Environment - September 2007

2007-09-20 11:09:27 · 9 answers · asked by peaches6 7 in Other - Environment

If we all suddenly came to an agreement today that manmade greenhouse gases are the problem, are we all going to stop driving our cars and kill the power to our homes and businesses or will we have to wait until a "green" source of energy is available? How many people can realistically afford to convert their homes to solar? If CO2 is as bad as reported, just a small reduction is not going to help.

2007-09-20 11:00:47 · 7 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Global Warming

Not advocating using more coal but after all most of the electric power is from coal.

2007-09-20 10:13:43 · 2 answers · asked by jim m 5 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

The last two days I've noticed bees dying around my house, even in my house, dying. Yesterday, when I went out to my mailbox I looked down to the ground and was shocked to see hundreds and hundreds of dead bees. They pretty much covered the floor. Some were still alive, among the dead ones, stuggling. I looked around for a beehive but didn't find one. Now I'm wondering, could it be a natural phenomenan, or did some idiot spray chemicals on my property.
Any input? Have you experienced the same?

2007-09-20 09:42:49 · 8 answers · asked by Nathalie V 1 in Other - Environment

2007-09-20 09:42:46 · 10 answers · asked by ♥rolly_polly♥ 1 in Other - Environment

According to Lockwood and Frolich, "over the past 20 years, all the trends in the Sun that could have had an influence on the Earth’s climate have been in the opposite direction to that required to explain the observed rise in global mean temperatures."

http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/media/proceedings_a/rspa20071880.pdf

They even discuss Tomcat's pet theory:

"Figure 1d shows that recent values of TSI have fallen below the minima of approximately 1365.5 W/m^2 seen during both of the previous two solar minima. Values for 2007 have fallen below 1365.3 W/m^2...and although they are provisional at the time of writing, the recent solar minimum is showing lower TSI values than the two previous minima."

They conclude:

"Our results show that the observed rapid rise in global mean temperatures seen after 1985 cannot be ascribed to solar variability, whichever of the mechanisms is invoked and no matter how much the solar variation is amplified."

SGW theorists have a rebuttal?

2007-09-20 08:24:17 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

We know that the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere (troposphere) are warming:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Satellite_Temperatures.png

But at the same time, the upper atmosphere (stratosphere, mesosphere, and ionosphere) are cooling:

http://www.wund.com/education/strato_cooling.asp

Now it seems to me (and climate scientists - see 6 minutes into the video below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gUd6y3zKU&mode=related&search=

that if solar activity is responsible for global warming, then the layers of the atmosphere closest to the Sun should be warming.

This link illustrates how climate scientists explain the upper atmospheric cooling though global warming theory:

http://www.wund.com/education/strato_cooling.asp

Can those who believe the Sun is responsible explain why the lower atmosphere and surface are warming, while the upper atmosphere is cooling?

2007-09-20 07:03:35 · 14 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Anthropogenic global warming deniers and skeptics continue to raise the issue of the validity global surface temperature measurements and the effects of urban heat islands on those measurements. Although this has been dealt with before:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ahj_9Ts6XCPlEPR8x0ZiSSPsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070913123734AAgAWkc

The issue continues to come up. An important point is that measurements of the troposphere from satellites agree with the surface temperature measurements:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Satellite_Temperatures.png

Note that these are Christy's measurements. He was featured in the Swindle as saying they didn't agree, which was due to an analysis error which Christy has since corrected.

Considering that there are no urban heat islands in the atmosphere, can we now all agree that the surface temperature measurements are valid?

2007-09-20 06:46:39 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

2007-09-20 06:46:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Last night I went to the beach and made a mark in the sand where the water reached. This morning I went back to check, and the sea level was a full 5 feet further back!

Clearly this means the sea levels are dropping at an alarming rate! Those damn scientists who are saying that sea levels are rising are ignoring the dangerous reality that sea levels are plummetting! What should we do about it?

2007-09-20 06:26:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Yesterday at a $25000 per person meet and great, Al Gore stated that "the entire polar ice cap will be gone in 23 years if we do not stop global warming". Does anyone out their think that Al really believes this nonsense or is he just doing it so he can be in the spotlight?

2007-09-20 05:50:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/pnppwr/powermgmt/VistaEnergyConserv.mspx

2007-09-20 05:00:14 · 18 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 in Green Living

doing a search for electric cars I come up with tons of conversions available as well as some very nice production models coming out soon - both reasonably priced and also high zoot. So much less maintenance, cheaper too run, and no emitions at all. If youre keeping within a hundred miles of home, as everyone almost always does, why not go electric?
And what happened to the ethenol fuel cell? simpler than hydrogen in every way.
I feel it's a marketing hype - misdirection from what is really "green" and not just "greener"
A hybrid is just a car with good gas mileage.
I'll find you an electric car that suits everything you want -try me!
johnfrancismurphy2003@yahoo.com

2007-09-20 04:52:27 · 5 answers · asked by john m 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

This is an extensive read, but it makes a lot of sense to me.
What do you think?

http://home.earthlink.net/~ponderthemaundercf/id12.html

2007-09-20 04:40:25 · 12 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Global Warming

Some scientists think that CO2 levels are higher now than they have ever been. If that's true, then were did all the carbon come from? The law of conservation of mass says that it was all on Earth from the beginning. It was CO2 to start with, then was converted by plants into sugars and fats, then animals ate it, died, and became fossil fuels. So, when humans burn fossil fuels, they are not making 'new' CO2, they are just releasing old CO2. If that's the case, then it is impossible to go above the original CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

On a side note, if CO2 levels were very high to begin with, it would have made rain too acidic for plants to grow, and life would never have started (assuming you believe in evolution).So, as I see it, if you believe in the big bang and global warming, you can't believe in evolution. If you believe in evolution, you can't believe in either global warming from CO2 or the big bang.
That only leaves devine creation.

2007-09-20 03:59:57 · 15 answers · asked by MadScientist 4 in Global Warming

:)

2007-09-20 03:52:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I understand there is a protest planned to say, "eating meat adds to global warming".

Do you believe this makes any sense? Surely we are not talking about voiding and flatulence, aren't beans worse for that?!?

Please explain it to me, and all the other yahoos who don't understand this 'mind bender' of a theory.

2007-09-20 03:23:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

ever since i read this, how can we "deny" any longer....

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Q)How many inches has the sea level risen so far?

A)Sea level in the last 100 years has risen about 7 inches and is projected to increase another 6 to 36 inches or so by 2100. The insidious thing is not so much the sea level rise, but the possibility of storm surges coupled with sea level rise. [6] The Netherlands spent $10 billion on raising the levels of their dikes after a 1959 storm caused ocean waves to overflow the dikes causing major floods. The money was spent to raise the height of the dikes from 20 to 30 feet. Being a little above sea level is not enough.

http://www.ecobridge.org/content/g_faq.htm#inches

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2007-09-20 03:01:23 · 11 answers · asked by afratta437 5 in Global Warming

2007-09-20 02:04:03 · 9 answers · asked by danielle_davis_cd_uk 1 in Global Warming

In his book, Collapse, Jared Diamond lists reasons why society's fail to detect, and/or solve problems that render them unsustainable, and may lead to their demise. One of his points is that societies often, historically and presently, fail to even attempt to solve a problem once it has been perceived.

"Many of the reasons for such a failure fall under the heading of what economists and other social scientists term "rational behavior,"arising from clashes of interest between people. That is, some people may reason correctly that they can advance their own interests by behavior harmful to other people. Scientists term such behavior "rational" precisely because it employs correct reasoning, even though it may be morally reprehensible. The perpetrators know that they will often get away with their bad behavior, especially if there is no law against it or if the law isn't effectively enforced. They feel safe because the perpetrators are typically concentrated (few in number)"

2007-09-20 01:54:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anders 4 in Global Warming

some scientists claim that the rise in global temp may cause a rise in 50 to 100 centimetres. however, that doesnt seem like a great increase to me. ia m curious to know why this is important and its efffects

2007-09-20 01:53:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

how will not driving my car reduce global warming?i am just one out of billions of drivers in the world!

2007-09-20 01:49:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-09-20 00:55:03 · 12 answers · asked by xyrichviem 1 in Global Warming

2007-09-20 00:48:53 · 22 answers · asked by Bodywatch 4 in Other - Environment

2007-09-20 00:38:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Not using batteries must help.

2007-09-19 23:18:06 · 4 answers · asked by Dustbowl Blues 3 in Other - Environment

As the harsh summer draws nearer, with tough and often increased water restrictions, Australians have many ways to ensure their gardens make it through the season.

How do you get your garden through the harsh summer weather?
What do you do to make sure your garden survives?

2007-09-19 19:50:29 · 150 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

I have an idea for a vehicle that doesn't run on fossil fuels does anyone know where I can submit my idea?

2007-09-19 18:01:37 · 3 answers · asked by Melby 2 in Green Living

I went to some websites and they are like double and triple for sweatshirts, pants, assesserioes. Why is that. I want to buy organic sweatshop free stuff but I can't resist the cheaper clothing at department stores and other shops. Does anyone have info on where I can get cheaper organic clothing?

2007-09-19 17:28:23 · 8 answers · asked by silenceofnike 2 in Green Living

Because one of my teachers has walls for both sides of the political spectrum and one has scientist who dont belive in it and i want to get like a list of 10,000 scientist in size 6 font to put next to it.

2007-09-19 17:18:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming