Environment - August 2007

This might fight global warming.

The difference between these microbes and plants would be that the carbon does not need to become part of the mass of the plant. The nagging problem with this might be that the carbon would burn!

2007-08-12 15:52:29 · 14 answers · asked by L Dawg 3 in Global Warming

events to immediately ascretain that global warming was culprit of said weather event? When an unusual weather event or isolated incident occurs, global warmists somehow link it to global warming? First off, I am in Texas, I am a degreed certified meteorlogist, and I have heard among the most ridiculous reasoning behind the cool and very wet weather patterns this summer. Those who conoct these laughable theories have no training in weather. In fact most meteorologists I know, many have Docotorates and decades of experience and research under their belts are not global warmists. Another example, the 2005 was the busiest Hurricane season in recorded history. Global warming was cited as the culprit. Last year and this year were severely BELOW AVERAGE, yet the global warmists are no where in sight. If globa warming is the cause extreme weather patterns, when they abate, global warming is NOT the cause? You cannot cherry pick!!! Back up your claims with pertinent facts. I am waiting.

2007-08-12 15:50:04 · 16 answers · asked by aCeRBic 4 in Global Warming

The comment is this: "These findings might seem to contradict the general notion of aerosol particles as cooling agents in the global climate system. " Conservatives have been quoting this statement by way of suggesting blame for global warming be transferred to dung burning Asia from industrial corporate America. But the quote speaks of the "cooling" of aerosol, not any warming. Is that in effect the same or is this quote being misused? Here's a link and the sentence is in the second to last paragraph: http://www.npg.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7153/full/448541a.html

2007-08-12 15:45:12 · 4 answers · asked by alan p 1 in Global Warming

i really want to help...im a real big nature fanatic.....and i want to know if theres like...a website or something i can go to, to help fight the effects of global warming

2007-08-12 15:14:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-08-12 14:34:35 · 17 answers · asked by yacsaw 1 in Global Warming

2007-08-12 14:32:14 · 2 answers · asked by gorden_marsha 1 in Green Living

2007-08-12 14:21:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Does any one think that this whole global warming thing is crap? dont get me wrong being environmentally friendly is a good thing. i recycle, and turn of my apliances when im not using them and i dont idle my car and all that stuff. but come on.. in the 70's they thought there was goin to be another ice age.. just wondering other ppls thoughts on this

2007-08-12 14:09:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

The whole ethanol idea is going to be tragedy to our country. With it taking 1700 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of ethanol and that it takes foreign fuel and fossil fuels to produce ethanol, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know this is BAD idea. I believe the Agri-Business lobby and ethanol lobby are doing their job, but the politcians are either being bought off or they aren't being told the whole story with using ethanol.

2007-08-12 13:55:49 · 5 answers · asked by ACTS 4:12 4 in Green Living

shucky, shucky, darn...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070812/sc_livescience/treeswontfixglobalwarming

2007-08-12 13:22:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-08-12 12:46:17 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

and can go anywhere in the world..... What about you?

2007-08-12 12:42:42 · 18 answers · asked by Frijj1 1 in Other - Environment

because i think it is not real.

2007-08-12 12:28:20 · 34 answers · asked by Thomas F 2 in Global Warming

'Ten Year Climate Model Unveiled' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6939347.stm - This is a new climate model created by the Hadley Centre that for the first time adds in certain natural climate forcings i.e. from ocean currents - quote - 'researchers said that the influence of natural climatic variations were likely to dampen the effects of emissions from human activities between now and 2009.' - this leads to much less warming over the next decade than previously predicted. (quote) 'The latest assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said that human activity was "very likely" causing the world to warm' - anyone who's familiar with the IPCC's line will be surprised by the words 'very likely', because they're lukewarm in comparison to their former steadfast assertions r.e. our absolute responsibility for causing GW.

So is this new model and the IPCC's apparent climb-down the first signs that officialdom may be softening their view of manmade GW?

2007-08-12 12:00:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

IT is hard to find a good diesel blazer because there isnt very many and they are to find in the right condition. So I want to find a gasoline one and put one of the diesel engines into it so I could make it biodiesel. Could you do this? Would it be hard, do biodiesel get better mileage and what else could I do to my blazer to make it cool. If I cant do this what options do I have?

2007-08-12 11:28:10 · 8 answers · asked by Jonathan L 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I've never understood the bottled water craze. We've drank tap water for many, many years before bottled water came around. Why can't we just fill up water bottles with tap water instead of wasting money and energy on bottled?

2007-08-12 11:02:39 · 22 answers · asked by Alexa K 5 in Other - Environment

2007-08-12 10:38:07 · 23 answers · asked by dance_to_da_rhythm 2 in Other - Environment

2007-08-12 10:33:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I believe that every person in the whole world has a right to use as much electricity as they please. Who cares about global warming I mean its not like its going to happen overnight anyway.

2007-08-12 10:01:53 · 19 answers · asked by Paul C 1 in Conservation

I bought canvas bags from my grocery store which are made of polypropylene. They are meant to replace plastic bags and therefore I would assume be less polluting. But is polypropylene biodegradable?

2007-08-12 09:44:33 · 5 answers · asked by Laurence L 2 in Conservation

Several months ago the news of the colony colapse came out and noted that several crops were in danger . (due to lack of pollination)
But no news since then !
Anyone know the current status of the crops ?
(LIke the almonds etc )
Also noticed price drops in honey . . . Does that mean there was a turnaround in hive population ?

Thanx for any info . . . Hey , I just noticed there is NO ag / country catagory on Yahoo Q&A ! Only urban catagories !
What is up with that ? (No legit cat for this Q !)

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2007-08-12 07:27:22 · 3 answers · asked by kate 7 in Other - Environment

http://www.dailymotion.com/julianjoepeace/video/x2qsdy_msc-napoli_news

Damaged 18th January 2007 & subsequently beached the MSC Napoli was a nightmare come true for the 14,000 + residents of Sidmouth and the World Heritage Coastline off Branscombe.

Using explosives for the third time, the ship was finally split in two and a further seepage of oil was successfully minimised. We cant begin to calculate the possible ongoing effects of environmental damage, but could the ill-fated ship be a potential Golden Egg for the Devon Coast?

If the sunken half of the ship was towed a little further out to sea, it may attract a variety of marine life similarly to that of a coral reef. This in turn could attract divers, biologists, tourists (grottle) boat trips (?) media and could open the floodgates for added revenue to the nearby coastal towns.

What are your views.

2007-08-12 06:53:36 · 9 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Conservation

2007-08-12 05:39:05 · 3 answers · asked by vspyder63 1 in Other - Environment

There has been a flood of questions about this whole 1934 virtually irrelevant lower-48 states temperature correction. I can only assume it's because the right-wing bloggers and Rush Limbaugh made such a big deal about it and spread so much misinformation about it. Correct information about the incident is available here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgCxBALgHOtjhactMX_WFDjsy6IX?qid=20070810115452AAYt0LI

What I'm wondering is, why are GW deniers making such a big deal? Is it because they're relying on Limbaugh for their (mis)information and thus actually thought this was some big coverup? Is it because they're desperate for any news which can be construed in any way as being in their favor? Are they just extremely vocal? Or is it a combination of these factors, or something I haven't considered?

How can such an insignificant bit of information be blown so out of proportion and misunderstood so badly by so many?

2007-08-12 05:24:28 · 14 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

In Australia they are building a solar farm that uses mirrors to heat up air. then the air is funneled up a tall tower where there are fans that take in the power from the speed of the moving hot air. Wouldn't this hurt the envirorment because it is sending out supper heated air out into the atmosphere?

2007-08-12 05:20:36 · 11 answers · asked by Harrison K 2 in Green Living

What would you do? Permanent winter, forever. What would you do to ensure your survival?

2007-08-12 04:36:47 · 11 answers · asked by nobody 2 in Global Warming

I was watching a show and they said that the moon has tons of hydrogen three which is a clean and very powerful form of energy.

2007-08-12 04:28:36 · 17 answers · asked by Harrison K 2 in Green Living

Everytime there is a large Volcano that Erupts, the ash is thrown into the Atmosphere around the planet, which blocks some solar radiation and cools the planet. The result is refreezing of Artic Ice and other Glaciers. This happened in 1980 after Mount St. Helens. Tambora & Krakatau erupted in a period known as the Little Ice Age, which cooled the planet. Why cant we use explosives to trigger a Volcano that would help cool our planet?

2007-08-12 04:04:53 · 9 answers · asked by greatlakesmedved 1 in Global Warming

Top scientists has evaluated 928 scientific studies and concluded that there IS global warming happening, and WE are the cause. (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686)
Now, why do some people belive they somehow has more information or knowledge about this than these experts who has been researching this for years?
Why do they think they know ANYTHING, or has any new angles on the problem (after searching 5 minutes in the web) that these scientist has not already taken into account for years?
And if anyone gives me that crap about the wrong data from NASA, do you homework, 3 mintue search and you will realize that has no value. AT least according to climate scientists (http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/08/1934-and-all-that/ ). But who listens to them these days?

2007-08-12 03:57:31 · 19 answers · asked by kjalnot 1 in Global Warming

Now that NASA has admitted their information on Global Warming was very horribly wrong, and was effected by a computer glitch, and 1998 was NOT the second warmest year on record. In fact 1934 was the second warmest...WELL BEFORE cars and industrial pollution were an issue, AND the warmest on record was 1921!!! So we are NOT getting warmer, we are in fact getting COOLER. Will Spotted Al Gore and Yahoo...his personal fan club, stop with all the Global warming religion and BS?

2007-08-12 01:46:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming