Environment - August 2007

2007-08-04 17:01:02 · 14 answers · asked by raslaffan 1 in Global Warming

and can you give examples of it? As for me I've seen Natural Disasters worsen, such as hurricanes and raining season was behind two months where I live. Thanks for answering.

2007-08-04 16:19:29 · 46 answers · asked by belle 4 in Global Warming

Plain and simple, I do care about the environment, but i'm a bagger at a grocery store and they ANNOY me. They take so much longer then regular plastic bags. I don't care THAT much. Maybe if i knew how much they helped the environment i wouldn't be so annoyed. Anyone know why they are used? thanks.

2007-08-04 15:34:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

ookay so i am thirteen. ive heard alot about global warming. right now im kinda thinking it isnt real. it just doesnt add up! ive studied that if you condensed the history of all life up until now (from the first tiny life form to dinos, to cavemen, to humans) in to one hour, human life would only be in the last ten seconds! and more than half of that time we didnt even have the things that they say "cause global warming". it doesnt seem possible that we destroyed the world so quickly! second if you took all the cars. and factories and planes in the WORLD and put them all together in one place it would only fill the state of california! third all the carbon deoxcide thats "trapped in the atmosohere " plants use to make more oxygen! n fourth the sun goes through 12 year cycles of heat and in the ice age it got suddenly warm and there was nothing to polute the atmosphere then! but now im a little confused with all the stuff going on with global warming and adevertising? what's the truth

2007-08-04 15:13:53 · 21 answers · asked by Seanyy 3 in Global Warming

This is the kind with a baffled chimney that will heat up a whole wall for hours with just a little bit of wood or coal.
What is your experience with it? Did you design it yourself, have someone else build it, or use a kit?

2007-08-04 15:07:29 · 2 answers · asked by Pascha 7 in Green Living

that the Earth will become like venus?? Um well is this true??? Cuz like I don't want to die early. And just say the truth BECAUSE I NEED THE TRUTH!!!

2007-08-04 14:27:30 · 15 answers · asked by Walter 5 in Global Warming

if everyone is worried about the icecaps melting and what is gonna happen to the polar bears, why don't they just do it Noah style and build a floating polarbear sanctuary? anyone else think it's funny, or a good idea?

2007-08-04 14:09:16 · 11 answers · asked by skigrrrrl 3 in Global Warming

I was wondering how, if it is even possible to recycle aeresol containers. I opened the valve until I could no longer hear the hiss of the propellent and then I threw it in with the other recyclables (We have comingled recycling). Is that all I have to do or is there more. I live in Monmouth county, NJ.

2007-08-04 12:56:06 · 2 answers · asked by Zero 3 in Green Living

how much green house gas (water vapour) would be entering our atmosphere and causing climate change and would this vapour be worse, or not, than CO2.

2007-08-04 12:15:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

if a job with the nfs is so hard to attain due to the number of ppl apllying then what other careers might i consider?

2007-08-04 11:54:42 · 5 answers · asked by xX13lackcatxXx 2 in Other - Environment

anyone and everyone can have their say now . seeing as what the recent floods have done to the central and western parts of england what do you think our future is. how will it change our world around us. i would like some really interesting views.

2007-08-04 09:59:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-08-04 06:44:10 · 5 answers · asked by gaspar e 1 in Green Living

im so sick of people telling the world that global warming is occuring because...it isn't. God would NOT give us an earth that can be destroyed, i fully believe that. Also, why doesn't anyone believe that along with seasons the earth goes through tremendously hot and cold periods in a cycle: like the ice age? maybe the earth was incredibly hot before that. its a cycle, so deal with it! humans have NOTHING to do with global warming and are just a TINY part of earth. there is NO WAY that we could have created this "problem". Al Gore has shoved wrong information down our throats and even scientists have disproved most if not ALL of his ridiculous "so called facts". Also, Al Gore is changing our views by first telling us what he thinks, forcing others to believe it, gotten political people involved, discredited scientists and professionals who disagree and are posioning the youth with this nonsense..this reminds me of another event that followed the same steps: the holocast. anyone agree?

2007-08-04 05:53:56 · 30 answers · asked by melissaaaa 3 in Global Warming

Are there any Endangered Shark's in the Gulf of mexico?

2007-08-04 05:52:09 · 18 answers · asked by Shark 1 in Conservation

I want to know the pros and cons to owning a hybrid car. I like to drive my cars for 8+ years. My current car (Hyundai, Elantra) has 110,000 miles. Can I drive a hybrid that long? I heard that you don't do as many repairs because there aren't as many moving parts as the standard engine

2007-08-04 04:22:08 · 13 answers · asked by LOTR grl 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

In both cases you have to ignore a massive database of information contrary to your view. In both cases the vast majority of the scientific community disagrees. In both cases there are a few very noisy skeptics (some are scientists, most are very much not) who claim the truth of their skeptical views, demanding that they be given equal status, which is silly, given the state of the science. In both cases you can't "run the experiment" and have to rely on circumstantial evidence for the truth. Much of the evidence is only available to, and can only be interpreted by, trained scientists.

What's the difference? Global warming skeptics accuse global warming theory of being a "religious" belief. Giving the state of the science, isn't that term most appropriately applied to global warming denial?

2007-08-04 03:45:19 · 21 answers · asked by Bob 7 in Global Warming

I follow NASCAR only periodically - I have a favorite racer; however, after researching where the "Big 3" are going with electric powered cars (as well as the other manufacturers) and current initiatives underway by all to develop these cars - I am curious to know if NASCAR will follow suit or will they continue with fuel operated cars.

NASCAR is a great sport for a lot of dedicated fans - arguably can be considered the largest sport in North America. (Personally I am first and foremost an NHL Hockey fan, and as a Southern Californian who went to USC a BIG Trojan Football Fan - sports aside - this is a serious question).

I am looking for intelligent answers here - something that will allow me to do some research for fun. I recently was shown the new Chevy (by the engineer who designed it) that will be out in 3 years - all electric, and I am not big on the "quality" of American made cars; however, I have to admit this one REALLY caught my eye.

2007-08-04 02:20:20 · 12 answers · asked by Gerry 7 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-08-04 02:03:33 · 8 answers · asked by sassy 1 3 in Other - Environment

2007-08-04 01:47:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

i and my friend will held an activity called ICIDIS....so please help me ,give your opinion about how to persuade my friends in high school to remember about GLOBAL WARMING EFFECT..please answer immediately!


Thanks for your help.

2007-08-04 01:06:59 · 11 answers · asked by neorhazes 2 in Global Warming

Please write in and say what you think about Global Warming!

2007-08-03 23:33:02 · 36 answers · asked by Doctor_Who_Hattie 1 in Global Warming

With the announcement by Honda about the new Diesel versions of the Accord coming out in 2008, and remembering and verifying with BMW that they also are coming out with Diesel car versions in 2008, all with high MPG ratings, I am thinking of switching to one of those new vehicles.

BUT as I drove around, I realized something very quickly - I cant find a single gas station in the area that has a diesel fuel pump!

So, if you can actually find a diesel fuel pump at a gas station in your area, let me know what name the gas station is - maybe they have a branch in my area!

But if not, let me know too! If nobody can get diesel fuel anywhere, then there is no need to get a diesel car! If I cant refill it, then its useless!

2007-08-03 23:19:35 · 12 answers · asked by MrKnowItAll 6 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-08-03 21:21:13 · 11 answers · asked by doctor g 2 in Global Warming

So I was just thinking ... a lot and realized that humans are _Can't think of word_ . I mean think about it we are constantly changing the world we are living in so that we can adapt and don't care that we are harming the world by doing this. Animals can't adapt to new environments quickly and that is why we have lost so many animals to extinction. We are only supposed to lose ONE species every 100 years but instead we have lost 500 species in less then 400 years. We are never going to get those animals back and it's all because of us humans. ( When I say humans I'm not singling anybody out, One bad apple spoils the rest.) What do you think?

2007-08-03 20:23:16 · 16 answers · asked by Just Me Being Me 2 in Other - Environment

My brother believes that global warming is just propaganda so that people will buy hybrid cars. My take on the situation is even if global warming isn't real, than its like a giant test and the question is will we stop polluting and using so much gas to save our planet? Personally i think we are failing this test. What's your take?

2007-08-03 19:15:32 · 22 answers · asked by gymnast_7878 2 in Global Warming

2007-08-03 18:19:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Why do people who are famous or well known come out with these movies about global warming and point the finger at everyone except themselves?

I mean they live in ridiculously sized houses fly around in their private jets , limos , and tour buses. Shouldnt they practice what they preach? I can see them having big housing lots but why not just have smaller houses? Do they really need 20 bedrooms with 10 baths and 2 swimming pools?

I have no problem with people owning these things but if you are speaking out against something but do the opposite your an idiot.

Movie: http://www.leonardodicaprio.org/whatsimportant/globalwarming_movie01.htm\

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://rollnzoom.com/files/placethumb/242-335-big.jpg&imgrefurl=http://oleksij-rak.stumbleupon.com/tag/house/&h=240&w=320&sz=27&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=KCFAGsvdPcedIM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dleonardo%2Bdicaprio%2Bhouse%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGWYA,GWYA:2006-2

2007-08-03 18:12:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Heads up to everyone, there is a group at UW-Madison that has done some modeling and found that they can explain the warming AND cooling that we have seen the last 100 years.

Here is the reference:

Tsonis, A. A., K. Swanson, and S. Kravtsov (2007), A new dynamical mechanism for major climate shifts, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13705, doi:10.1029/2007GL030288.


It is quite the paper. It uses four oceanic oscillation systems and investigates the synchronization and coupling between the systems and the ramifications of coupling.

2007-08-03 17:28:16 · 8 answers · asked by Marc G 4 in Global Warming

RATIONALITY AND THE IDEOLOGY OF DISCONNECTION by Michael
Taylor, a political scientist and recovering rationalityaholic. He was convinced of the limits of
individual rational choice theory by dealing with the Native
Americans and finding that their passionate, "irrational"
attachment to their land led to their fighting to save it and
actually succeeding in saving some of it, while a rational
individual would have given up and lost everything. So
"irrat" beats rat. Anyway, read the book, it's way better
than that summary!

2007-08-03 17:05:30 · 2 answers · asked by Habitus 4 in Other - Environment

enviroment

2007-08-03 16:17:38 · 2 answers · asked by BOBY C 1 in Green Living