Environment - September 2007

We are witnessing global warming: rising temperatures, glaciers and poles melting, more hurricanes, animals not being able to thrive, etc.

How come some people say it's all a lie? Come on, these are facts!

We're not talking about the cause here, but about global warming being a reality.

2007-09-12 07:04:31 · 18 answers · asked by Belindita 5 in Global Warming

I'm north-east of Dallas and I'm looking to dump and/or donate old computer monitors, computers, scanners, zip drives, old television sets, etc. I know that it's certainly not environmentally conscience to simply dump these into the city dump, and most of them still work.

Is there a good place in Plano/Richardson/McKinney/Frisco to donate these parts? Also, I have a large television that is over 20 years old, not sure if it still works. Is there a service that would come get it from my house?

2007-09-12 06:24:03 · 3 answers · asked by Don 2 in Other - Environment

Dr. Lomborg believes its dangers have been hyped, he agrees that global warming is real and will do more harm than good. He advocates a carbon tax and a treaty forcing nations to budget hefty increases for research into low-carbon energy technologies.

But the best strategy, he says, is to make the rest of the world as rich as New York, so that people elsewhere can afford to do things like shore up their coastlines and buy air conditioners. He calls Kyoto-style treaties to cut greenhouse-gas emissions a mistake because they cost too much and do too little too late. Even if the United States were to join in the Kyoto treaty, he notes, the cuts in emissions would merely postpone the projected rise in sea level by four years: from 2100 to 2104.

“We could spend all that money to cut emissions and end up with more land flooded next century because people would be poorer,” Dr. Lomborg said as we surveyed Manhattan’s expanded shoreline. “Wealth is a more important factor than sea-level

2007-09-12 06:07:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

If all they need to run is clean distilled water (which is plenty of-course!) and can address all the pressing demands as well, why can't those big companies put in some great innovations and bulk produce them??

2007-09-12 05:27:39 · 11 answers · asked by MDA 4 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

at least any good consecuence of global warmming?

2007-09-12 05:02:00 · 14 answers · asked by e22ef 3 in Global Warming

2007-09-12 04:43:47 · 27 answers · asked by Belindita 5 in Global Warming

I was debating with Bob regarding this question, but, bizarrely, the question got suddenly deleted.

So, let’s continue it here…

I said that the MWP was anything up to 4°C warmer than today.

Bob replied “your claim that we were 4 C warmer then is made up denier nonsense.” And then gave a link to ten studies.

I would respond to that with…

For a start, what I actually said was “anything up to 4°C warmer” not “we were 4°C warmer” – not the same thing at all.

Made up denier nonsense? That's simply not true. co2science lists over 30 studies that suggest the MWP was warmer than today’s temperatures. (See… http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/data/mwp/qualitative.jsp ) That’s 3 times as many as your “ten studies”.

2007-09-12 03:50:54 · 21 answers · asked by amancalledchuda 4 in Global Warming

will the government give us back all the extra taxes we paid to combat it. Like Petrol tax increases, flight surcharges etc.
And where is all the revenue gained from these "stealth" taxes going? Does is go on cheaper more convenient, safer public transport? I can probably answer this myself when I stop crying with laughter..................

2007-09-12 03:41:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I am in Broward County, FL. As a favor, I am helping a friend clean out his small company's offices. They're moving. He is in a very small commercial park which does not provide, or have contacts with, any places where you can DROP OFF electronics items to be recycled. He has 6 old computers that need to be recycled properly. Not by hiring somebody with a sledgehemmer to come smash them, which another friend actually suggested to me (!)

No, I need to follow the law and have this disposed of properly. And we are NOT going to hire a trash disposal company to do this for him.

I know there must be a place, like a junkyard or some kind of waste mgmt center, in Broward County, FL, where a person can just drive in and drop off items to be salvaged/recycled. And yet, calling the county's offices has not helped.

Does anyone out there know where I can take the stuff? Thank you for the advice. And please, if you own/know of a trash disposal company, plz do NOT respond.

2007-09-12 03:40:18 · 2 answers · asked by Florida w/ Questions 1 in Green Living

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. has reached a landmark lawsuit settlement with San Bernardino County involving the extent to which the County’s environmental impact report for its General Plan update should address impacts on climate change. This is the first time any California jurisdiction has entered into a legally binding agreement to look at the overall impact of its planning on global warming.

The agreement solidifies climate change as an impact to be addressed in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review documents. Significant impacts to oak woodlands must be addressed in CEQA green house gas reviews because oak impacts uniquely combine carbon capture and carbon emission issues.

Very disappointing that I didn't see this in the general media. But I'm a huge fan of oak woodland, and was impressed with the ruling. What do you think, and how can we build on this?

2007-09-12 02:54:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I have read in history that chinese peole r very wise & intelligent. They were very advanced with their inventions. But when it comes to medicine the chinese people use a lot of animals products. Some of the animals products they use require the death of Tigers, Lions, Rhinoceroes, Elephants etc.
They want tiger bones for curing impotence other ailments. Similarily they want other rare & endangered animals for makin all sorts of medicine.
China has developed so much so why r they Hell Bent upon on Killing Rare & Endangered Animals for Medicines.

2007-09-12 01:53:42 · 16 answers · asked by Raminder s 1 in Conservation

2007-09-12 00:23:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

how is this piece of news being used by various organs of our society?

2007-09-11 23:40:59 · 7 answers · asked by shreevani s 1 in Global Warming

Is there an innovative air conditioner which does not emit those harmful gases? I get a few hits in Google about natural air conditioners, which works based on pumping the water. I do not have the complete details though. Any ideas please?

PS: I know there are natural air conditioners like Swiss etc, so please give alternates ;-) based on technology.

2007-09-11 23:33:12 · 9 answers · asked by Ramesh K 1 in Green Living

sumarta is indonessa

2007-09-11 21:17:06 · 1 answers · asked by tallulah e 1 in Global Warming

how do rangeland fires contribute to nature etc?
how are they bad for nature etc?

2007-09-11 19:34:03 · 6 answers · asked by Jessi 3 in Conservation

2007-09-11 19:30:13 · 9 answers · asked by Eric Inri 6 in Green Living

who else thinks its a good idea to fight global warming?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070911/pl_afp/lifestylefranceustransportcycling_070911150625

2007-09-11 18:20:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-09-11 17:01:57 · 3 answers · asked by esther 1 in Green Living

I want to start working with cafe press or some place similar, and donating a portion of my profits to various causes, primarily anything about eco-friendly living and going green. How should I start this? How could I market? What is a good percentage to keep/donate? Would I need a business license? I dont know where to begin but I know this is something I am supposed to do.
Thank you in advance!

2007-09-11 16:26:01 · 2 answers · asked by khaozkitten 3 in Other - Environment

like how would things be in the world if we didn't have anything in order like being organized.

2007-09-11 16:15:24 · 5 answers · asked by lvcherry2003 1 in Other - Environment

About how much would the lumber mill have paid for the timber?

2007-09-11 16:12:17 · 6 answers · asked by Bat Dog 4 in Other - Environment

2007-09-11 15:40:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Please answer soon!

2007-09-11 15:38:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I am asking this because most of the carbon calculators are not set up for people who are already environmentally concious, most of the question do not seem to apply to our home or we are already doing what is suggested.

2007-09-11 15:36:55 · 5 answers · asked by celtic_kisses2002 1 in Green Living

Is the Scientific Method Being Comprimised by Politics?

2007-09-11 15:32:18 · 21 answers · asked by Tom Clark 2 in Global Warming

What are the breathing requirements of 9 B illion daily? What is the percentage of oxygen burned by gasoline?
What is the approximation of the time between now and the consumption of life-sustainable levels of oxygen on the planet Earth? HUx24+GASx24$WHO CARES?

2007-09-11 15:17:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

The pertol engine is technology from 100 years ago. they say in a moden car about 20% of the engergy from the fuel is converted into power and the rest is wasted as heat and noise etc.
It all comes at a huge enviromental and health cost, that everyboady should be aware of by now.

should fossil fuel cars be fased out?

Should they be replaced with alternitives? (eg electric)

Should cars be crushed and replaced with good cheep and reliable public transport for all? (except emergancy services)

or keep the cars as they are, even if its at the real risk of changing our world for the worse? (eg winter 3 seasons a year)

I know this question will upset the 'jeremy clarkson' wonnabe type. whom will piont al sorts of crazy justfication to keep them. Some pople have an un-healthy love cars.

This question is for the rest of you out there.

2007-09-11 15:10:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

i need this answered by 2nite please1......

2007-09-11 15:05:44 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

John Kanzius happened upon the discovery accidentally when he tried to desalinate seawater with a radio-frequency generator he developed to treat cancer. He discovered that as long as the salt water was exposed to the radio frequencies, it would burn.

The discovery has scientists excited by the prospect of using salt water, the most abundant resource on earth, as a fuel.


What are your thoughts about this discovery?


http://green.yahoo.com/index.php?q=node/1570

2007-09-11 14:00:12 · 12 answers · asked by Glen B 6 in Other - Environment