Environment - May 2007

Ponder this... 70-71% of the earth is covered by water. That means 29-30% is covered by land. The earth is 200 million square miles. Humans take up 58 million square miles of the earth's land. That's 29% of the earth's land that we inhabit.
About 25% of that land is occupied by poor/3rd world countries.The world population is around 6.5 billion humans. 20%-30% live in those poor, undeveloped countries.

My point? I’m getting there…
So you have around 80% of humans who are polluting and even less that are adding significant amounts of pollution to the earth. Put all these humans in one place and let them pollute. You know how much of the earth they would be affecting? Most definitely less than 5% of the entire earth. It’s actually more like 1%, but I wanted to account for any math error I may have made. So our pollution is like a needle in a haystack.

I would like to ask how it is possible that we are ruining the ozone when we account for less 5% of the entire earth?

2007-05-23 08:31:20 · 28 answers · asked by pinkluxe 3 in Global Warming

for the usual "brown bag"?

2007-05-23 08:23:07 · 16 answers · asked by sophieb 7 in Green Living

While I take recycling very seriously what is the point of recycling plastic packaging which clearly has the recycle label on only to find that they leave it in the black box and take everything else??? I really am trying to do my bit for the environment but sometimes think why do I bother. Waltham Forest council please feel free to enlighten!!!!!

2007-05-23 08:11:47 · 23 answers · asked by kitkat 4 in Green Living

2007-05-23 07:52:30 · 3 answers · asked by mac4fun2003 2 in Global Warming

any minor ones may be suggested also.

2007-05-23 07:52:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

What goes in it?

2007-05-23 07:34:48 · 20 answers · asked by Jim 7 in Other - Environment

First of all, let me state that global warming is the warming of the Earth's atmosphere leading to climate change such as the melting of ice caps, melting of glaciers, and rising sea levels. I don't think there can be much debate about whether global warming is actually happening. I think the term "global warming" is mistakenly used to mean "warming caused by human activity".

Second, I'm not asking what, if anything, can be done to stop/slow global warming. What I'm asking is to what extent do you think human activity is involved with global warming versus natural processes - whether they are Earthly or Solar.

My personal feeling is the warming is part of a natural cycle which human activity might accelerate, but is not the root cause.

2007-05-23 07:27:48 · 13 answers · asked by Justin H 7 in Global Warming

2007-05-23 07:14:56 · 6 answers · asked by eternal_goof 3 in Green Living

It's a proven fact that the world goes in cycles. It gets really cold (ice ages) then warms up, then gets cold again, and keeps continuing in this pattern. Are we making the cycles happen faster?

2007-05-23 06:58:31 · 13 answers · asked by briar_rose1080 2 in Global Warming

2007-05-23 06:44:05 · 21 answers · asked by mshelton13 2 in Green Living

2007-05-23 05:37:23 · 20 answers · asked by Charlie D 2 in Global Warming

If 10% of the funds currently invested into the neo-religion of Global Warming were instead spent to feed the hungry, how many lives could be saved?

2007-05-23 05:32:40 · 11 answers · asked by geronrocks1 2 in Global Warming

Party like a rock star.

2007-05-23 05:15:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

in your opinion, are they helpful?

do they really help the enviorment? why or why not?

i already know that the batteries take a lot of energy to make and recycle, and that they're expensive and made with nasty by-products.

please help me out; sites would be good, and opinions would be good also.
thank you(:

2007-05-23 04:59:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

The AAAS states global warming is real.
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2007/0426volcano.shtml

NAS (National Academy of Sciences), the US House Committee on Science and Technology, the United Nations, the PEW Center... Pretty much everyone save a small cadre of energy industry schills recognize there is a real problem.

2007-05-23 04:16:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

We would like to harvest wind. Last i checked, there is no wind map of Louisiana, how do i find out if i can have a wind mill? How much power do they produce? Is this something we can do ourselves? Any info would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

2007-05-23 03:01:38 · 86 answers · asked by iluvnola 3 in Green Living

http://www.theaircar.com/faq.html

This says more then electric cars! Electric cars are still superficial in the idea that either Coal or Nuclear plants would be in higher demand! I'm on pure Solar power and it's not practical to have "electric cars" with solar power. Now, the Air Car, That's something EVERY Country and Every Person should be BACKING and ORDERING RIGHT NOW! The "by-product" or "Exhaust" is AC for the car! Clean pure AIR! Nuf Said. I hope someone else figures this out soon!

2007-05-23 02:30:38 · 8 answers · asked by mountain_tracker 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-05-23 02:00:32 · 7 answers · asked by New Car for Me 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-05-22 21:53:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-05-22 19:04:23 · 6 answers · asked by wonder 1 in Conservation

k so im wundering wat u gys think...personally i think its a natural cycle

2007-05-22 18:41:10 · 25 answers · asked by ashlee 1 in Global Warming

I remember when I was a kid how all the Eco - Hippies ran around spouting about how the world was going to enter a new Ice Age because of all the pollution. What happened to that theory?

2007-05-22 16:46:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

This reward was offered by the AEI (American Enterprise Institute) a right wing group who aim is to promote buisiness and free enterprise. Many of its staff have also worked as conultants for the bush administration.

AEI have also recieved over $1.6million from ExxonMobil, and Lee Raymond (former head of ExxonMobil) is vice chairman of AEI board of trustees.

Check your sources www.sourcewatch.org

2007-05-22 15:04:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-05-22 14:45:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Affordability desired. Need to know where you can purchase alternative fuels on the East Coast.

2007-05-22 14:37:49 · 10 answers · asked by Jeff H 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I am researching alternative fuels, and saw that people used to burn animal droppings for fuel. Can I use llama poo as a source of heat for my house? If so, how many llamas does it take to heat a 2800 square foot house? Does it matter the size of the llama or does any size llama do? And should I process the doo doo in any way to make it more usable for fuel? What does it smell like when it is burning? And how do you get it to light? Can I just burn it in a BBQ and funnel the heat through a window?

2007-05-22 14:35:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

I think that my garden statues move at night when I'm sleeping. I have a frog, a chicken, a gnome, and a birdbath. This morning I woke up to the sight of the gnome chocking the chicken. In the past, the frog has been swimming in the birdbath. And about 3 nights ago a new statue showed up- a little fairy. She was watching the gnome choke the chicken! What should I do?? I am afraid they will hurt me.

2007-05-22 14:29:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

Is it happening? What is the scientific evidence for global warming? Are humas accelerating this process? What can we do to try to slow it down, to minimize its effects on your life and the lives of future generations? Thanks.

2007-05-22 14:06:03 · 13 answers · asked by z3men3z 1 in Global Warming

http://macrocosm-magbook.blogspot.com/

2007-05-22 13:57:58 · 10 answers · asked by alvinwriter 2 in Other - Environment

global warming is bs and i dont understand why people are so ignorant.

2007-05-22 13:31:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming