Environment - August 2007

2007-08-16 10:15:00 · 1 answers · asked by g_tvs 1 in Other - Environment

When coal is burned, highly radioactive elements are released into the atmosphere. Coal fire plants release more radioactive contamination into the atmosphere than nuclear power plants.

http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html

2007-08-16 10:12:00 · 5 answers · asked by PD 6 in Global Warming

What is the actual measured impact of humans on the climate?

2007-08-16 09:40:48 · 15 answers · asked by robinfolsomca 1 in Global Warming

2007-08-16 09:30:24 · 11 answers · asked by giantsman66 1 in Global Warming

In the summer months I'm always hearing about global warming on the news. Yet in the winter and fall, I don't hear one word on the subject. If it's such a global crisis, why do I only hear about it 3 months out of the year?

2007-08-16 09:16:49 · 12 answers · asked by big_scott_larock 2 in Global Warming

2007-08-16 09:06:33 · 16 answers · asked by David 1 in Global Warming

This way: i.e. (in example:) Wood, plastic...


Thanks alot!

2007-08-16 08:22:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

With all the people, all the cars and all this rain is Britain sinking?

2007-08-16 06:12:32 · 12 answers · asked by tkf57 3 in Global Warming

Honestly, I'm still wavering if I believe global warming is caused by humans or not. If major gaps that control the climate like the one in the linked story are still being discovered, how can we have a definitive, scientific answer?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070815/sc_nm/australia_ocean_dc

2007-08-16 05:51:36 · 13 answers · asked by Cadair360 3 in Global Warming

Actions without understanding the cause of the problem always create unintended negative consequences.

To reduce pollution that destroys the ozone layer, the Kyoto protocol, under the Clean Development Mechanism paid poor countries to cut green house emissions. One of the pollutants, HFC 23 was targeted for reduction under this program.

What happened is that the poorer countries INCREASED their production of this ozone depleting gas because they could claim more carbon offsets and get more money – to the tune of $5BILLION per year!

http://boortz.com/nuze/200708/08162007.html#kyoto

The same is true with deforestation. Kyoto pays countries for planting trees, so first they cut down existing old growth forest in order to get the money to replant these forests they cut down! Deforestation is very profitable under Kyoto!

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cb7f0eba-4a3c-11dc-95b5-0000779fd2ac.html

We creat more problems guessing. We need to know first!

2007-08-16 05:39:21 · 6 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

I'd much rather use a paper bag for my grocery shopping.
If you double bag them you can reuse them again at the store.
You can recycle paper bags much easier like using them for school text bookcovers (I did this when I was younger) & there are many more ways you could reuse the paper bags.
My point is this; It seems like more & more people use plastic bags b/c paper bags are no longer being offered.
Why don't they offer paper bags anymore?

2007-08-16 05:38:49 · 29 answers · asked by ? 4 in Other - Environment

When did record keeping start on global worming? What was
the warmest year / years? What was the temperature then and now? Can you give me a wed sight? Thanks for any help you
can offer.

2007-08-16 05:34:59 · 7 answers · asked by wayne g 7 in Global Warming

I don't have a dishwasher so I have to wash everything by hand. I feel like I am wasting a lot of water rinsing the dishes and am looking for better ways to do the dishes.

When I was a kid, my parents made me fill up a second sink of water to rinse the dishes but it got soapy after a few plates. I don't really want a soapy film on the dishes. :)

Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

2007-08-16 05:24:27 · 15 answers · asked by QuantumJourney 2 in Green Living

There were no SUV's before there were CAFE standards.

Did the creation of the CAFE standards create the SUV market? I believe it did. Since trucks are exempt (and they should be) these behemoths are built on truck frames so they don't fall under the CAFE regulations.

If the CAFE standards are tightened to include SUV's, larger SUV's built on 18 wheeler cabs running on diesel will be created in order to supply the market for the demand of larger vehicles putting more pollution into the air then we have now.

A better option is to eliminate all CAFÉ standards. Sure, some cars would be bigger, but overall the fuel economy will go up because larger cars wouldn’t be built on truck frames anymore.

2007-08-16 04:02:32 · 7 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

Is the price of gas falling below $2.50/Gal good, bad, or indiferent towards the economy and the environment?

Your thoughts?

2007-08-16 02:58:28 · 20 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

Adapted from a list of questions posed to students and delegates after a tour / discussion about climatology, global warming, climate change etc. None of the questions seek to prove or disprove global warming and climate change, all have factual answers.

How did you do? After the discussion / tour most people get about 12 or 13 out of 20 correct. There's only 17 questions here and they're not following a discussion in which many of the answers are mentioned. I reckon 5 or 6 would be quite a reasonable score, more than 10 would be really good.


1) The earliest reliable temperature record dates from...
A) 1559, B) 1659, C) 1759, D) 1859, E) 1959


2) What are the first three letters of the name of that record?
A) Had, B) Has, C) Her, D) His, E) Hot


3) Which of these five figures is closest to the AVERAGE amount of water vapour in the atmosphere?
A) 0.01%, B) 0.05%, C) 0.1%, D) 0.5%, E) 1.0%

2007-08-16 02:18:24 · 3 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

Assume a new report by someone like the IPCC was released in three months time. The report states that the world is warming faster than previously thought and the potential consequences of climate change are more dramatic than we've seen so far, not radically different but perhaps 10 to 20% more serious.

Would it prompt you to start acting on climate change, to do more than you're already doing, not to do anything...?

2007-08-16 02:09:31 · 16 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

Assume manmade global warming was real and there was a way to halt it. Something that's been tried and tested, something safe and reliable - a silver bullet so to speak. It costs money but means we can continue just as we are now, no 'carbon taxes', no legislation, no changes to lifestyles etc.

Who should pay and how much would be acceptable? If it helps, assume the average weekly wage is $1,000 / £500 and the annual global income (worldwide GDP) is $60 / £30 trillion.

2007-08-16 02:08:20 · 17 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

Should we act as individuals, leave it to science to resolve, let governments take the initiative? All of these, none of these, something else.

Maybe you think we should wait until we have a clearer understanding before deciding on a course of action.

Perhaps you don't feel any action is necessary and things should be left to run their own course.

2007-08-16 02:06:50 · 23 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

2007-08-16 00:23:40 · 3 answers · asked by girish g 1 in Green Living

are we being told the truth about mankind ruining the environment eg, global warming and so on...
why are all these things people are telling us so negative? is it because of the worlds natrual causes? is it our fault? or is the government just trying to make us frightened. The Ice Age that occured thousands of years ago...people survived, and the Ice melted, that wasnt because on greenhouse gases was it? Why are they telling us now that if the north and south pole melts, we will all die? wouldnt that just mean more land for us? The most detailed and interesting answer will be chosen for best

2007-08-15 23:48:10 · 18 answers · asked by Monie 2 in Global Warming

Can anyone suggest charities or companies who reuse old PC monitors. I have a load I am looking to get rid of that are still working and in good conition. I don't want to pay large disposal costs if I can avoid it.

2007-08-15 22:01:15 · 11 answers · asked by Oscar100 2 in Green Living

I do not mean ex husbands...

2007-08-15 21:50:24 · 17 answers · asked by jake5282 2 in Global Warming

So what to do? Whats more important recycling or our water?

2007-08-15 19:23:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

Now this is really beginning to bug me. I've read a good chunk of the IPCC report, visited lots of sites (pro and con), and generally consider myself well-versed in global warming literature. I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of graphs and charts, and here's a typical one:
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
I recognise this from the IPCC report.
Now look at the first graph on the right: 1934 looks to be a good 0.7 degrees cooler than 1998, and yet when the numbers are printed, the two years are reported to be within about 0.02 degrees of each other.... it doesn't matter if you take the "original' or 'corrected' NASA numbers.
How is anyone supposed to make any sense of this if even the facts (in this case, instrumental temperature records) change from one report to another?
Somebody's pulling the wool over our eyes.

2007-08-15 17:23:05 · 10 answers · asked by Rando 4 in Global Warming

BUNCHES of quart size oil containers with # 2 on the bottom... can they be recycled? Where? Thanks!

2007-08-15 15:46:07 · 5 answers · asked by Reenie: Mom of Marine 6 in Other - Environment

2007-08-15 15:39:23 · 12 answers · asked by K B 1 in Green Living

I mean if we burn biodiesel in our cars it is soybeans, if we burn ethanol in our cars it is corn. How can we justify this when there are people starving in the world?

2007-08-15 15:14:38 · 18 answers · asked by en tu cabeza 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

The only emitions produced by hydrogen fuel cell engines is h2o. What would a sudden increase of moisture in the atmosphere do to the environment? Would drought be a thing of the past?

2007-08-15 15:01:33 · 6 answers · asked by martin s 2 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

these two fields really interest me but i only know of a few jobs that i could get and i know there are plently more. this is what i am going to school for actually and just want to know what to look for when i graduate in a couple of years

2007-08-15 14:12:53 · 6 answers · asked by confused1004 2 in Other - Environment