Environment - June 2007

It cost more and seems to be in high demand, why is that?

2007-06-20 08:17:41 · 6 answers · asked by Face on Fire 5 in Green Living

These bulbs are going to cause more damage when one considers the fact that one of the ingredients to the manufacture of the bulb is mercury. That stuff is dangerous! It can poison you easily. Are lower power bills worth the damage we will be doing to our environment? Also, none of these CF lightbulbs is manufactured here in the States. EVERY last one of them comes from China!

2007-06-20 07:52:21 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Environment

Or do you feel his efforts are for Monetary reasons? He puts on these pig events in airconditioned areanas, he travels in huge motor homes with many people, he flies across country and al over the world....He has SUVs and doesn't show any personal changes in regards to Global Warming. What are your thoughts on this man?

2007-06-20 07:45:44 · 20 answers · asked by MysteriouslyMisty 2 in Global Warming

Do you feel as though Global warming is an the effort of money hungry people who want to convince the world to buy their books and watch their films?

2007-06-20 07:43:36 · 32 answers · asked by MysteriouslyMisty 2 in Global Warming

And the history of climate change throughout the centuries? A lot of people seem to be under the impression that "global warming" amounts to the earth just getting hotter and hotter until the glaciers melt and flood the planet, which will not be the case. The earth is pretty good at keeping herself balanced.

2007-06-20 07:25:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

FYI: the bald eagle is being taken off july 4th yeah!!!!!!

2007-06-20 06:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by BabyBluIsHereToChatWithU 2 in Conservation

There's cigarette butts being thrown out the window at EVERY single stop light I stop at and not to mention ashes. How badly does that affect our environment. Maybe if I have an answer I won't be screaming at the person in the car next to me, or it will give me even more reason to do so.

2007-06-20 06:51:37 · 10 answers · asked by Ana Perla 1 in Global Warming

2007-06-20 06:39:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Pesky rabbits have eaten all the veg in my veg patch. Should I support globalisation, profiteering and the demise of our retail heritage by sparing the rabbits and buying my veg from Tesco - or just shoot the rabbits?

2007-06-20 06:08:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

The price of oil would soar, probably to well over $100/barrel. The price of gasoline would go to over $5/gallon in the US, more elsewhere. The cost of everything we buy would skyrocket.

It doesn't matter how much various countries specifically import from Iran. The oil market is a world market and removing Iranian oil would affect every oil importing country.

Millions of people would lose their jobs. Others couldn't afford to drive to them. People would be going hungry.

A much better idea is to start a major program to develop alternative sources of energy, and cause the oil price to collapse. When OPEC first tried to raise oil prices the US did exactly that, and the price fell. Unfortunately, we then cancelled the programs.

2007-06-20 06:05:30 · 7 answers · asked by Bob 7 in Global Warming

Has any body been working to find a bacterium that could deteriate a small amount of the greenhouse gases? An if so how long would it take to go into affect? I would like also like to know where one could find this information so I could look at it first hand. THX!

2007-06-20 05:50:19 · 4 answers · asked by Tbo 2 in Global Warming

I want to build an enviromentally friendly house, and was wondering about average prices. I'm looking for 3-4 bedrooms, 2+ baths, and a fair size place. I'm not sure yet what all I will include, I'm still begining my research. What have you done that does work, that doesnt, and how much did it cost? I dont have alot of money, but I live in a place that could really use some green influence. I am even considering proposing an undeveloped area be zoned as a 'green' house subdivision before someone snatches it up for yet another shopping center. Thanks in advance!

2007-06-20 04:33:23 · 0 answers · asked by khaozkitten 3 in Green Living

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852182/posts
In the article, Mr. Bryson seems to be a very ligitimate scientist, and what he says makes sense. I don't know what to believe about global warming now. What do you think about it?

2007-06-20 03:49:43 · 12 answers · asked by Logan 2 in Global Warming

like his fan club or the Discovery Channel. It's on youtube but where do I send it?

2007-06-20 03:27:24 · 5 answers · asked by this isnt how i really look 1 in Global Warming

I've been hearing and reading so much about global warming lately, specifically that carbon dioxide emissions are to blame, and since America puts out a good amount, they're to blame. Now, I've seen Al Gore's little slide show and I don't believe it--there are too many 'what-ifs' through it. And I've seen the pics of the polar bears, even though I saw them before with a different caption. Most of all, though, I've seen the explanation of global warming--Carbon dioxide levels through industry are rising, and the summers are getting hotter and hotter. Therefore, carbon dioxide emissions must be responsible for global warming. Being a man who understands scientific method, there's something missing--you have to prove the theory through experimentation, not consensus and conjecture. So here's your chance! Prove to me that global warming is caused by carbon dioxide and American industry...or call me an idiot when you can't come up with an answer that fits your beliefs.

2007-06-20 03:22:21 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

for 3 months now there has been mice running around the nursery! the manager is not doin much apart from getting traps the thing is there has been droppings in the nappies which we replaced the carpets are dark so you cant see droppings on floor which babies crawl on can anyone give me the best advice should they legally close the nursery?

2007-06-20 03:15:25 · 23 answers · asked by HALEY H 1 in Other - Environment

2007-06-20 03:00:04 · 3 answers · asked by lady D 1 in Global Warming

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/ts_nm/climate_china_dc

2007-06-20 02:34:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

You are obviously a smart lot so I challenge you to come up with POSITIVE suggestions only to the following question:

Lets pretend the concept of Global Warming has never existed. Looking at the problems attributed to it today what can we do now and in the future to solve these problems?

Remember you can't use anything associated with Global Warming Arguments for or against because it never existed. Bet you can't do it. Lol.

2007-06-20 02:12:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

i live in Lewis , Edwardscounty. it's 45 miles from Great bend, Pratt and Dodgecity

2007-06-20 01:33:36 · 1 answers · asked by Daniela T 2 in Green Living

I have Invented ,and already published by the Patent India office, Delhi C.M. Office Knows about it & till date waiting for the reaction / Response from envirounment dept./Ministry.I am not able to Manufacture, What should I do ?

2007-06-19 23:16:53 · 3 answers · asked by manoj p 1 in Green Living

i live in a country in africa thats abit near the equater. its getting too hot.its so hot you would`nt know the difference between summer and winter! yes its that bad!!!! i personally want to reduce the causes of global warming because i am greatly affected by the intense heat.i dont know what steps i can take to do this.please help meto make a difference..

2007-06-19 22:46:45 · 7 answers · asked by sax 1 in Global Warming

2007-06-19 20:52:57 · 8 answers · asked by Arthur M 1 in Global Warming

I wouldn't listen to Al Gore if I were you.

There are a few problems with his little Hollywood film...

- Gore promoted the now-debunked "hockey-stick" graph temperature chart for the last 1,000 years in an attempt to prove man's overwhelming impact on the climate, and attempted to debunk the significance of the medieval warm period and little ice age.

- Gore insisted on a link between increased hurricane activity and global warming that most scientist believe does not exist.

- Gore asserted that today's Arctic is experiencing unprecedented warmth while ignoring that temperatures in the 1930's were as warm or warmer.

- Gore said that the Antarctic was warming and losing ice but failed to note, that this is only true of a small region and the vast bulk has been cooling and gaining ice.
- Gore hyped unfounded fears that Greenland's ice is in danger of disappearing.
- Gore erroneously claimed that the ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro is disappearing due to global warming, though satellite measurements show no temperature change at the summit, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature suggests that desiccation of the atmosphere in the region caused by post-colonial deforestation is the cause of the glacial recession.

- Gore made assertions of massive future sea level rise that is way outside of any supposed scientific "consensus" and is not supported in even the most alarmist literature.

- Gore incorrectly implied that a Peruvian glacier's retreat is due to global warming, while ignoring the fact that the region has been cooling since the 1930's and other glaciers in South America are advancing.

-Gore blamed global warming for water loss in Africa's Lake Chad, though NASA scientists had concluded that local water-use and grazing patterns are probably to blame.

- Gore inaccurately said that polar bears are drowning in significant numbers due to melting ice when in fact 11 of the 13 main groups in Canada are thriving, and there is evidence that the only groups that are not thriving are in a region of the Arctic that has cooled.

- Gore did not tell viewers that the 48 scientists whom he quoted as having accused President Bush of distorting science were part of a political advocacy group set up to support the Democrat Presidential candidate, John Kerry in 2004.

The above is a quote from here... http://ff.org/centers/csspp/pdf/20061121... where you can also see the sources that support the conclusions.

Some politicians talk about "Global Dimming", but this theory has simply been put forward to try and explain why the observed rise in global temperature over recent years has been significantly lower than the alarmists predicted, but there isnoevidence for this. There is also the "Ocean Notion" which is the idea that the missing temperature has been sucked up by the sea. (To be released at some future time with "cataclysmic" results, of course!). This could only happen if theworld got much colder

In my opinion, the reason why the alarmists' predictions are turning out to be way off the mark, is simply because the science is bad and the "consensus" is wrong.

2007-06-19 20:21:02 · 23 answers · asked by mick t 5 in Global Warming

I am a high school student and will be taking an independent study course next year. Essentially, I am responsible for designing and carrying out the curriculum throughout the year, with a faculty adviser checking in with me occasionally. I have decided that the subject of my independent study course will be something along the lines of alternative energy or alternative fuels.

Does anybody know of any text books or helpful resources that I could use during my independent study course? I plan to do research, perform labs and experiments, and visit local labs, refineries, and perhaps a power plant. However, a textbook on alternative energy that I could follow would be very helpful. Even better would be a book with labs or experiments in it that I could perform.

If you have any ideas on how I can put together this course and make it the best it can be, let me know! Thanks.

2007-06-19 18:25:07 · 5 answers · asked by Sir Drew M 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

In the 1970s, Reid Bryson was one of the few scientists to claim that the temporary global cooling was leading to an Ice Age

http://bigcitylib.blogspot.com/2007/05/who-heck-is-reid-bryson.html
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/11/23/18534/222

Global warming skeptics love to talk about the mythical global cooling panic of the 1970s. Now that same Reid Bryson (supposed "Father of Climatology", though who knows how he got that title and who gave it to him) is one of the few scientists claiming that global warming isn't caused by humans.

http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/197613

It seems like this guy is always in the scientific minority.

So first he helps create the global cooling leading to a new Ice Age theory, then he becomes a famous anthropogenic global warming skeptic.

Is this guy a global warming skeptic's wet dream or what?

2007-06-19 15:35:39 · 8 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Even though it is renewable and many times cleaner than petroleum based diesel fuels?

Sheer stupidity, or are they getting some donations under the table?

2007-06-19 14:48:48 · 6 answers · asked by sakotgrimes 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Please help me save the extremely endangered Florida Panther. Help fill in the petition at
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/607920770
and please ask your friends to sign it too. There are fewer than 100 left, and we've already lost 12 this year, won't you please help them?

2007-06-19 13:14:53 · 11 answers · asked by flpantherlady7 2 in Other - Environment

So I'm sitting here looking at cars, and their MPG ratings etc, knowing that what I see is best cast scenario, but why doesnt a new automaker [its about time there was one...] or someone like GM take the initive to make an electric line of vehicles!?!?!?!

We all know that GM isn't doing that well in their sales, being beat over and over by foreign competetors. So why not do like Toyota did, create a new class like Scion, and make it all electric. OR even the possibility to change their current / new vehicle into an electric vehicle.

The reason that automakers dont want to make their cars electric is MAINLY because there are so many moving parts in a combustion engine, that they can suck us for more money over and over again to get the correct part. ITS NOT BECUASE OF OIL!!!!
And dont be the union a$$ that says mechanics would be out of a job. GOOD mechanics would adapt and learn how to fix electric engines. Plus you will still need breaks, tires, etc etc.
So whats holding them?

2007-06-19 12:38:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

In Europe gas costs twice as much as it does in the USA so it seems logical just making it cost a lot more would reduce the use and the bad side effects caused by high use. Why not set it price at $11 per gallon everywhere so poor people would stop using it and the few who can afford to can have all they want and still generate less polution. That would save to food supply too.

2007-06-19 12:04:19 · 11 answers · asked by jim m 5 in Global Warming