Environment - July 2007

It drives me crazy that I have to throw my empty bottles and cans in the regular trash at my workplace. I live in New York City, but was raised with recycling as almost second nature. Why is it so hard to recycle in this city? Many of my friends who work in the city notice the same thing. Why no recycling options on the sides of streets, like trash cans? I resorted to bringing my own recycling bags and collecting cans bottles cardboard etc after work and recycling them myself. Who's in charge of this stuff?

2007-07-17 16:25:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

A. Burning fossil fuels.
B. The exhaled breath from politicians debating the issue.
C. Hyperventilating alarmists

2007-07-17 15:09:40 · 13 answers · asked by billnzan 4 in Global Warming

If I were to link 10 car batteries together (each 12 volts), would I be able to daisy chain them into a 120V battery pack, that could be recharged with a wall socket plug (running at 120V)? This is assuming I would have to remove the gas engine, to make room for the batteries.

2007-07-17 14:52:43 · 12 answers · asked by Piqchure 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-07-17 14:26:54 · 9 answers · asked by Wild Ape 4 in Global Warming

2007-07-17 14:00:51 · 16 answers · asked by lumeerdances 1 in Other - Environment

People That Help the Earth at lest alittle everyday Please put one thing you do everyday to help stop global warming .. I also would like to thank you for Helpping us and urself do this.. This makes you a strong person that can lead others into doing good for our earth ... Help out now before its too late!!
PS: READ WAT OTHER PEOPLE PUT SO MAYBE U CAN DO THAT TOO!!

2007-07-17 12:55:23 · 10 answers · asked by Destiny 1 in Global Warming

I see so many people on here that say global warming is a hoax and that the rising temperature has nothing to do with us humans. I would like to hear some background on why they think this way, and what they think really is causing this gradual increase in temperature.

2007-07-17 12:37:42 · 24 answers · asked by Guy who answered your question 1 in Global Warming

2007-07-17 12:26:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I need some evidence that shows the liberals are exagerating or lying.

2007-07-17 12:26:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I'm a tree hugger.

2007-07-17 11:38:57 · 11 answers · asked by Laura Block 4 in Global Warming

2007-07-17 11:16:26 · 10 answers · asked by Sin_O_Man 1 in Other - Environment

How do the people who believe in global warming respond to these specific criticisms?

1. The overwhelming majority of carbon dioxide is produced by natural sources, rather than humans. Therefore it's unlikely that human made carbon dioxide is creating global warming. Termites alone create more carbon dioxide than humans.

2. Similar to number 1, a single volcanic eruption releases several times more carbon dioxide than humans release in an entire year. But the world has survived countless volcanic eruptions throughout time.

3. Climate models that allegedly predict global warming are unreliable. If you input data from the past and try to get them to predict the present conditions, they're unable to do it accurately.

4. Similar to number 3, climate models can't even predict whether or not it will rain next week. Claiming that they can predict small changes in temperature decades in the future is ridiculous.

2007-07-17 11:03:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Is there any reliable study that shows how many scientists believe in global warming? I've heard some people who believe in global warming say that all scientists believe in it. And I've heard some people who don't believe in global warming say that most scientists don't believe in it. I'm not looking for propaganda. Are there any studies that are accepted by both sides?

2007-07-17 11:02:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Our increasing pressure on life living this planet into existance has been either impeded or exemplified by our knowing race.
My question is which of these aspects do you think global warming is cused by?
-The putting of harmful or synthetic substaces into ecosystems that obviously suffer longer than we do, being of smaller size, like carbon emissions or oils and chemical bases from our drainage?
-The pulling of grass or livestock away from an otherwise healthy cycle in our ecosystem, that is the ploughed fields and tulips by the gallon inclusive, all with greater carbon footprints than the species had before, and making them a center for our communication and social wealth, which is all inventors, farmers, scientists and others' purposes could only have been by changing all advantageous species place?

Guess they were afraid of true fear in living a healthy ecosensible simple existance...

2007-07-17 10:00:48 · 11 answers · asked by Jon M 2 in Global Warming

I mean, some of those tunnels in NYC are like many many stories below ground.

This is also assuming the initial blast wasnt directly in the city, so fallen buildings and fire storms arent a major concern.

Would you be protected from the radiation and fall out. nevermind food or water.

Its not a creepy question, iam writing a book and can only do so much on google. Sometimes its just nice to hear what others think is plausible.

2007-07-17 09:59:27 · 12 answers · asked by amosunknown 7 in Other - Environment

Warm-ING would imply that it keeps getting warmer - - the hottest year on record was 1998.

It's been about nine years now folks.

The whole thing's been going on now for only about 120 years.

So, it warmed for 111 years, it has plateaued since...... I don't know, I wouldn't give it more than a few more years, five tops, before there's a clear pattern there.

2007-07-17 09:59:12 · 8 answers · asked by truthisback 3 in Global Warming

I have been reading up on the issue of global warming and this is what I have found: two issues which seem to be confused or overlapped.

Global warming like global cooling is part of nature and has occurred throughout the history of the planet. The last time was the global cooling that included the glaciers of 15,000 years ago.

Pollution, caused by humans affects the atmosphere, but is not the cause of global warming. Pollution needs to be stopped also for the sake of the planet, but it will not stop global warming.

Global warming and global cooling are part of nature and are cyclical.

What do you think?

2007-07-17 09:57:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

glycerin obtained from biodiesel production is a very big problem to solve, is a waste no one have a place to put it.

2007-07-17 08:57:53 · 6 answers · asked by andarilho errante 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Why can't we just reduce our personal energy footprints because it is just the right thing to do? Do we really need to waste as much as we do?

There are other benefits beside reducing global warming (which no one agrees on anyway). How about: pollution, acid rain, health considerations, wasted natural resources, etc...

2007-07-17 08:57:07 · 19 answers · asked by xxx 3 in Global Warming

2007-07-17 08:53:16 · 4 answers · asked by autumn 2 in Other - Environment

leaders throughout history have used scare tactics to keep the people in line,at the moment the best they can come up with is the global warming approach,they are exploiting a natural event to terrify people ,raise taxes and when we all survive for a few more years we can hail them as saviors.in the eighties it was acid rain,what happened to acid rain?did it run out?..

2007-07-17 08:47:12 · 10 answers · asked by gasman 2 in Other - Environment

to that person who ever said i sound like im 10 im 12

2007-07-17 07:45:24 · 6 answers · asked by mybabe 1 in Global Warming

2007-07-17 07:36:06 · 6 answers · asked by weofearth 2 in Other - Environment

i am terrified of what the world will come to....is it all true?? Is the world really going to come to an end in 50 years............................all you ppl out there who smoke plz plz stop!!

2007-07-17 07:34:17 · 21 answers · asked by mybabe 1 in Global Warming

I read that oxygen breathing creatures who exhale carbon dioxide are the major source. By my calculations mammals contribute four-sevenths of the co2 and fossil fuels contribute about three sevenths. If the population growth is as great as predicted over the next fifty years we could still be in trouble even if there was NO fossil fuel source.

2007-07-17 07:32:13 · 9 answers · asked by gerlad m 2 in Global Warming

Car engines can be converted to run on hydrogen but does anyone know where I can find out how much i.e. cubic centimeters, inches, feet of hydrogen gas would typically be required to run a car engine?

2007-07-17 07:28:48 · 5 answers · asked by Jeff C 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I think the envirofascists are trying to put an end to evolution by stopping global warming.

2007-07-17 07:02:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Do you think it is good science to create the hockey stick chart using different sets of data? The first section is from tree ring data that shows a cooling trend. The last section is from thermometers in urban areas and shows a sharp increase in temperatures. Is this good science? Did this go through peer review? What would that chart look like if it used only tree ring data?

2007-07-17 06:51:51 · 8 answers · asked by areallthenamestaken 4 in Global Warming

I think the answer is easy.

1.) Wahtever depth the sea will rise , dig that depth out of the sea floor

2.) Let all the big armies show off their missles to dig that hole

3.) Purify salt water so its clean, and spray it on the desert

4.) why dont we design a way so we can live underwater instead of space

does anyone agree ??????

2007-07-17 06:49:49 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-07-17 06:37:24 · 5 answers · asked by gopa n 2 in Green Living