Environment - July 2006

I have been reading much about global warming lately and I have had a very difficult time answering that question. I have read through the IPCC reports and myriad other sources which all seem to give me different answers to this same question.

I think the question is a very important one because it deals specifically with the impact that CO2 emissions will have on our posterity. If the level of augmentation of the greenhouse effect caused by CO2 emissions is not yet discovered then I feel it would be very difficult to justify many of the proposed reforms such as Kyoto. However if the augmentation is significant enough then it would certainly justify the large scale reduction of carbon emissions.

2006-07-29 14:09:11 · 3 answers · asked by piracyofficer 2

global warming is a big beal, it threatens the entire earth, someone once told me that if something were to have the earth in danger it would be all over the news. Is it just our country's lack of care?

2006-07-29 10:17:49 · 20 answers · asked by Alisia A. 3

2006-07-29 09:56:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every time fossil fuel burning releases CO2, it releases even more H2O (by molecule count, if not by weight).

The CO2 is being reprocessed back to carbon and oxygen by all the photosynthetic organisms in the biosphere but the water just stays water.

That means that we have not only global wetting, but the binding of oxygen into a terminal form. We should be making water and binding oxygen even faster than we are increasing CO2 concentration.

Do the climatology models predict steady wettening and oxygen depletion?

2006-07-29 09:37:54 · 3 answers · asked by enginerd 6

2006-07-29 08:59:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we developed cars, home heating, and industrial power based on burning hydrogen, and some of that hydrogen was made from sources other than splitting water, then could we have a situation even worse than from carbon based burning.

With fossil fuel burning, we take carbon out of the ground and put it in the air, affecting the CO2 balance. But at least there is a giant biosphere working to split the CO2, but the carbon back in the earth, and put the oxygen back in the air.

With burning of hydrogen that didn't come from water (and there are cheaper sources of hydrogen than electrolysis of water), each new water molecule made is here to stay. There is no bio-cycle to break the water back.

Every passing day, the earth would be wetter, and the atmosphere would deplete in oxygen. Oh no! global wet asphyxiation.

2006-07-29 07:55:38 · 5 answers · asked by enginerd 6

as in weather....Natural disaters ,, war related

2006-07-29 07:43:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-29 07:17:40 · 12 answers · asked by Brent M 2

2006-07-29 06:33:35 · 6 answers · asked by neenie 1

Several companies offer 100% renewable energy options. If you choose one, you shouldn't have to pay a carbon tax on your fuel bills. What's the catch?

2006-07-29 03:38:39 · 8 answers · asked by fuzzio smart 1

who is one of the few people the planet can turn to for answers, is asking the very question we would ask of him? “How can the human race survive the next hundred years?”

2006-07-29 02:26:30 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-29 02:23:33 · 6 answers · asked by Nothin 2

There is a neverending stream of references to a group of people known as "Environmentalists". I am interested in what characteristics, behaviours, opinions etc you think would place somebody in this category. Another way of looking at this question could be to ask what Environmentalism is, as somebody who is an Environmentalist must surely practice Environmentalism

ps please dont answer this question with "somebody who cares about the environment, duh"

2006-07-29 01:04:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

vacation ...

2006-07-28 19:17:07 · 20 answers · asked by A_WWE_FAN_4LYFE 6

There must be an insect or animal logically that does not have one for the chain to start but what are they?

2006-07-28 18:52:48 · 11 answers · asked by N Q 2

What is your opinon about global warming?

2006-07-28 18:43:59 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-28 15:44:46 · 9 answers · asked by lbnetti9 1

2006-07-28 15:26:36 · 2 answers · asked by Sepoy 1

Do you hear them singing in chorus at night? Have you spotted any?

2006-07-28 14:12:17 · 7 answers · asked by Ivy 3

My family recently moved to the country where we have a dug well. The water is turning our tea/coffee cups black, as well as the inside of our toilets. I was wondering if it was black mold. Does anyone know if it is & what I should/could do about it? Our water is suppose to be safe to drink & none of us are sick, but it is worrying us a little. Thanks! :)

2006-07-28 13:28:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Scientific evidence is increasingly showing that the human taste for seafood, and the efficiency of the equipment available to fishermen, combined with age old factors such as greed and corruption has contributed in a significant if not causal way to the near destruction of fish stocks worldwide (mainstream examples include cod and tuna; it is believed that the North Sea Oyster population was wiped out through human activity before farming became the status quo). Like all matters of sustainability, the solution will lie in our ability to moderate consumption and ensure appropriate and effective management of this resource.

2006-07-28 13:15:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could we ever run out of it?

2006-07-28 11:51:37 · 2 answers · asked by chris22luigi 2

If you were stuck in the woods with only a hunting knife and a stick of celery, would you have the guts to kill a bear if it was going to attack you? Or would you be nice to it and claim that you don't want to upset the balance of nature? Or would you run away? Where would you run? If you were going to try and kill it, how would you do it? Would you have prepared spears, etc., with the knife beforehand? What would you do?

2006-07-28 10:33:56 · 14 answers · asked by Captain Hero 4

I am in England and we are experiencing the hottest July months since records began, the moskitoes love it, help!

2006-07-28 08:57:33 · 24 answers · asked by The High Flying Freedom Frie 3

last couple of storms my kids called and said they seen lighting which looked red. they only live a couple of blocks from me.

2006-07-28 07:58:30 · 4 answers · asked by joyce 1

If we used 9553 ccf of Natural Gas last year, how many gallons of Propane would that be equal to.

2006-07-28 07:38:58 · 3 answers · asked by carwash 1

Would part on the city be under water, which areas are affected ? Are there articles out there ?

2006-07-28 06:38:36 · 7 answers · asked by e_kueh 2

2006-07-28 06:14:37 · 3 answers · asked by dan_614@sbcglobal.net 1

2006-07-28 05:15:26 · 6 answers · asked by sean w 2

How do such a minority force their religeous beliefs on others. If you only wish to read the bible and accept everything as fact, instead of the reality that it is a partially accurate historical account of life 2000 years ago, then please leave these views to your bible classes.

2006-07-28 03:58:27 · 6 answers · asked by craigy 2