Environment - February 2007

Recycling, is less energy efficient then reuse, e.g. collection and reprocessing, while over recent years, packaging has increased, much of which, for many reasons is not recyclable.

2007-02-03 09:03:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

David Miliband, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has claimed there is no conclusive evidence that organic food is better than products grown conventionally.

Liz Lawrence, from the website faceofflowers.com, which specialises in organic produce said: "Organic produce is the only legally guaranteed food that you know what you're getting, you know there's no chemicals in there. "To sell organic produce you have to be registered and you're inspected very thoroughly." Robin Maynard, Campaigns Director for the Soil Association "It has been shown over the years that there is a difference between food produced organically and that produced using industrial methods." Mr Maynard said that research had shown higher levels of Vitamin C in organic produce, and recent research into organic milk had proved it contained higher levels of Omega 3.
Organics also have less nasty addatives.

Perhaps there are more taxes to be collected from non-organics.
Research need funding.

2007-02-03 08:58:51 · 12 answers · asked by kayamat_ka_din 3

I have been building burners for veggie oil on and off for about a year just to see what I can do with it.

I can tell you that they seem to burn very clean and hot.
Hot enough if you want to melt stainless steel with air injection.

I have not done an actual chemical analysis of the exhaust, but visual and smell wise looks good.
Combustion can be adjusted for output and mixture.

I am quite sure it can be adapted to anything that needs heat around the home.

Some projects included: an air heater, water heater and a grill, also I made a VERY simple hot water pump. This pump puts out about 1.5 quarts of boiling water every 30 seconds.

I also could adapt it to a clothes dryer.

I feel like I can eliminate every high wattage device used in my home.

I would think burning used veggie oil has to be better than burning coal or petroleum.

Am I on the right path? Ideas?

one project is at youtube. search for high temperature furnace. title my volcano.

2007-02-03 08:45:37 · 1 answers · asked by Wattsup! 3

What are we going to do when we all run out of Fossil fuels?

2007-02-03 08:30:37 · 2 answers · asked by tigerlily23 3

2007-02-03 08:03:39 · 7 answers · asked by Naturaleza 5

ok, so we are trying to phase out the old fashioned regular light bulb because they use so much energy.

the flourescent energy savings bulbs have mercury in them.

i see a dilemma

2007-02-03 07:51:42 · 2 answers · asked by familygames18657 1

i know pharmacies cannot re-use prescription bottles, and i know there are 1001 uses for them (coins, seeds....)

but what about plain ole recycling?

anyone know anything? i read a blurb about sending them to haiti but there was no further info. thanks

2007-02-03 07:48:32 · 2 answers · asked by familygames18657 1

what can be recycled? how can I convince my school to recycle?
thanks for any help

2007-02-03 07:30:24 · 7 answers · asked by ~MexicanCutie~ 2

Because it obvious global warming is happening, anyone who doesn't acknowledge this is in denile...

Will this be the end of places like Venice, New York, San Francisco, etc?

2007-02-03 07:23:33 · 5 answers · asked by Mikey 2

2007-02-03 07:14:53 · 3 answers · asked by kevin g 1

2007-02-03 07:14:12 · 2 answers · asked by kevin g 1

A 4 or 5 degree centigrade rise in temperature in the Permian Era unleashed most of the methane on Earth, killing off most life forms. Many scientists think this could happen again this century. Why are college students not demonstrating, holding rallies and marches? Governments listen when the multitudes talk loudly.

2007-02-03 06:57:37 · 9 answers · asked by H. Scot 4

Assuming everyone left the UK and never returned, releasing all captive animals before they left, how long would it be before Canary Wharf or St. Pauls Cathedral for example were overgrown with plants?
What would be the dominant animal after say 1000 years?

2007-02-03 06:51:45 · 9 answers · asked by Bum Gravy. 5

What do I have to do to start recycling? I mean, where can I get the special trash cans and stuff like that?

2007-02-03 06:41:06 · 4 answers · asked by Barb 3

I need an INTERESTING environmental issue that is going on now. ::have to write an excruciatingly long essay and would rather it be mildly entertaining in the writing process, to avoid falling asleep every three words::
-can't write about smoking and what how it effects pollution etc ::my professor smokes:: ::and he's a hard grader:: ::don't want to risk my chances::
-can't write about whale poaching or hurricane issues. ::already taken::

please help. and thanks in advance. :)

2007-02-03 06:34:46 · 6 answers · asked by unexpectedromance 2

This is the debate in Congress right now. Scientists of the world have united and overwhelmingly stated that they are 90% certain that human activity is contributing to global warming and if we don't act NOW, we will suffer catastrophic consequences.

I would say that the industries who have profitted, and I mean PROFITTED from the emission of green house gases should be the first ones tapped to start paying for the clean up! For example, Exxon Mobile just recorded the largest single quarter profit ever recorded by any company in the history of the world, last quarter. And that profit came directly from OUR wallets. So if they are asked to pay, essentially, everyone is paying...

2007-02-03 06:27:15 · 4 answers · asked by Dennis H 4

2007-02-03 06:21:02 · 8 answers · asked by Athennea 4

2007-02-03 06:12:56 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1

They should be related to computers. what parts of computers and such and such

2007-02-03 06:11:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like what wattage and size?

2007-02-03 06:00:08 · 3 answers · asked by Emizzle 2

anything will help!!!

2007-02-03 05:42:08 · 3 answers · asked by jEN 2

homework

2007-02-03 05:29:38 · 4 answers · asked by Optimus Prime 2

2007-02-03 05:25:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am I really helping the environment by buying refill packs?

2007-02-03 05:23:40 · 4 answers · asked by chicken_mayonnaise_sandwich 3

2007-02-03 05:14:01 · 10 answers · asked by shilki_gupta10 1

All the crap we dump in landfills all over the planet is poluting the environment in one way of another. And this stuff can be processed at a very low cost into raw material if you think about it. So, the only rational I see for using landfills at all is no one thinks about the costs involved. Lets do a study and see how much can be gained by processing trash into raw material. Just the hydrocarbons that can be removed by processing are worth billions of euros or dollars. And the rest can be processed into raw material worth millions so why use the poluting landfill?

2007-02-03 05:11:03 · 3 answers · asked by jim m 5

I am in a debate with my biology teacher about global warming. He says it's not happening, but I say it is. Can you help me prove my point?

2007-02-03 05:05:56 · 12 answers · asked by only me 2

because of the human with the end of the forests, pollution of the rivers and seas, attomic bombs, etc.
'cientifically' has been confirmed that human has been the cause of this, ¿now what? ¿What MUST we do? ¿do the children will thank you?

2007-02-03 04:56:06 · 30 answers · asked by MidKnight 6

2007-02-03 04:52:48 · 2 answers · asked by gyrlie1973 2

current information on soil,air,air pollution in chennai

2007-02-03 04:40:10 · 1 answers · asked by smartgirlfromchennai 1