Environment - August 2007

Mr. Jello - he of "top contributor" status in the global warming section - has now blocked my ID so I can no longer correct his incessant distortion and ignorance of the scientific facts regarding this subject.

This is not the first time a global warming denier has blocked my ID - I was also blocked by someone named "the_CO2_agenda_is_a_lie" and "a_bush_family_member" for the same reasons.

Are global warming deniers so afraid of the facts that they'll censor people who try and use scientific facts to convince them that they're wrong?

2007-08-23 09:26:04 · 16 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

If the average person really does what it takes to help the environment are they really helping when you consider the following?

If they buy cars that use less fuel or alternative fuels they usually save some money.
If they buy energy star appliances they usually save some money.
In other words living green saves you money. It also uses oil to manufacture these so called green items.

Now this person puts this money in the bank and the bank makes a loan to someone to buy a car their car pollutes the environment and also uses gas.

This person uses this saved money buys other needed items from the store (which probley had petroleum used in manufacturing). The store also had to pay a vehicle to get it there and that vehicle probably wasn't fuel efficient.

So what it looks like to me so far is that they are actually compacting the problem of global pollution and depleting oil more rapidly.

Would you all say that living green helps the environment when you consider these things? If so where am I loosing the big picture?

2007-08-23 09:00:47 · 3 answers · asked by Dean M 2 in Green Living

Thanks for the support, everyone. Byderule's question about my account suspension got 18 stars and 21 answers, all supportive (except Mr. Jello, of course).

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahj_9Ts6XCPlEPR8x0ZiSSPsy6IX?qid=20070821123003AA7ghsU

As a result of my protests of the wrongful suspension (for which I used everyone's support in byderule's question as evidence on my behalf), Y!A concluded the following:

"We appreciate your inquiry about your suspension from Yahoo! Answers.

We reviewed your case, and have decided to reinstate your account.We have also restored your points on Yahoo! Answers. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We appreciate your continued compliance with the Yahoo! Terms of Service and the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines"

Y!A had already denied my previous inquiry, so it took some persistence. Poor policy that they simply suspend people without warning or justification.

But anyway, thanks again for the support and kind words

2007-08-23 08:43:27 · 7 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Other - Environment

some kid at my school , hes a little dik, he always says stuff 2 me , i said stuff back got him angry, but he goes hes gonna call all the school boys on me, shall i just fight him 1 on 1 , i aint gonna tell the teachers, i aint a grass.

2007-08-23 08:40:58 · 4 answers · asked by mitch5454 1 in Other - Environment

The State of Georgia passed a resolution dismissing "global warming" as a media event, nor a scientific event.

98% of the scientist agreed with the Georgia legislator that global warming was being driven by hysteria.

This vote was against a resolution by California to pass more aggressive environmental laws than required by the federal gvmt.

Now that Georgia and 8 other states have declared that man made global warming isn't real, will people start to believe that this is just a political and media event?

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/08/22/warming_0822.html

2007-08-23 08:38:20 · 12 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

I've been wondering this for a while. Would somebody make like a comparrison? That might seem like a dumb question but whatever. I've been wanting to live in country area, sort of in a forest or in like a wilderness area. So I'm wondering about how large an acre is and how much a single acre costs. Can anyone tell me? I also am planning on purchasing a horse to ride through my land when I am able to aquire all of this. So one last question lol. How much land does a horse need. Please help!

2007-08-23 08:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-08-23 07:57:20 · 3 answers · asked by paricric 1 in Global Warming

this is a good ritual to help heal the planet. do you agree we are causing the damage or is this a natural event

2007-08-23 07:50:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

And is there specific states that are a good choice of location?


Im 16 & planning my future. It'd be nice to know what I need to start funds for now; such as my future home.


Thanks for your time.

2007-08-23 07:38:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Have you raged against the machine?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_snowmen_march_against

2007-08-23 06:54:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-08-23 06:39:33 · 20 answers · asked by * 6 in Global Warming

or does it really matter?

2007-08-23 06:24:18 · 5 answers · asked by Trey B 2 in Green Living

What are some career ideas for a kid interested in wildlife conservation who would like to be out in the field but not as a researcher. I'm asking for my cousin. He's also interested in flying planes and photography.

2007-08-23 06:02:48 · 8 answers · asked by liver 1 in Conservation

What could possibly happen?

2007-08-23 06:00:02 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

What could possibly happen?

2007-08-23 05:56:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

So change is the norm nothing is static. Major or minor Nothing we can do about it. How do you feel about this and what would you do to help yourself through all this?

2007-08-23 05:49:14 · 7 answers · asked by Mogollon Dude 7 in Global Warming

ok have come to the conclusion that maybe im breathing in some kind of mould spores in my room but am concerned that as i had the place built only a year ago, could the mould be formed in such a short space of time,as the timbers are.. or should be new which they looked like when i fixed up the drywall over it all?
Maybe the timber was left to the elements for some time before being installed ?

2007-08-23 05:26:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

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2007-08-23 04:25:50 · 7 answers · asked by zillianmens 1 in Global Warming

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2007-08-23 04:24:35 · 5 answers · asked by zillianmens 1 in Global Warming

2007-08-23 04:10:16 · 6 answers · asked by erixx 2 in Global Warming

2007-08-23 04:07:07 · 17 answers · asked by sunray 2 in Global Warming

I am an anti-nuke campaigner from way back so don't even bother guessing what side of the fence I sit on... nuclear energy is an amazing but unfortunate waste of time I think we should steer well clear of. Any opinions out there on this?? What would be a better alternative energy source?

2007-08-23 03:38:56 · 5 answers · asked by dorcas_3210 3 in Green Living

that the relatively recent rise in global surface temperatures are just part of the Earth's natural cycle.

If this is the case, as so many on here have stated in their responses to questions, this must obviously mean that 98% of scientists are wrong, unaware or not taking these past cycles into consideration or just plain stupid enough to put their reputations on the line...especially when you think that each report/paper/idea etc.. is heavily scrutinized by peers and rightfully so because that is how scientists operate to maintain high standards of accuracy and reliability in their expert fields.

So my question is this, since so many also want to "talk" science facts...if 98% of scientists are telling us that there is an umbelievably high probability that humans are a major cause of recent warming trends, relatively speaking, then why should the rest of us, that is the lay, or moderately educated in this area that agree with the 98%, believe you over the majority? Evidence plz

2007-08-23 03:10:13 · 17 answers · asked by town_cl0wn 4 in Global Warming

and what about the moose...what do you do with a belching moose!?

2007-08-23 03:00:30 · 16 answers · asked by Dick Richards 3 in Global Warming

What a load of rubbish and I'm seething. Two hours to clean my sons room up tonight. Every light bulb in my house is one of these bloody things. If this is what I'm going to have to go through when one explodes, I'd much rather go back the old ones and to hell with the planet. I cant even use a vacuum cleaner. I'm so upset that I wasted phone calls to various people who couldnt help. Finally onto someone who looks after the standards for electricity. What if some of that glass had pentrated my sons skin when it exploded. Nobody seemed too concerned about it.

2007-08-23 01:39:25 · 7 answers · asked by Jules 1 in Green Living

Ok! Disturbing Item on Sky News http://www.sky.com/news relating to the Northern Ice Shelf melting! I cannot believe that Some Major European Companies think that because the ice is melting it's good for business! They believe it's good because it will shorten a shipping journey by 5000 miles! How dumb can they possibly be? Will they still be buzzing about it when the economy goes down the pan because Global warming and incidently the Ice Shelf melting causes pandemonium with the weather and flooding etc, which in turn will cause a Global Economy U-Turn? I think it's about time Businesses grew up and realised the concequencies of Global Warming! Wether or not it is caused by Man or Natural! Fact the Ice Shelf has shrunk nearly a quarter in 20 years with 2007 being a record breaking year for the melt! In 15 years there WILL be a quicker passage to the US

If this happens! Then the weather and economy will start to turn! How are businesses going to react to that?

What do you think?

2007-08-23 01:25:13 · 12 answers · asked by AZRAEL Ψ 5 in Global Warming

I own two gas stations. I think most people who deny global warming are on the same boat with me.

2007-08-23 00:54:38 · 17 answers · asked by honestboy777 2 in Global Warming

Help!! One of those energy saving lamps has just exploded in my room, and nobody knows what to do.

2007-08-22 23:45:07 · 3 answers · asked by Jules 1 in Green Living

Whine aid station http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070822/sc_afp/sciencenorwayclimate

quote(wire)
grown moose belches out methane gas equivalent to 2,100 kilograms (4,630 pounds) of carbon dioxide a year, contributing to global warming, Norwegian researchers said Wednesday.

That is more than twice the amount of CO2 emitted on a round-trip flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Oslo to the Chilean capital Santiago
Realizing that the support of Al Gore and the liberals would quite possibly involve a large ingestion of beer on a regular basis, would it be best for the environment that Al suggest they switch to harder liquors to avoid gas emission resulting from consumption? Perhaps the use of harder liquors might make more people ameinable to the drastic amount of tax and spend schemes in the work as well as surely something like that would be needed to continue this type of "blind acceptance" of this type of emerging policy from Al and the Pelosi/Reid regime.

2007-08-22 23:33:50 · 4 answers · asked by koalatcomics 7 in Global Warming

How do they expect anyone to take them seriously when they say stuff like this? and when they have people like albert gore coming out with a supposed documentary that's really just propaganda, its no wonder most people aren't jumping on the global warming bandwagon. I say just wait awhile, it will be back to global cooling within 20 years.

2007-08-22 23:05:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming