Environment - August 2007

was there a particular event: a school assignment, an overheard conversation, or perhaps your own observations of nature?

was there a certain person: a friend, an author, or maybe a teacher who got you thinking about how to protect what we still have?

was there a television program, or a book or article you sought out on your own that got you thinking green?

who or what do you credit with instilling in you an appreciation for the natural world? (don't forget the where, when and how!)

2007-08-18 11:28:42 · 16 answers · asked by patzky99 6 in Green Living

2007-08-18 11:09:50 · 3 answers · asked by paricric 1 in Global Warming

I've read that the contents of these light bulbs everyone is so excited about now will enter into the air, ground and eventually water supply once the dumps become filled with them creating health problems from mercury poisoning in our future. Since I already suffer from toxic levels of mercury, I am concerned. We ought to be able to create lighting without polluting our world further. Has anyone seen research on this?

2007-08-18 10:11:45 · 8 answers · asked by The Gaella 1 in Green Living

Why not 2 meter stilts and a rubber boat kept under the house?

2007-08-18 08:21:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Does the heat of all those people directly next to the glaciers make them melt even faster?

Way to go Greenpeace! Real smart!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070818/wl_nm/switzerland_tunick_dc

2007-08-18 08:01:50 · 10 answers · asked by averageamerican001 1 in Global Warming

Is there some way I can petition to have them transported somewhere or someone I can call?

2007-08-18 07:54:11 · 8 answers · asked by humanponygirl213 1 in Global Warming

Large horse chestnuts are being cut down because of falling conkers, it's vandalism. Do we really need protecting from everything?

2007-08-18 07:46:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Personally i think there's a problem, not that i'm a tree hugger or anything... but I hear people all of the time saying that it's all bulls**t . Especially during winter... where I live, last winter we had about two weeks of actual winter, (snow on the ground) the rest was slush season, but these people are cold so they think there is no problem.. even though it's only -15 celcius, 40 years ago it was -28 celcius (on coldest of days) in my area.
OR...
is it just a phase, part of a cycle that the earth goes through every century or so...

what triggered this question, is that i was talking to a customer at my business the other day, and he said that although we put so uch **** in the air, mankind only contributes to 5% of the carbon dioxide in the air... I don't know if this is true... but the guy seemed fairly educated, which makes it sound like part of a cycle...

Just interested in others' ideas, or if anyone gives a crap...

2007-08-18 06:48:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

We devoted at least half as much time trying to fix something real as we did on something theoretical, like global warming? There is no proof that we will be dead in 20 years if we dont do anything about "global warming." Remember El Nino years ago? if that was happening today, it would be blamed on global warming.

Global warming is also more profitable then people like to think. Companies like Toyota and Honda are see record breaking years. Home manufacturing that specialize in Green building are skyrocketing. The price of an inconvenient truth movie is outrageous, especially since Al Gore "cares" so much.

To me, the funding for this research could be put towards something far more beneficial to society as a whole.

2007-08-18 05:19:57 · 7 answers · asked by travis g 3 in Global Warming

2007-08-18 03:44:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-08-18 03:06:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

He has a new movie, "The 11th hour", which is about the environment, and global warming... So, do you believe Leonardo Di Caprio's movie will bring more social awareness of the climate crisis?

2007-08-18 02:05:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Many areas in the United States are shipping their garbage into other states because there just isn't enough space at the landfills anymore. Would creating a mandatory recycling program be a good idea?

2007-08-18 01:55:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

2007-08-17 23:52:51 · 17 answers · asked by pandu 1 in Global Warming

Why do they think that the world being warmer is natural and that, though co2 plays a role its being produced naturally for years? Don't cars produce co2 as well? Cars are not natural they are man made machines. The human population now isn't the same as the past we all are contributing to the co2. Plants are now scarce meaning that less co2 is being turned into o2. And I think that the abundance of co2 before life began is the reason that the earth was so hot before. Isn't that proof?

2007-08-17 20:19:41 · 13 answers · asked by Pacute 2 in Global Warming

see global warming is false. Their are two fires going on here in california. Right now in the day it is supposed to be in the 100's, but all the co2 that the fire is releasing is make the temps 5-10 degrees cooler. So if global warming was real, we should be having hotter temps, but because of these fires we are not.

2007-08-17 18:45:00 · 10 answers · asked by Reality Has A Libertarian Bias 6 in Global Warming

2007-08-17 15:38:04 · 20 answers · asked by E 2 in Other - Environment

will my foil hard hat save me?

2007-08-17 15:07:01 · 7 answers · asked by hardwoodrods 6 in Global Warming

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54411

2007-08-17 14:31:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Am I the only person who is against recycling and lowering our smog emissions?

We need to increase the overall polution around the world.

Think about it, trying to save the planet is only doing one thing... it's delaying humanity's unavoidable colonization of outer space.

You selfish tree-huggers are ruining mankind's chance to live in outer space. I'm sure there's a cleaner version of Earth somewhere out there, but we will never get to know thanks to you guys.

All I want is to be able to live in outerspace before I die of old age. Rest assured, that I'm doing everything I can help our colonization into outerspace, I leave the water running while brushing my teeth, I don't recycle, and I refuse to pass my smog test.

Global warming is a good thing. I say we push it even further and turn it into global heating. This way we will have no choice but to abandon this dump for someplace better.

You people make me sick.

2007-08-17 14:22:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-08-17 13:18:10 · 7 answers · asked by Dellajoy 6 in Global Warming

2007-08-17 12:26:09 · 65 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

2007-08-17 12:23:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Once global warming becomes so out of control that it is economically feasible to do something about it, it will be too late. Nations like the US, China, Russia, ect will never agree on economic restrictions and renewable energy. We live in a society that spends more on war than developing new energy technology. What are our chances?

2007-08-17 11:20:32 · 18 answers · asked by PD 6 in Global Warming

Boycotting consumption of animal products can make a huge difference, but everytime I suggest it in an answer, I seem to get many "thumbs down." Do you not realize what a vegan diet can do for the environment or is just too much trouble for you?

http://www.goveg.com/environment.asp

2007-08-17 10:47:56 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-08-17 10:31:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-08-17 09:59:28 · 28 answers · asked by graeme h 1 in Global Warming

2007-08-17 09:42:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

"“The world meat industry produces 18 percent of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions, more than all transportation produces. A gallon of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream requires electricity guzzling refrigeration, and four gallons of milk produced by cows that simultaneously produce eight gallons of manure and flatulence with eight gallons of methane. The cows do this while consuming lots of grain and hay, which are cultivated by using tractor fuel, chemical fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides, and transported by fuel-consuming trains and trucks.” —George Will

2007-08-17 07:20:52 · 32 answers · asked by DJ 7 in Global Warming

For the sake of this discussion, I will assume that humans are not a factor in global warming.

Can you tell me why we should not have laws on the books limiting the amount of greenhouse gases anyway?

People often say that the earth's climate is too complex for us to understand. Then shouldn't we do our best to limit our effect on the environment? If don't understand what we are doing to the climate, wouldn't it be best to reduce our contribution of any particular type of gas to the atmosphere?

For example, what if we increased water in the atmosphere from <1% to 3%? Do you know what would happen?

Why don't we say that the composition of the Earth's atmosphere is x and human activity should not alter it by more than y%?

I just don't understand why people are seemingly in favor of polluting the environment. Pollute in this case meaning to make less pure.

2007-08-17 07:04:46 · 25 answers · asked by ? 5 in Global Warming