Environment - May 2007

2007-05-31 23:09:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

we really need to do something about end of life disposal of bodies .burrial is not allways a sound idea ,cremation pollutes the air with mercury and other things uses alot of natural gas .we could compost and use the methane for fuel and the leftovers for fertilizer.what do you think

2007-05-31 21:46:47 · 14 answers · asked by old fart 4 in Conservation

2007-05-31 20:56:13 · 9 answers · asked by Suhrid 1 in Other - Environment

2007-05-31 20:02:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Odd or not what smell is one of your faves? (i.e. gasoline, tires, leather)

2007-05-31 18:41:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Considering that it takes energy to make a new car, even a hybrid, when is it more efficient to buy a hybrid vs. keeping an older car until it dies of natural causes. Monetary cost is not the primary factor here.

2007-05-31 18:20:48 · 18 answers · asked by sic man 2 in Green Living

If there were an alternative electric vehicle that could be delivered by January 2009, for $35,000.00 and it were truly comparable, speed, distance etc, is there 100,000 people that would commit to the first 100,000 produces?

What would the gas price per gallon have to be to get 100,000 contracts in america?

2007-05-31 18:18:33 · 12 answers · asked by Thomas from Miisk 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

... why is the temperature rising five to ten times faster than any known natural warming? The fastest known natural warming occurs when the Earth comes out of an Ice Age, when the planet typically warms by 4° to 7° C over 5000 years or so, a rate of 0.14° C per century or less. In the past century the planet has warmed by 0.7° C. Is it just an amazing coincidence that this is occurring at exactly the same geological moment as the large-scale burning of fossil fuels?

(And over the last 20 years, the temperature has been rising at an astounding rate of 2° per century. And it's still accelerating.)

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/Report/AR4WG1_Pub_FAQs.pdf
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata/GLB.Ts+dSST.txt

2007-05-31 17:41:19 · 17 answers · asked by Keith P 7 in Global Warming

2007-05-31 17:18:15 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

If i hear the phrase "Going Green" One more time i will.

1. kill someone
2. kill someone and eat them
3. kill someone, reanimate them and kill them again.
4...(your best answer wins points)

2007-05-31 17:02:15 · 5 answers · asked by wolfmano 7 in Green Living

if not, can it burn any ethanol mix?

2007-05-31 15:56:16 · 4 answers · asked by The Big Bean 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I've studied climatology / climate change etc and it's a subject I know something about. What credible arguments would you use to convince me that anthropogenic global warming / climate change is either fabrication or of little consequence.

Please, credible arguments only.

2007-05-31 15:56:12 · 11 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

Putting aside the case for or against global warming / climate change, what concerns do you have regarding gw / cc. For example, the implications of acceptance by governments or society.

2007-05-31 15:50:49 · 5 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

There's several global warming skeptics on this site, I'd like to know to what academic level you have studied global warming / climate change / climatology or other relevant subject(s).

Thankyou.

2007-05-31 15:39:53 · 7 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

I heard a NASA scientist on NPR this morning discussing global warming. He agrees in the reality of global warming, and that it is caused by human action, he just questions if it is truly a bad thing. He said that working to stop climate change is saying that the climate as it is right now is optimal. He brings up the fact that the climate has changed numerous times throughout the world's history (dinosaurs time, ice ages, etc.) and thinks it is rather arrogant for us to decide that we should not allow it to happen any more.

I personally thought his idea was crazy, but I'm curious to hear what others think.

2007-05-31 15:05:05 · 14 answers · asked by wendy08010 6 in Global Warming

2007-05-31 14:36:10 · 18 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Global Warming

Is there a way you can use powerful luminesent paint mixed with flouesent paint and use a small sized light to iluminate your home while saving power, and providing sufficient light?

is flouresent light bad for your eyes?

2007-05-31 14:24:44 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Conservation

IN a statement today the head of NASA went against alll his experts. He said Global Warming was less important...
Important to what, was this outta context? Or was he working on a position of greater wealth working for Hillary Clinton?
What do u think? TY

I am sorta back , this Mac I book is killin me

2007-05-31 13:30:51 · 6 answers · asked by Mele Kai 6 in Global Warming

2007-05-31 13:25:14 · 11 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7 in Other - Environment

Do you have any suggestions on how to fight global warming? Post it here. Thanks!

( also, if you can find any good websites, too)

2007-05-31 12:32:22 · 18 answers · asked by Ali 3 in Green Living

its all a load of crap i think what happend to all the cars and power stations and aeroplanes after the ice age what melted the ice then there was no cars or green house gasses then its just narture taking its course but the goverment are makin money from it DO YOU AGREE

2007-05-31 12:01:36 · 13 answers · asked by myke0282 3 in Global Warming

From a scientific standpoint, would the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere be increasing on an Earth with no humans (or other industrialized beings) given the same temperatures we are experiencing today?

We are bombarded with claims that current CO2 increases are man-made. Is 100% of the increase attributable to man?

2007-05-31 11:59:22 · 7 answers · asked by 3DM 5 in Global Warming

2007-05-31 11:28:17 · 5 answers · asked by U-98 6 in Other - Environment

Here is an op-ed piece from a health website about his plan to fight global warming.
http://www.medsocial.com/blog.aspx?blogaction=viewblog&show=473

2007-05-31 11:26:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Is the earth going to get so hot that we will need to sit in pools all day with air conditioning on in the winter?
Will it get to that in my lifetime? (I'm 13)
If we work to fix it, will it ever get like that?

Thank you!

2007-05-31 11:04:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

are you for or against gun control and why? what restriction should there be?

2007-05-31 10:55:35 · 11 answers · asked by DANDAN22 2 in Global Warming

Let see the alarmist answer this one. Is he ignorant? Is he bought by big oil? Why would he say this? Surely he know we are all about to die from Global Warming. Should he lose his job? He must be silenced if he doesn't beleive in GW, right?

2007-05-31 10:14:07 · 19 answers · asked by John Galt 2 in Global Warming

Anybody else seen one?

2007-05-31 10:05:33 · 6 answers · asked by Middle Class White Male 2 in Conservation

OK.. we are dependant on coal fired power plants. Thats reality.

Most utility compannies should be VERY HAPPY to build new plants and shut down the old ones. The savings in fuel would pay off quickly.

TXU in Texas wanted to build 11 new plants... Environmentalist ad campaigns got the plan reduced to less than half as many. Because the new plants won't be built: old, ineffiient, dirty plants will have to be kept on line for 20 or 30 more years, rather than shut down.

Electric generation companies get bad publicity for not having adequate power production capacity, but when they try to build plants to meet the demand, they get bad publicity.
They get bad publicity for operating plants that produce lots of pollution, but they aren't allowed to build the newer less polluting plants.
They get bad publicity for high energy costs and aren't allowed to build more efficient plants that would allow them to lower the price to the consumer.

Aren't Liberal envirowhackos idiots?

2007-05-31 10:03:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I seems to me that, in recent years Wild animals, birds and insects have become more abundant in the UK country side last few years.

Anybody else noticed this?

2007-05-31 10:02:42 · 5 answers · asked by Middle Class White Male 2 in Conservation