Environment - June 2007

food for thought.. im real interested:-) thanks!

2007-06-14 13:05:18 · 6 answers · asked by supercell 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

For future generations to worry about our total and utter disregard for our enviroment. I Think it is a bloody discusting the amount of waste still dumped in a hole in the ground and covered with soil. What is the alternate. There MUST be a better way guys.

2007-06-14 12:31:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I'm wondering what we could do as a city (or indaviduals) to get the recycling center to ship all the stuff to a recycling hub where they actually recycle stuff instead of put it in the landfill. Our city recycles a fair bit of stuff (about 1,000 tons of recyclables each year), so we're (the citizens of the city) think that the recycling center is only open for money instead of environmentalism (they get money based on how much material you bring in and drop off (by pounds)). Any ideas? This is a REAL problem because people are starting to stop recycling because it's all just going to the dump anyways.

2007-06-14 12:22:45 · 10 answers · asked by corkeoes 1 in Other - Environment

Hello:)

What data supports the idea that Global Warming is caused

by humans with big consequences for the environment??

Can you please give me detailed and convincing evidence?

P.s. Please don't write about that human is not the cause of global warming. I just want to know about my question.

2007-06-14 12:10:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I understand that humans are contributing more now than ever, but how can we blame ourselves for something we know so little about? What is the ratio of natural processes:human processes?

2007-06-14 10:44:45 · 7 answers · asked by JB in BG 1 in Global Warming

2007-06-14 10:35:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I've read that the diesel has greater emissions and has more sulpher so the diesel emissions are dirtier - is that so?.
So why is the diesel engine considered more environmentally friendly? Is it because of the feul efficiency of a diesel vehicle means you use less feul? And if so, what is that efficiency - a good diesel vehicle will get maybe 30% - 50% better mileage so does that mean the emissions are less that 30% - 50% worse than the gas/petrol engine?
Or are there other factors in this arguement that I haven't thought about?

2007-06-14 09:05:42 · 11 answers · asked by Richard M 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I am TERRIFIED of mosquitos. Not the little ones, but the HUGE ones as long as an index finger that look kinda like spiders. I left my bedroom window wide open, and one found its way into my room. I saw it, and freaked out and went to go get the Raid. When I walked back in my room, I couldn't find it, and I was exhausted and didn't feel like getting bitten all night, so I slept on the couch. Now I'm kind of afraid to go back into my room, not gonna lie. What's the average lifespan of a mosquito? Is it dead by now?

2007-06-14 08:29:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

An eco-cemetery also known as a green burial ground, or a natural burial preserve, is a cemetery where the body is returned to the earth to decompose and recycle naturally, is an environmentally sustainable alternative to existing funeral practices.

This is what I want...I think it would be so much better for the Earth!

Wikipedia- has a lot of info on this just type in ECO- Cemetary.

2007-06-14 08:27:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

The ice caps have been melting for a while, not sure how long. Have all (global) coast lines been rising year after year? Or is it so gradual that we don't notice with the naked eye, for example an inch a year?

2007-06-14 07:28:31 · 13 answers · asked by orign8 1 in Global Warming

I remember a biology instructor who told my class back in the '80s that there is a finite amount of water on Earth. Anything you drink has already been drank (and eliminated) by someone else. But I have yet to find any evidence to support this. (I used to tell my ex-wife this every time she drank a glass of water). I've learned that water in the universe is probably made by exploding stars, but is Earth's water replenished?

2007-06-14 07:26:46 · 14 answers · asked by Gregory K 1 in Other - Environment

calling it global warming is
wasteful.

2007-06-14 07:14:48 · 9 answers · asked by waroc seizer 1 in Global Warming

We have a skunk sleeping in a window well at our home. It hasn't sprayed yet. What should we do?

2007-06-14 06:56:06 · 4 answers · asked by Inferno 2 in Other - Environment

2007-06-14 06:55:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-06-14 06:53:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

2007-06-14 06:44:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

Gas prices are soaring to the roof. I was wondering what good hybrid car can help me. $4 a gallon is to much and i cant afford that for a long time.

2007-06-14 06:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by dewreck2003 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282392,00.html

Lets see if I can pick a few answers ya'll will give:
They are dumb, libs use that one to explain everything
They haven't seen the facts.
There brainwashed by the media
It's Bush's fault
They didn't watch algores movie

2007-06-14 05:26:32 · 16 answers · asked by John Galt 2 in Global Warming

Perhaps if we all held our breath for like a few minutes a day we could slow it down

2007-06-14 05:19:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

PLEASE I NEED AS MANY ANSWERS AS POSSIBLE ! Thank U SOOO MUCH :)
And give me as much information as possible ! :)

The best answer will get 10 points!! :D

2007-06-14 04:23:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

So, here's what I know:

There are cases online of "homebrewers" who make biodiesel to fuel their diesel-engine cars.

Farms in general a lot of diesel engines.

People commercially sell biodiesel, but many farms don't make biodiesel themselves.

Gas prices are going up, and depending on the system, the costs of making biodiesel (initial setup, methanol, lye/potash) can be lower than the price at the pump.

If farms have some restaurants or food chains nearby, would it make sense for them to use the cooking grease and make biodiesel to fuel their equipment?

2007-06-14 04:10:44 · 7 answers · asked by Blue Wizard 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I believe no, But to do that it will come on the exoense of other food farms needed for human living.
* They will consume much water, even at the moment we have some shortages of it in certain areas, so to spend water to produce that large amount needed of biofuel is a desasterous attempt.
Other free renewable (sun,wind,waves & flowing water) will be cheaper, cleaner & ideal.

2007-06-14 03:02:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

We hear about the problem everyday, our landfills are filling up faster than the trash will decompose. If we don't change our ways the waste system will become overwhelmed. So if people know this then why do they continue to produce and throw away so much trash?

2007-06-14 03:01:37 · 12 answers · asked by Matt3471 3 in Green Living

2007-06-14 02:20:15 · 5 answers · asked by Riley 3 in Other - Environment

I understand why consuming less energy positively affects the environment, but if you live in an area where water is very abundant, what benefit does it serve to use less of it (besides maybe less energy to pump, et cetera)? We don't really ship excess water to arid regions do we? It is recycled right?

2007-06-14 02:00:01 · 9 answers · asked by dugrocker 2 in Green Living

I’m finishing up an electric car conversion. I have plans drawn up to make a trailer/gas generator for long drives but would hate to defeat all my hard work making it a gas hybrid. Does anyone know of a way to make a portable generator operate off of hydrogen? Or if you can think of an entirely different solution then that would be great too.

2007-06-14 01:37:37 · 2 answers · asked by bradnick2000 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Assume that the human generated element of global warming (burning oil, coal, and natural gas) is irreversible.

2007-06-14 01:20:11 · 9 answers · asked by badyke 2 in Global Warming

i am going for an inter school quiz and i have to prepare for it .
plz help me out to prepare 4 quiz.

2007-06-14 00:06:00 · 2 answers · asked by raazia g 1 in Other - Environment

i gotta find out norms they work towards reducing air pollution?

2007-06-13 23:09:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

and do it without the need to build more fossil fuel plants,but having other non-polluting renewable energy sources along with wind as well.

2007-06-13 22:01:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living