Environment - February 2007

In the animated film, the Iron Giant, the agent Manley manipulates events and people such that a nuclear missle is launched against the robot, The Iron Giant. The latter finally becomes able to realize its freedom of choice in order to save everybody by meeting the missile at a point in the farther reaches of the atmosphere.

Assuming a nuclear missile were exploded at a distance from the earth such as that where the Space Station orbits, what would be the effects of say, a nuclear explosion the magnitude of a Hiroshima-sized explosion?

2007-02-19 11:02:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 10:56:40 · 3 answers · asked by ♫MIYA!! 2

I'm after a website that gives a breakdown about the amount of water it takes to make a hamburger, glass of wine, etc etc.

2007-02-19 10:48:03 · 1 answers · asked by newsomehall1 1

2007-02-19 10:14:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 10:09:55 · 5 answers · asked by grsem5@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-02-19 10:05:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband insists that we sort our recyclable plastics by their numbers. He is concerned that sanitation engieers will not be willing to recycle the plastics if we do not do this. I believe that most people just throw their plastics into one bag and leave the sorting to the employees at the recycling plant. Whom do you think is right?

2007-02-19 10:03:59 · 5 answers · asked by Tacymevol 5

2007-02-19 10:00:01 · 3 answers · asked by wilsonrove 1

2007-02-19 09:59:25 · 1 answers · asked by dantrellvance@sbcglobal.net 1

I'm sure that your showerhead can affect flow, etc. but I keep finding flip flop between showers and baths being better. Also, many sources say, "short," showers, but don't actually define the shortness. I gather that the wet self, turn water off, soap up, then rinse method would conserve water but I'm thinking of a regular old average shower.

So, just looking for a general answer, if an average shower is 10 minutes with an average showerhead, is that shower better or worse than a bath in an average sized tub in an average home (not a gigantic one, not a tiny one)?

2007-02-19 09:43:09 · 16 answers · asked by linseykathleen 1

2007-02-19 09:35:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think that Al Gore is smart, or just crazy? The movie and Inconvient Truth struck me as a political and concerning movie. What do you think?

2007-02-19 09:28:04 · 10 answers · asked by Belle Anna 1

2007-02-19 09:26:12 · 2 answers · asked by College Kid 5

2007-02-19 09:11:55 · 2 answers · asked by Kayla R 1

Actually, I happen to believe that global warming is ocurring. Within the next 20 or 30 years Glacier National Park in Montana may be glacier free. Less than 200 years ago there were over 360 identified glaciers there. Polar bears have shorter feeding periods because the ice fields melt faster than they used to. Remember, a cold winter in the East Coast is an example of weather, not climate. Nanook of the North has been working on his tan for the last several years. He has traded in his caribou and seal lined parka for a Hawaiian shirt and Speedos.

2007-02-19 09:00:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 08:30:57 · 14 answers · asked by Sazzy 3

if this is so, why are the polar ice caps melting a problem? shouldnt the plates just rise w/ the water??

2007-02-19 08:29:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want little ways to save our planet... I'm not super freaked out about global warming but I think it would be helpful to know how to help.......... thanks and i hope some of you can use these too...

2007-02-19 08:21:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

what would happen to an ecosystem

2007-02-19 08:19:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

besides that is cheap and that there is plenty of it

2007-02-19 08:17:26 · 4 answers · asked by Rico 2

Are there any solutions for the ranchers and wolves issue? How do we satisfy the ranchers while allowing the wolves to stay?

2007-02-19 08:16:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 08:11:56 · 5 answers · asked by d d 1

2007-02-19 06:49:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you rather be a suvivor of war? would your chances of recieving immediate aid from anyone be any greater than those who survived a natural disaster ie.; a hurricane, earthquake, flood, tornado, tsunami, typhoon,or massive land fires from a forest fire or volcanoe, or an avalanche, mud slide?

2007-02-19 06:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

How does the human population disrupt the water cycle?

2007-02-19 06:23:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 05:47:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 05:44:52 · 11 answers · asked by Adam B 1

I am in policy debate and we have to do Aff. on Utah renewable energy. which whould be the best to do. Water, wind, biodeisel, toxic waste. just stuff like that. my partner and i have to choose one and we don't know what whould be better to do.

2007-02-19 05:26:15 · 6 answers · asked by jEN 2

a)what are the advantages and disadvantages of doing something now to slow global warming?
b)what are the advantages and disadvantages of waiting until more data available?
c)is there any way to know for sure whether there is a link between CO2 and global warming?

2007-02-19 05:17:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do the climate models used by the IPCC predict the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Climate Optimum?

2007-02-19 05:12:17 · 2 answers · asked by leo s 1