Environment - July 2007

Right now I reuse my grocery bags as trash bags. I think it's a good idea to switch to canvas bags for groceries, but then I would have to buy trash bags, which seem like they have a lot more plastic in them.

Is there a better alternative to plastic trash bags?

2007-07-12 18:08:06 · 8 answers · asked by Surely Funke 6 in Green Living

I saw on mythbusters once that they used cooking oil (filtered) with no alters and it ran a disel car. Cheap if every mc donalds in the USA filtered the cooking oil or sent it somewhere to be filtered and not have to waste it and replace disel.

2007-07-12 17:10:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

This car runs on compressed air. No gas , no oil , No water, Just compressed air. Go to web site www.aircar.com How do I get this car made here so I can get one. Get's hundreds of miles to a fill up of compressed air.

2007-07-12 16:50:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

If the people who say it is just a climatic cycle are wrong and global warming is happening and we do nothing what will the earth look like? How will our lives change?

2007-07-12 14:56:17 · 29 answers · asked by Theresa C 2 in Global Warming

One reason for asking is that I want to etch my driveway with acid to clean it, but I don't want the runoff to contaminate the neighborhood's retention ponds. I'm hoping that the runoff goes into the sewer and not into the ponds.

2007-07-12 13:49:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

The Falklands War gave the British Governement an excuse to build a fortress on the islands, but was there another reason to fortify the Falklands other than to deter any future pathetic attempts to steal our territory?

Could it be that the huge coal and oil deposits in British Antarctica might have been the real reason?

2007-07-12 13:43:35 · 11 answers · asked by Harry Potter 4 in Other - Environment

As we know the earth crust is shrinking naturally due to cooling of the earth, causing earth quakes, volcanic eruptions etc. The centre of the earth is very hot. Can it be that by taking out the enormous volumes of oil and gas, coal etc, the earth's crust is shrinking faster, causing more pressures, frictions, more hot gasses escaping from the earth into the atmosphere and sea etc, and thus causing the lately more rapidly increase of global temperatures?

2007-07-12 13:41:46 · 12 answers · asked by Magpie 1 in Global Warming

2007-07-12 13:11:40 · 8 answers · asked by toes_made_of_steel 1 in Other - Environment

What kind of air conditioners do you use? Did you look at all the possible choices for cooling technologies available? What sort of things do you do to cool your homes and your selves?

2007-07-12 12:52:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

i know there are worse things to moan about but i am getting soooo depressed and the BBC weather on the TV has just TOTALLY contradicted their OWN flippin (trying so hard not to swear) website ! What's that all about ? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

2007-07-12 11:48:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

i'm looking to install solar for helpwith my utilities. an 6.6kw system for 4400.00 which they say will do aprox 67% of my bill or a 9kw that will do aprox 78% for 5500.00. i live in ca. that includes the rebates. can they be bargaind with? it seams a little high. thanks n lj

2007-07-12 11:09:09 · 10 answers · asked by lolo 1 in Green Living

http://moveon.org/press/pr/release071107.html

Former Senator John Edwards won MoveOn.org Political Action’s poll on the climate crisis which asked, “Which candidate’s position on dealing with the climate crisis do you prefer?” Of the field of eight Democratic hopefuls, Edwards received 33% of the total votes cast–more than twice the support of the next two candidates, Rep. Kucinich and Senator Clinton, who each garnered 15.7%.

MoveOn member vote results:

Edwards 33.10%
Kucinich 15.73%
Clinton 15.71%
Obama 15.03%
Richardson 12.60%
Biden 3.06%
Dodd 3.01%
Gravel 1.78%

Edwards' plan is to reduce the USA's greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050. So, who's voting for Edwards?

2007-07-12 10:19:05 · 17 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

I cannot think of one GOOD reason why not. Can you?

This question was asked a year ago but I think it should be aired again.

2007-07-12 09:46:15 · 28 answers · asked by Mabel 2 in Other - Environment

What is so bad about it? The sea levels won't rise, and if they do it will only be about a foot, because of the displacement, if you don't beleive me try an experiment, take a graduated cylinder fill it up with water to about 20 fl. oz. and then put some ice in it, measure the water level, then let the ice melt, measure the water level now, the water didn't rise much at all, because when ice melts it shrinks and the displacement of the water from the ice is greater than the amount of water added back in when the ice melts. And the thing that the planet will get warmer, yes it will but whats wrong with that, people can live in high temperatures and people will be able to live and grow crops further up north, whats wrong with that. and yes the planet will start to cool down after that, but this has happened at least 7 times before, even before humans existed, the earth has gone into global warming then an iceage, its a natural cycle, so why do we have to blame the humans for it?

2007-07-12 08:40:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I was looking in a magazin and on the cover was another magazin that said something about 2012 the Mayan code will end and that will be the year of destiny and there will be exciting events and a huge global change or global climate change. On some channel they was just showing the Earth in 2050 and the ground was brown (I didn't see ALL of it because I turned because I didn't wanna worry about that) and in say something about startings of fires or something like that forget, but they said something about fires. In school a teacher said something about on Sepember 11th something bad is going to happen to the USA and in another magazin I saw on the cover "The world will end 9/11/07." What's all this about?? They didn't worry about it last year.

P.S.: What are Mayans if there people what was they like??

2007-07-12 08:16:23 · 4 answers · asked by Animal-luva4242 3 in Other - Environment

I love my steak! I love my Earth! What should I do?

2007-07-12 07:21:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

We've all heard of E85, 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. Some states currently run E10, most recently California. Minnesota passed an E20 mandate but has yet to get the ok from the EPA. I've heard a person gets the best mileage with E30. If so, why not mandate E30 eventually? If I were to pump 20 total gallons into my fuel tank, 13 gal. gasoline & 7 gal. E85 to make E30, adjusting the equation in states currently blending ethanol, how would that effect my vehicle mileage, engine mechanics, and performance? Is the EPA testing for E20 and E30?

2007-07-12 07:03:44 · 9 answers · asked by Gibbz 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

How does this plant generate power and what kinds of dangerous emissions and other pollution does it generate?

2007-07-12 06:57:38 · 2 answers · asked by skevh 1 in Other - Environment

I thought it was to raise awareness about global warning. Do we really need any more talk about GW? If someone doesn't know about it they are living under a rock!

2007-07-12 06:39:54 · 15 answers · asked by en tu cabeza 4 in Global Warming

Originally, Ted Danson said we were supposed to be completely out of all fossil fuels by 2000. Unfortunately 2000 came and went and we discovered more untapped fossil fuels remain than ever before.

So Al Gore insisted the world's cities will be under water by 2010 due to mankind causing global warming. The only problem is, most of us will be around in 2010, and he realized he's going to look as stupid as Ted Danson if the cities aren't submerged. So he changed the forecast to 2050 (whew), figuring he'll be dead and gone by then (double-whew)!

But after years and years of complaining about "global warming", we're now seeing record LOW temps all over the world and none of the promised hurricanes.

So now they changed it to "Climate Change", so that they can point to ANYTHING that happens as "PROOF"!

In other words, ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY. How convenient.

When are people going to realize they are being SCAMMED?

2007-07-12 06:33:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I think that the best way is to use solar energy.

2007-07-12 06:33:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Are the man´s acts responsible for the global warming?

2007-07-12 06:16:22 · 21 answers · asked by Lourenço 1 in Global Warming

The site is on the side of a mountain and we have a good wind (Oklahoma ) Any and all suggestions that can bring this in on an extremely limited budget are gratefully accepted.

2007-07-12 06:15:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

i need a good website that proves that global warming is false.

2007-07-12 06:06:41 · 12 answers · asked by melissa 2 in Global Warming

2007-07-12 06:00:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Who is embezzeling all of the gate money?

2007-07-12 05:41:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-07-12 05:29:29 · 17 answers · asked by veennoode 1 in Conservation

2007-07-12 05:17:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-07-12 05:15:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-07-12 04:54:25 · 27 answers · asked by kevin s 6 in Global Warming