Environment - June 2007

I have just initiated an e-petition on the government website pertaining to Energy Saving in the home focusing in particular on the amount of energy that could be saved in the UK if Government offered cash incentives to landlords (private and social) for upgrading single glazed properties to double glazed units, thereby slashing energy usage during cold weather months by a factor on average of 40% - an enormous saving in energy consumption when considered overall.

2007-06-04 01:26:07 · 5 answers · asked by treving 42 6 in Green Living

At last the British government has woken up to the fact that if you really are going to reduce your carbon imitations enough to make a difference, you must go Nuclear. Renewables won’t even get close to being able to produce the energy we need.

I am not a believer that CO2 is causing Global Warming, but let us assume for a moment that it is true.

Now, the fact that there is very little that can or will in fact be done to halt the pending catastrophes of Global Warming, maybe it is time we start looking ahead at how we mange the problem.

Don’t we have a moral duty to restart our research, development and production of genetically modified crops so we will be in a position to help the parts of the world hit by these predicted catastrophes? Or does or fear of this science out way the needs of the starving millions?

2007-06-04 00:42:56 · 19 answers · asked by Jack 3 in Global Warming

Where my husband works there is an abundance of wood being scrapped after skids are made... In the winter we bring home a bunch and use it for our woodburner it's safe dried hardwood.. My question is, there a way or an organization out there that will buy the wood and repurpose it somehow... At the present the company just throws it away/or pays a hauler.

2007-06-04 00:42:30 · 5 answers · asked by pebblespro 7 in Global Warming

I always hear how slick the roadways are when it rains, which got me thinking. How much oil is on the roadways anyway and isn't strange that some of the oil we go through such trouble in getting beneath the earth winds up on the roads?

2007-06-04 00:23:10 · 5 answers · asked by stonesdude154 3 in Other - Environment

I rent a little flat out in Rome (http://www.holiday-velvet.com/rome/rome_apartments/details/nolita/id/428) and recently got complaints that it wasn't green... So I will provide for different bins and buy energy saving bulbs but what else can i do without spending a fortune?

2007-06-03 22:45:27 · 21 answers · asked by vanouche 1 in Green Living

that show we are currently experiencing a statistically significant increase in global temperatures in this climate cycle?

I am asking this because I don't believe data from the last 150 years or so is a sufficient time period to show that man-kind has increased the temperature versus natural increases.

I have looked for a few of these studies but was unable to find what I was looking for.

Thanks,

2007-06-03 20:57:57 · 6 answers · asked by Nickoo 5 in Global Warming

Now that Bush has admitted that global warming is real, do you feel that he is too late with his turn around?

Do you feel that Bush is only making an opinion of this issue to better his "nice and supportive" image as one of his last attempts as president?

2007-06-03 20:52:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Your sister,
Ginger

2007-06-03 20:07:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

2007-06-03 19:58:36 · 38 answers · asked by http://hogshead.pokerknave.com/ 6 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-06-03 19:53:38 · 3 answers · asked by Stan the man 7 in Conservation

2007-06-03 19:33:23 · 6 answers · asked by Dee 2 in Green Living

growing rapeseed emits significant levels of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), which is 200 to 300 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.


So how green is that?

2007-06-03 18:34:13 · 10 answers · asked by Dee 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-06-03 17:51:10 · 17 answers · asked by blb 2 in Green Living

go out and buy all of these new energy saving products. please tell me some simple things that i can do right now that won't cost me a penny.

2007-06-03 17:43:44 · 17 answers · asked by blb 2 in Green Living

Share your simple ideas? I always use ceramic cups instead of foam cups in office. And I reuse plastic bottles for drinking water.

2007-06-03 17:29:07 · 16 answers · asked by Peace 1 in Global Warming

2007-06-03 16:40:15 · 13 answers · asked by henso12000 1 in Global Warming

What are the things that we can do to make our home green (Environmentally Friendly) without spending alot of money??

Thanks!

2007-06-03 16:05:51 · 20 answers · asked by Natalie 1 in Green Living

I know I do but If no less than 70% answer yes, I'd say we're screwed!

2007-06-03 15:23:42 · 48 answers · asked by tdw353 2 in Global Warming

links and explanations would be greatly appreciated thanks

2007-06-03 15:18:25 · 13 answers · asked by namso141 3 in Global Warming

People, most people know the basic "Day after tomorrow facts" but to people know how to stop it, prevent it, what it's caused by, and do you know that it is 100% at the fault of humans? I'm not a Science Dork trying to make " a difference" I'm just a kid that's shocked to know that even some of my teachers don't know what's goig on outside of the box. Please think about it, cuz when the time comes I hope that you all are on top of things. I know it's cheesy, but Climatecrisis.org, (the site for An Inconvenient Truth) is a great site to visit if you want easy to comprehend info. thanks for reading this long detail paragraph but this really is important.

2007-06-03 15:13:59 · 14 answers · asked by yangmi_ku 3 in Global Warming

or are diesel engines only capable of running vegetable oil or biodiesel as a fuel?

2007-06-03 15:09:47 · 12 answers · asked by Amizo 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-06-03 14:58:11 · 12 answers · asked by hypamix25 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Whether or not you believe human-kind is responsible for global warming, I am sure many of you have noticed really bad evidence to back up claims on both sides. How can we help people to learn about what good scientific facts are and how to use these relevant facts in a discussion?

Here are some poor examples I have seen:

"There were once trees in the Sahara"
"I have noticed it has gotten hotter out so it must be due to global warming."
"Because the scientists agree on it, it must make it true"
"There is a hole in the ozone layer so it must be causing global warming"
"The ice sheets are melting, so it must be global warming"
"We are so insignificant that we couldn't possibly be causing global warming"

Do you have any more bad examples? and how can we help people use credible evidence to back up their claims?

2007-06-03 13:59:40 · 10 answers · asked by Nickoo 5 in Global Warming

It has been said that the world is overpopulated.

If you agree, what do you propose to do to solve this problem?

2007-06-03 13:44:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I've thought about talking about drowning polar bears, or talking about the elimination of several species in years to come. I've also considered putting up a picture of a certain place many years ago, and show how drastically it has changed over the years.
What do you think? I want it to really be a shocker, and really grab the attention of the listeners!
Anything would help!

2007-06-03 13:36:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-06-03 13:31:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Who pays for the man-made global warming studies. It seems every study that is critical of that theory is immediately discredited as being funded by big oil. Well, who is pulling the strings on the other side?

2007-06-03 13:14:22 · 9 answers · asked by Serpico7 5 in Global Warming

My father in law always said if we set our AC fan to "on" instead of "auto" so it would run even if the AC unit was not it would keep the house cooler, make the AC run less, and actually save energy.

Does anyone know of the truth to this? Does it make the AC run less? And if so, is the difference enough to compenstate for the electricy being used to run the fan all the time?

Thanks!

2007-06-03 13:07:31 · 14 answers · asked by apbanpos 6 in Green Living

I keep hearing this claim from GW skeptics too. For one thing, if you don't believe that human CO2 emissions cause global warming (GW), why are you even making this argument? Secondly, it's simply untrue, as can be seen here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_emissions

Granted those stats are from 5 years ago, but China has not made up the 2.5 billion metric tons/year (or 10% of total emissions) gap behind the USA in that short time period.

Thirdly, even if China had caught the US in annual CO2 emissions, the US would still emit FAR more per capita due to our smaller population, and is responsible for FAR more of the atmospheric CO2 concentration because of our high level of emissions over many decades.

Fourthly, China is still a developing country so the US should be expected to reduce our emissions first as a developed country anyway.

So why do GW skeptics keep making this false and irrelevant claim?

2007-06-03 13:04:58 · 10 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Can someone explain a raw diet to me?

Obviously I understand what the word Raw means, but what exactly is this diet? What can you eat? What can't you eat?

Have you ever tried it?

Pros/Cons?

2007-06-03 12:57:58 · 7 answers · asked by hollymccartney 2 in Green Living