Environment - June 2007

In a question related to how great he thinks I am, 'Always 100 percent accurate' (and ironic name) claimed that atmospheric CO2 increase [always] follows a global temperature increase. I've heard that argument here several times from GW skeptics, but why do they keep making it?

If you examine the following 2 plots from 1960-Present:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mauna_Loa_Carbon_Dioxide.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Instrumental_Temperature_Record.png

You'll see that atmospheric CO2 and global temperature are increasing at the same time, with temperature lagging slightly behind CO2 increase.

The logic is that because CO2 followed temperature increases in the past, it must always follow in that order, but that's a logical fallacy. Of course CO2 can cause a temperature change because it's a greenhouse gas! 1 more plot worth examining:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png

So why do GW skeptics keep repeating this false claim?

2007-06-03 12:40:06 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Do you think this is a viable form of energy? If so, do you believe the "powers that be" (oil companies, governments, etc.) will ever allow there to be sufficient research and eventual use?

2007-06-03 12:05:17 · 6 answers · asked by carefulkitty 3 in Green Living

Does anyone here know anything about a halfway house in Salinas, Ca.? What to expect in a halfway house? How to behave in a halfway house.What not to do etc...

2007-06-03 11:59:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-06-03 11:53:53 · 15 answers · asked by jack_scar_action_hero 3 in Global Warming

It is just a Weather cycle the Earth is going through.

2007-06-03 11:41:17 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Should world leaders stand up and fight global warming?
Should people vote for leaders who can fight global warming but not those who make empty promises.I know them and you also do know your leaders who make empty promises."By their words we shall know them." Global warming is the least of the problems of some world leaders,should electorates even consider giving such leaders second chance?

2007-06-03 11:40:55 · 5 answers · asked by Zicci 3 in Global Warming

I hate cold weather and our winters are getting warmer, bring it on I say.

2007-06-03 10:47:29 · 15 answers · asked by International Man of Mystery 2 in Global Warming

Regardless of whether or not you believe in anthropogenic global warming, why do some keep pasting the same answer? Does this actually convince anyone of their position? Do you all enjoy reading the same boring tirades over and over? Is is possible for everyone to vote these people down so we don't have to read it? Also this is not the same as pasting a sources list.

2007-06-03 10:39:07 · 13 answers · asked by Nickoo 5 in Global Warming

I understand back in the days people had to hunt to survive but there's no need now in dayz since we got everything. It makes me sick when I see Deer hunters killing the lovely deers then hanging up their heads on their walls like trophies, something needs to be done to stop this so called sport.

2007-06-03 10:27:02 · 21 answers · asked by LATIN POWER 3 in Conservation

2007-06-03 10:25:17 · 9 answers · asked by starski 1 in Global Warming

2007-06-03 08:39:58 · 10 answers · asked by drdave 2 in Global Warming

They ride around big gas guzzler cars,live on big mansions,and yet have the nerve to tell the ordinary joe on the street living in a one room apartment to lower his fuel consumption

2007-06-03 07:58:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Do you believe global climate change is effected by man?

Is Al Gore an important source of your information regarding this subject?

Does recent satellite data show the Earth to be warming, or cooling?

Do you consume soybean products, or tofu?

Is 'global warming' a reality, or a theory?

2007-06-03 06:14:19 · 26 answers · asked by Don 6 in Global Warming

4 buildings in the newly remodeled city hall area. they installed sprinkers in every single building. even small 5x5' areas. they are using them , precious water, everyday for 15 minutes. I wont presume to know how much waste their is. How do I proceed, what can I do to get the local city govenment to understand their ignorance to the wasted precious resource. What can i do?

2007-06-03 06:11:44 · 16 answers · asked by lexsckara 1 in Conservation

Humans tend to cut down trees and use the land for agriculture. This has been happening for thousands of years. Is this the real cause of global warming? Are gas guzzlers and coal power plants just salt in the wound, causing pain and blame? But the wound would still be fatal without them?

If this is the case, why is the world so focused on such pain and blame, and not focused on the real cause, and what to do about it? Can't we somehow undo the effects of deforestation?

What would happen if every city and county were to plant hundreds or thousands of giant redwood trees? In WWII people had victory gardens. Why can't we use the same principle as victory gardens to have clean air parks? Millions of parks around the world with land devoted to reversing global warming by consuming carbon dioxide and replacing it with oxygen? Whatever plants grow best in each climate and contribute the most oxygen.

Would this make sense? Or what don't I understand?

2007-06-03 06:04:27 · 9 answers · asked by x4294967296 6 in Global Warming

pleas give a website ill make you the best answer

2007-06-03 05:54:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

What do they do to hybrid vehicles, such as the Ford Escape Hybrid, to make them hybrid? How does it save the environment?

2007-06-03 05:31:57 · 12 answers · asked by angel_becky_2004 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I so don't like the "plastic" grocery bags. Can someone tell me where can I get canvas grocery bags at a reasonal price?
I want to do my part to save the enviroment...but lets face it ...the price of grocerys alone are...well ya know.

2007-06-03 05:26:14 · 16 answers · asked by Doris R 1 in Conservation

Animals are becoming extinct because of our foolishness!!!

2007-06-03 05:19:27 · 20 answers · asked by Jasmin 1 in Global Warming

Fact 1.) The climate changes.
Fact 2.) The climate has been changing for billions of years.
Fact 3.) The tempurature varies by hundreds of degrees around the planet.
Fact 4.) The planet has been much hotter and much colder than it is now.
Fact 5.) The Ice sheets have been melting and refreezing for millions of years.
Fact 6.) Those who disagree with the "man-made global warming theory" Still believe that pollution should be kept to a minimum and completely stopped if ever possible.

2007-06-03 04:17:06 · 14 answers · asked by jack_scar_action_hero 3 in Global Warming

2007-06-03 04:15:37 · 24 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6 in Global Warming

2007-06-03 03:28:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I was just doing some working out and calculated that globally we throw out somewhere in the order of 5000 cubic kilometres (1900 cubic miles) of domestic garbage each year - how can we safely get rid of so much garbage?

2007-06-03 00:32:40 · 10 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Other - Environment

Do you think that muscians and buinesspeople have started the whole "save the environment" thing now that its popular? Or do you think people would have done it anyway? Because when people first started talking about global warming not many people really seemed to care. I'm not saying its bad that they are supporting the environment it but I am questioning their motives.

2007-06-02 23:50:59 · 12 answers · asked by Karn 3 in Global Warming

2007-06-02 23:00:19 · 17 answers · asked by naxathra 1 in Conservation

The peak of Kanchenjengha is the highest point in India.
Which is the lowes point on land which is not submeged under water ?

2007-06-02 22:54:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-06-02 22:10:22 · 19 answers · asked by Nozza 1 in Green Living

i want 2 knw that how the future lifestyle willl b as without oil n fuel life seems 2 b impossible n so i want 2 think n gt some ideas bout the future lifstyle

2007-06-02 21:33:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

And the slower it's stopped the more expensive it will be? What reasons do you have?

2007-06-02 19:22:01 · 15 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Global Warming

eh.?

2007-06-02 18:59:05 · 3 answers · asked by cutie_grl_foreva 1 in Other - Environment