01:40:04 · 3 answers · asked by TARIG B 1

2006-07-07 22:45:57 · 23 answers · asked by tallman36 1