Environment - June 2007

I want to make ethanol fuel in my backyard in small batches from wood or cardboard. Does any one have a simple step by step process for me to follow? I know I need a federal permit first.

2007-06-17 04:53:28 · 9 answers · asked by daddeo01905 6 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I read the book and every time I mention the book to Global warming fanatics. They just go crazy with expletives and say it’s not very truthful. Are all the footnotes made up? Are all the scientific journals and data he uses made up? I looked up a lot of it and it seems to be correct but its hard to get a fair and balanced answer from the Global warming fanatics because they just loose it. By the way, Its a good read no materwhat you think of the data.

2007-06-17 04:16:28 · 10 answers · asked by Black Sheep 1 2 in Global Warming

This is recycling at its best. The carbon, in the coal and oil, came from the atmosphere and is being returned there. Ideal.

2007-06-17 03:55:03 · 17 answers · asked by statickema 3 in Green Living

I was conned into signing up for a newspaper I didn't want, but I don't want to waste the newspaper. What can I do with it all?

2007-06-17 03:32:48 · 14 answers · asked by Donnie 2 in Green Living

I have heard that they contain mercury and are diffucoult to dispose of

2007-06-17 03:20:26 · 12 answers · asked by mair1963 1 in Green Living

I keep reading bout the Fed by 2020 ( 13 YEARS ) making higher gas requirements and the automobile industry saying the increase is too steep for that amount of time etc. Also reports on how to get off of foreign oil.

My question is, over 10 years ago, I saw news local news report of a man who ran his car on used oil from fast food restaurants (they showed him pouring oil from mcdonalds in his car), also heard of cars being able to run on hydrogen gas made w/ water and electricity, etc.

So if all of this is existing, why is it not being used, why is everyone acting like its non existant and in 13 years can only have slight improvements?

My personal only guess is oil companies paying over governent, and w/ as much that is taxed on oil, if cars were running on oil would mean billions and billions of our criminal governments income would be gone.

Whoever can explain this in a way that makes most sense gets best answer.

2007-06-17 00:54:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-06-16 23:23:18 · 14 answers · asked by bEa 2 in Global Warming

The fact that electronic devices in standby modus are responsible for a substantial power use, why do most manufacturers off these products leave us with the only option off pulling out the power cords to save electric power?

If this is a well known fact, then why don't we say bye bye standby allready?

2007-06-16 21:19:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

it's night over here!

2007-06-16 20:44:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Chirping at 1AM, 2AM, 3AM... It's ridiculous. I've never noticed it before until this year. I can't leave my window open (I don't have to now I have the AC), but I couldn't if I wanted to because I'd hear them.

2007-06-16 18:06:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

(Due to the switch to digital broadcasting.) I imagine a lot of people will buy new TVs and radios. What will happen to the old ones? Are there ways to recycle/reuse parts?

2007-06-16 17:48:37 · 11 answers · asked by caffeinatedmom2 4 in Green Living

In order to switch them out with my regular bulbs?

2007-06-16 16:32:58 · 12 answers · asked by Rockwell 2 in Green Living

Why is it that when a man doesn't want his pregnant wife or gf to have a baby he's a deadbeat, but if the woman doesn't, she's exercising a choice?

Why does the man have no choice in the matter of whether or not she aborts?

2007-06-16 15:37:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Environmentalists preach that we can't cut down rain forests because of the cures for disease and such that may be found there.

Should the same arguement apply for abortion? Might we abort the scientist who would discover said cure?

2007-06-16 14:58:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

to throw away paper or to burn it.

2007-06-16 13:11:56 · 8 answers · asked by joshb2k4 3 in Other - Environment

Think about it Albert (6) Aronld(6) Gore Jr(6). And the Kyoto Tready, couldn't that unite the world under a single govt. control. Couldn't enviromentalism be considered the promise of peace the antichrist offers?

2007-06-16 13:09:12 · 21 answers · asked by crknapp79 5 in Global Warming

I was wondering how going to exchange sodacans for money works? How much sodacans for each dollar??

2007-06-16 12:40:15 · 2 answers · asked by sara 2 in Other - Environment

Look, I don't care what you think about "An Inconvenient Truth" (though the top climate scientists gave it 5 stars for accuracy)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-06-27-gore-science-truth_x.htm

I don't care if you think Gore is a fat hypocritical idiot. Al Gore is completely irrelevant to global warming, except that he and "An Inconvenient Truth" have attracted attention to the issue.

In that film Gore simply presented some of the scientific evidence that humans are the primary cause of global warming. He did not invent GW - heck, he's never even researched it! Criticizing Gore is irrelevant to the issue.

People need to stop obsessing about Gore and examine the scientific evidence

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html

Gore is right about one thing - any reasonable person who examines all the evidence with an open mind should conclude that humans are almost certainly the primary cause of GW.

Why are global warming skeptics obsessed with Al Irrelevant Gore?

2007-06-16 12:18:58 · 14 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Choose from Iowa, New York, and Oklahoma.

2007-06-16 12:08:46 · 3 answers · asked by star_prince0 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Im totally not convinced by global warming. I;ve seen the evidence and its clear that climate change is 1: not driven by human activity and 2: not going to be a catastrophe.

Anyway, how much CO2 did Gore put into the atmosphere promoting that stupid film?

Who's with me?

2007-06-16 11:46:21 · 25 answers · asked by graeme b 3 in Global Warming

So I live in a apartment with my family and we got a bee's nest outside of the window.and my sister is allergic to them and can die or get severely swollen if she gets stung by a lot of them.What can we do?and how long does it take for the bees to complete the bees nest?

2007-06-16 11:43:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-06-16 11:33:21 · 22 answers · asked by Blackfire 6 in Global Warming

I just got fire for no reason and I couldn't get a job yet. Now I want to apply for unemployment benefits. Can somebody tell me which website I am supposed to go to in order to apply for unemployment benefits?

2007-06-16 11:27:23 · 2 answers · asked by Tita L 1 in Green Living

2007-06-16 11:05:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-06-16 10:49:06 · 5 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Green Living

In regards to the disappearance of "The City of Atlantis" do you think it was "Global Warming" that was responsible for it's demise?
And if so, what else do you think Global Warming could be responsible for?
After all, in this crazy world anythings possible....

2007-06-16 10:34:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-06-16 10:23:42 · 6 answers · asked by jason w 1 in Global Warming

Many HOA (Home Owner Associations) do not allow solar panals to be placed on homes.

I was wondering why we should care more of how something looks rather then realize we should do our best in conserving energy. If we are able to afford the high cost and want to do this, any HOA should allow it.

2007-06-16 07:48:02 · 6 answers · asked by Fox_America 5 in Conservation

Is it possible for a regular working-class Joe to get solars panels and such to power his home without going completely bankrupt?

2007-06-16 07:00:58 · 8 answers · asked by The Doctor 3 in Green Living

I have a really wacky idea to help scale back global warming and I want to know if it's possible or not.
What about genetically engineered bacteria or plants or something that would eat the CO2 in the air? I know we could just replant a lot of normal plants, but that might take time we don't have. Instead, what about Super-Trees that suck up 10 times more CO2?
Another even crazier sounding idea I had is this: What about giant air purifiers the size of buildings?

2007-06-16 06:43:03 · 7 answers · asked by The Doctor 3 in Global Warming