Environment - July 2006

Please answer only yes or no, and only if you accept the premise.
Premise: The earth is in a warming trend (great or small, caused by man or nature)
Question: do you believe that if the human race were to in effect "disappear" from the earth, would the warming trend stop.

2006-07-25 14:33:12 · 30 answers · asked by Ha! Invisible! 3

2006-07-25 14:14:29 · 4 answers · asked by Chris M 2

requires 300% fuel and release 300% pollution?

2006-07-25 13:31:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-25 12:25:54 · 3 answers · asked by Jared G 1

why don't more people talk about the pollution in china.
The US is dream land compared to china



60% of Chinese cities have serious air pollution problems.
that is SERIOUS PROBLEMS!


Experts also say that more than three-quarters of the water flowing through China's cities is unsuitable for drinking because of pollution from industrial waste

Indonesia is now suffering the fastest rate of deforestation in the world, losing a wooded area the size of Switzerland every year.

Scores of rivers have dried up and water tables are getting ever lower.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4272577.stm

2006-07-25 11:58:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had heard that if a cricket touches raw steel or metal that it can no longer jump. Have tried this theory and it seems to be true. Why?

2006-07-25 11:53:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

DALLAS — Wind turbines supplying energy to homes and businesses will one day line Texas' 376-mile coastline if the state's Land Office Commissioner has his way.

The turbines will stand about 10 miles offshore, enough to preserve the treasured view but close enough to make coastal wind power an affordable energy alternative still missing in the United States, Commissioner Jerry Patterson (search) said.

Last month, the office announced a deal with a Louisiana contractor to build 50 turbines designed to power about 40,000 homes.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174806,00.html



so a single turbine can power 800 homes?
that is pretty good.

2006-07-25 11:40:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

from lung disease shown to be caused by coal burning plants upwind of where they live? And the number of people actually killed by radiation since 1947 is less than the number of coal miners killed in any single decade? Have you really done ony NON-biased research into it's pros and cons?

2006-07-25 11:17:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've heard how the ocean levels can rise and storms will become more intense, but in terms of temperature rise what are we likely to see?

2006-07-25 11:16:59 · 9 answers · asked by Bert S 2

(it's eco friendly)

Please also see:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As5CgCJZPu_XIaiW18ndZKfsy6IX?qid=20060725144853AACQ4YO

for any details / Q's

2006-07-25 11:05:02 · 5 answers · asked by Am 4

If so, what kind can we create? How long do they last? Could this be feasibly done on a big enough scale to reflect light from the sun thereby reducing total global warming? (a temporary bandaid)

2006-07-25 10:36:46 · 10 answers · asked by sab057 1

What actually works-and more importantly, what is keeping people from using it? Are the costs of producing another type of fuel actually more than what crude oil costs now? Are there any serious projects you know of to use an alternative power source at any industrial plants?

2006-07-25 10:07:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

In 1996 an all electric car was built by GM by the states that could of solved one of our polution problems, and our dependency on gas. Inside of paying 3-4 dollars of gallon for gas, we would of been paying 60 cents for the electricity. So the question is what happened to this car? where did id disapear to?

2006-07-25 09:19:43 · 12 answers · asked by tiggersworld2001 1

what are the best methods to help global warming

2006-07-25 09:00:46 · 19 answers · asked by hoetan_satarian 2

2006-07-25 06:36:11 · 9 answers · asked by Am 4

I want to help the environment by planting some trees but I don't know where I can plant them where it's legal. I have plenty of trees in my back yard already.

2006-07-25 06:17:33 · 7 answers · asked by Marie N 3

Why isnt there a massive program to include the ocean waves as a source of renewable energy? there are trillions of gallons pushed upon american shores everyday. There is no way to deplete this because the waves are cause by the pull of the moon. If there was a way to turn those waves into energy, then why hasnt man, with all the technology done it? And P.S. i know they have done it in a small way but in talking a massive!

2006-07-25 05:55:36 · 6 answers · asked by West 3

2006-07-25 05:51:24 · 7 answers · asked by Am 4

2006-07-25 05:44:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anyone knows?

2006-07-25 01:38:22 · 10 answers · asked by Eve W 3

say, net photosynthesis rate of xxx trees equals to consumption of as much CO2 per some time as one car produces during the same time, ok?.

if you could please do the calculation and give me also the data, the figures u used in the calculation- i am asking this question so that i can have some variation of the figures, some interval. and also so that we can all see how much CO2 is being added to the air...

thank you very much for your effort

my igures, just at random - CO2 emission of a car 120g/km, net fotosynthesis production of a temperate forest - 300kg dry matter per year, so it is around or above 200hectars of forest for one car.

2006-07-25 01:17:56 · 4 answers · asked by iva 4

I had a discussion of this topic and came to no real answer. I know the USA consumes the more energy than a lot of countries, but do we do it more efficiently than say China for example? I have lived in the USA, and Europe. I find the homes very different, most homes in the USA are wood frame, here in The Netherlands it is cement for example. My guess is wood is a better insulator than cement. What about oil vs. coal for electricity, who uses the most environmentally friendly methods to produce energy?
Despite consumption of energy (large countries of course consume more) who uses it the best, and who has the most energy efficient households? Any answers with sources for further reading would be great.

2006-07-24 21:12:20 · 9 answers · asked by dcurbancontessa 1

Smooth dirt roads get rough when vehicles use them even in dry weather, how so?

2006-07-24 21:07:53 · 13 answers · asked by chris b 1

2006-07-24 19:11:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-24 18:39:06 · 10 answers · asked by acid tongue 7

2006-07-24 17:56:07 · 3 answers · asked by ferdi 1

of trees would be best to plant? I live on 3 acres part of which is below me in a field.in that field are cattails and a natural spring,so there is water in one area
I am hoping to be selling soon and moving to the city but I could plant something while I am still here.My place is up for sale right now so its time to get to work on this while I am still here.The trees in the forests that are being depleted are what?

2006-07-24 17:18:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a student; this evening in class we were having a discussion and the topic of nuclear bombs came up. Does anyone know if the United States would be at risk for radiation exposure if a nuclear bomb[s] were to explode in the Middle East?

2006-07-24 17:10:20 · 6 answers · asked by ? 4

why does thunder sound so loud?
why does it make me so scared?

2006-07-24 15:17:23 · 10 answers · asked by Dawn C 5

I did a search for Active Volcanoes and wow was I surprized! So many all over the world.esp this month. Is this the reason for all the heat day and night? It used to cool off at night but not now and its all of a sudden.Storms too with a lot of lightning for the past few days.I am in California.

2006-07-24 14:07:49 · 16 answers · asked by zarandipity 3