Environment - June 2007

Must be a lot of CO2 released this way. Shouldn't we immediately ban carbonated beverages to prevent Global Warming?

And what about Paintball guns and other CO2 powered devices? Should we not ban anything containing CO2 that can be released into the atmosphere?

The quicker we do this, the sooner Global warming can be controlled...right?.

2007-06-10 18:54:01 · 8 answers · asked by looey323 4 in Global Warming

Is there any way someone could assess the risks and benefits of global warming to life in Alberta?

2007-06-10 18:34:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-06-10 17:57:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

what are some of the things you do to save?

2007-06-10 17:21:28 · 22 answers · asked by thundakat312 4 in Global Warming

What other things that people do to help contribute to global warming?

2007-06-10 16:56:52 · 13 answers · asked by futurevet27 1 in Global Warming

Do you think this will be taken farther and actually find a way to use this for the replacement of gasoline?

Water burns!
Man looking for cancer cure hopes to solve energy crisis


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Posted: May 30, 2007
5:00 p.m. Eastern


By Joe Kovacs
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Is the solution to America's energy needs as simple as a trip to the beach?
The idea is a fascinating one as a Florida man searching for a cancer cure may have stumbled onto a virtually limitless source of energy: salt water.
John Kanzius, 63, is a broadcast engineer who formerly owned several TV and radio stations, before retiring in Sanibel Island, Fla.
Five years ago, he was diagnosed with a severe form of leukemia, and began a quest to find a kinder, gentler way to treat the disease compared to harsh chemotherapy.
In October 2003, he had an epiphany: kill cancer with radio waves. He then devised a machine that emits radio waves in an attempt to slay cancerous cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.
His experiments in fighting cancer have become so successful, one physician was quoted as saying, "We could be getting close to grabbing the Holy Grail."
But in the midst of his experiments as he was trying to take salt out of water, Kanzius discovered his machine could do what some may have thought was impossible: making water burn.
"On our way to try to do desalinization, we came up with something that burns, and it looks in this case that salt water perhaps could be used as a fuel to replace the carbon footsteps that we've been using all these years, i.e., fossil fuels," Kanzius said.
The possible ramifications of the discovery are almost mind-boggling, as cars could be fueled by salt water instead of gasoline, hydroelectric plants could be built along the shore, and homes could be heated without worrying about supplies of oil.
"It doesn't have to be ocean salt water," Kanzius said. "It burns just as well when we add salt to tap water."
Kanzius has partnered with Charles Rutkowski, general manager of Industrial Sales and Manufacturing, a Millcreek, Pa., company that builds the radio-wave generators.
"I've done this [burning experiment] countless times and it still amazes me," Rutkowski told the Erie Times-News. "Here we are paying $3 a gallon for gas, and this is a device that seems to turn salt water into an alternative fuel."
Kanzius has been told it's actually hydrogen that's burning, as his machine generates enough heat to break down the chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen that makes up water.
"I have never heard of such a thing," Alice Deckert, Ph.D., chairwoman of Allegheny College's chemistry department, told the Times-News. "There doesn't seem to be enough energy in radio waves to break the chemical bonds and cause that kind of reaction."
Thus far, Kanzius' discovery has not received extensive national publicity, but has been featured on several local television news programs, including WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla., WSEE-TV in Erie, Pa., and WKYC-TV in Cleveland.
"We discovered that if you use a piece of paper towel as a wick, it lights every single time and you can start it and stop it at will by turning the radio waves on and off," Kanzius told the Times-News as he watched a test tube of salt water burn.
"And look, the paper itself doesn't burn," he added. "Well, it burns but the paper is not consumed."
Kanzius said he hasn't decided whether to share his fuel discovery with government or private business, though he'd prefer a federal grant to develop it.
"I'm afraid that if I join up with some big energy company, they will say it doesn't work and shelve it, even if it does work," Kanzius told the paper.
Video of TV news reports of water burning can be seen from these affiliates:
WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla.
WSEE-TV in Erie, Pa.
WKYC-TV in Cleveland

2007-06-10 16:24:53 · 8 answers · asked by Sparkles 7 in Green Living

I've read over the past few hours that Global Warming will make the only fresh source of water be in Canada.

First off, desalination is allways a ready process... and you don't even need fuel to do it. (Survival 101), simply get a pan, and a opaque plastic sheet (not wrap) and fold the sheet into a tent, the sun will evaporate the water and the water will dribble down as deionized H2O. (Even days of pumping means after that time, there would be a steady stream)

Even besides that, rain will always occur. Think of the atmosphere like a sponge, eventually all this heat will cause the sponge to rapidly fill with water (evaporation) and then, when full, the sponge has to release water back down again. (Don't cite deserts... there are geographic reasons for that. And it DOES rain in a desert) (And YES, Polution can cause 'acid rain' but only once)

So explain this 'theory' without saying 'It just is' or 'Wikipedia said so' or 'I heard it from a guy who knows Stephen Hawking'

2007-06-10 16:15:47 · 3 answers · asked by Merranvo 2 in Global Warming

After all, dawinism states 'survival of the fittest'. Looks around the american nation... well, at least the 'blubber' will help them float. Perhaps thats why an American spokesman is running around the world informing people of global warming... because he fears being /Left Behind/. After all, if you believe in god, you must believe that man can't do anything to override god's power and thus this is the second comming of the flood... to wash away the unbelievers... those... scientologists. Everyone knows the only real science is Astrology. And why SHOULD we care about earth... we have 8 other planets to inhabit, it'd be wonderful to see some Venitian women, or we could be martians... I wanna be a martian :D. I could go to Mars University and drop out just like Fry. Ooh, and we could solve global warming in the same way... by having a 'nuclear winter'. So we should drop the big one, just like in Randy Newman's "Political Science". And it was both politics and science that caused GW.

2007-06-10 15:20:14 · 12 answers · asked by Merranvo 2 in Global Warming

gas mileage requirements that must by met by automakers are rated by average mileage of all cars that they make... so when you buy a smaller car, you are allowing them to make more big gas guzzlers. wonder if anyone has thought about suing them for taking advantage of you?

2007-06-10 15:16:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

what do u thing. Do u believe Al Gore who thinks CO2 is raising the temp. or do u believe London reseachers who thinks the temp. is raising the CO2? Or do u believe in somethings else? Explain!

2007-06-10 15:09:55 · 12 answers · asked by Seismic Toss 1 in Global Warming

Where is the common sense? The only way to change it, and even this would be a stretch, would be a super large-scale effort by all the nations of the world. We would have to eradicate factory farming, industrial pollution (which is growing at an alarming rate in countries like China, where industry is just beginning to take off), find alternative fuels and more.

And no one seems to realize that the climate of the earth has changed many times over it's life. We can change our lightbulbs all we want, but the real inconvenient truth is that it will do not one bit of good besides saving you a dollar or two on your electric bill. We can't control nature or God; we can just enjoy our lives while we're here and be prepared for the day it may all end.

2007-06-10 15:03:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Otherwise known as the new world order or globalization.

2007-06-10 14:12:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

This question is based on science so look at the actuall properties of CO2.

The students at the local High school did an experiment with some very interesting results. And just so you know their teacher is a proponent of global warming so there initial grade was not good, a "D". However when they appealed it to the school board the project was upped to an "A" after being reviewed by other teachers. Would that be considered peer review?

2007-06-10 14:10:22 · 9 answers · asked by jack_scar_action_hero 3 in Global Warming

Argumentum ad Ignoratum doesn't just mean "Because we can't prove otherwise, it must exist". More like, "there is no use arguing opinion".

Can I PLEASE ask what logictics class said that? Argumentum ad Ignorantum is an Appeal to Ignorance... just...

Global Warming is a reality...
Did I deny that?

Tell us exactly how you are going to remove CO2 from the atmosphere without burning oil to do it?
Solar Power? How about a SP UAV? We've done it, we have CO2 scrubbers in spacecraft. Albeit this is an ineffiecent example, taking in air, compressing it, and running it thorough the filter isn't that far fetched.
Hell, we don't NEED fossil fuels to run the nation... all a man needs is a good horse and some land to live on.

And if you listen to Al Gore's propoganda, he specifically states we can reduce current emmissions well below our current line.

And why do people ask for my credentials first, ingenuity comes not in a bottle, but in the mind in which it was created.

2007-06-10 14:08:14 · 3 answers · asked by Merranvo 2 in Global Warming

2007-06-10 13:55:20 · 4 answers · asked by step 2 in Global Warming

GLOBAL WARMING---it's the 100-foot-tall gorilla that will eat your children and the sack lunches you prepared for them with such care and love. You hear a lot about it these days. Setting aside the question is it real or not, we Americans and as well as people in other industrialized nations are being asked to contribute ideas for "going green" and I think we can all feel some degree of social pressure being exerted for each one of us to make some personal sacrifices. Some of these ideas are sensible and will save people money as well as conserving energy. But what you never hear about as a solution to wasteful consumption can be summed up in just one word: *** QUALITY ***

I always have to laugh when I see some economics expert talking about "durable goods." What durable goods? American consumers are forced to buy cheap junk designed to fall apart 5 minutes after the warranty period ends.

I say it's time we brought respect back to the "Made In USA" label.

2007-06-10 13:36:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

First off if the ice caps melt that would be a good thing because that would open more farm land in the inaccesible areas of Siberia and Canada. People in Coastal cities such as on the coast of California could move inland. Another benefit to that is Nancy Pelosi would lose her District in Congress because Sodom and Gamorrah (OPPS!! San Francisco) would be under water. Eventually petroleum will run out and we will return to earlier times when life was slower. If you check Geologic History and the fossil record you will see that many places that are now deserts or tops of mountains were underwater before. So what if things shift again. For those Evolutionist that don't believe in the Bible, do you not trust the fossil record to record the climatic changes in the earth?

2007-06-10 13:26:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

He believes that it's a natural order of things, which it is. But he doesn't believe that humans had anything to do with increasing the rate of global warming. He thinks Al Gore invented the theory of global warming. Believe me, he is serious. What kind of proof could I supply him with that you think he may accept? Once he told me that the top NASA scientists don't believe in global warming neither.

2007-06-10 13:17:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Let's use Solar Energy (since it's hotter than ever) and create gigantic air conditioners to cool off the earth, this way we'll use the sun's energy to fight the Sun itself.

Any supporters?

2007-06-10 12:58:41 · 7 answers · asked by Slick 5 in Global Warming

First, I will make three definitions.
The Theory of Global Warming is the idea that carbon dioxide and flourochlorocarbon emissions cause an increase in atmospheric temperature.

Global Warming Propoganda are theories that believe since the Theory of Global Warming is practically confirmed... we are all gonna die. (Amongst other hypothetical situations)

Effects of Global Warming are scientifically confirmed effects, verifiable by repeating a scientific experiment (NOT Statistics), that result from increases in atmospheric temperature.

I want someone to give me Effects of Global Warming that can NOT be immediatly dismissed as Global Warming Propoganda. This means you have to find information from an accredited source that gives proof's that can be experimentally verified.

Also, Wikipedia is not an accredited source... nor is a fourm, news webpage, the BBC, climatecrisis.net, or any other questionable source.

2007-06-10 11:58:23 · 5 answers · asked by Merranvo 2 in Global Warming

To people having an alternative explanation of global warming
Can you at least have the decency to make your explanations match each other? or at least your own from one post to the next ?

- It´s all due to the Sun
- It´s all due to the volcanoes
- It´s all due to us breathing
- It´s all due to the CO2 released from oceans
- It´s all errors of measurements
- It´s all due to the CO2 contained in soda drinks

Please send me further youtube links ! I would like so much to know everything about the topic within 5mn...

2007-06-10 11:44:38 · 9 answers · asked by NLBNLB 6 in Global Warming

I live in both of those spots before

2007-06-10 10:24:50 · 2 answers · asked by crystal b 2 in Other - Environment

It is a "waste of energy" for water bottles to be made, filled with water, and then transported (water is heavy).

And are they avoiding eating vegetables grown in foreign countries? It is a "waste of energy" to transport food from other countries.

Also, have global warming theorists stopped hiring people to do their housework? It is a "waste of energy" for someone to drive to their homes to mow their lawns or clean their bathrooms. That is especially true, if the worker is an undocumented worker since undocumented workers are creating millions of new families in the U.S.. A family living in the U.S. uses over 100 times more energy than a family living in rural Mesxico.

2007-06-10 09:36:23 · 12 answers · asked by a bush family member 7 in Global Warming

I read in an old Wired Magazine that California is gearing up to create an infrastructure to allow cars that run on hydrogen to run on the road and have "filling stations" along the highway that runs north to south. How does the process of making energy from water for these cars work?

2007-06-10 08:58:08 · 6 answers · asked by doug02346 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Your opinion plz

2007-06-10 08:36:11 · 8 answers · asked by obesellama 1 in Other - Environment

2007-06-10 07:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by Ronnie 1 in Other - Environment

like how its "global climate change" not just global warming

i commend those who are fighting global warming, but thats not exaclty all thats happening, there are some places that are going to get cooler, or stay near the same temperature, but they will start getting droughts or floods. and to the people who don't even believe in global warming, can you at least agree that it can't be good that we keep putting all these pollutants into the air, water, and everywhere else, along with using up our unrenewable resources?

and could Answers please change the category?

2007-06-10 07:13:30 · 14 answers · asked by amber 3 in Global Warming

Here is a watergate video http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=422423 What do you think.

2007-06-10 07:11:53 · 1 answers · asked by Ronnie 1 in Other - Environment

Ref: Today's Observer Magazine - The Ethical Issue 2007

2007-06-10 06:51:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I noticed that Nancy Pelosi is concerned about Global Warming. Is she concerned about nuclear fallout from an Israeli-Iran nuclear war after we withdraw from Iraq as all the Democrat politicians want? Is she concerned about the mass destruction of human life after we leave Iraq? Is she concerned about ethics by allowing a corrupt polictician in her party to have an important position in Congress?

2007-06-10 06:24:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming