Environment - October 2007

Just like Dick Cheney conspired by staging 9/11 to make Halliburton all that money from the war, did Al Gore conspire to create an artifical drought in the southeast to promote his movie and concerts so he could sell a bunch of phony carbon offset credits through his shell corporation?

2007-10-19 08:45:44 · 9 answers · asked by thegubmint 7 in Global Warming

Do you have to be in a room with no windows

2007-10-19 08:12:22 · 7 answers · asked by Jojo @ky 1 in Other - Environment

My mom's house has some solar power panels on the top of her house but they are not connected to anything. They don't even have wires or anything like that. Does anyone know how to connect and make solar panels work?

Thank You

2007-10-19 07:44:41 · 9 answers · asked by 0 1 in Other - Environment

A recent study by the University of Maryland (UMD) found that taking no action at all is the USA's most expensive policy option with regards to global warming.

The UMD report cites five key lessons:

1) Economic impacts of climate change will occur throughout the country.

2) Economic impacts will be unevenly distributed across regions and within the economy and society.

3) Negative climate impacts will outweigh benefits for most sectors that provide essential goods and services to society.

4) Climate change impacts will place immense strains on public sector budgets.

5) Secondary effects of climate impacts can include higher prices, reduced income, and job losses.

Story: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/climate411/48/the-most-expensive-solution-do-nothing.html

Report: http://www.cier.umd.edu/climateadaptation/

You can also see a breakdown of economic impact by region (West, Southwest, Midwest, etc.) at the bottom of the second link.

Thoughts?

2007-10-19 06:42:55 · 10 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

It must be oxegen that kills carbon. I know a lot of trees help. But, is there a way we can massively produce oxegen or any gas that kills carbon? If there is such way, I wouldn't mind to be regulated by the government to pay for this gas. I even will do it voluntarily. I know my question is very stupid but just can't help wondering.

2007-10-19 05:18:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-10-19 04:52:15 · 9 answers · asked by Kim D 1 in Other - Environment

Would it help or would it not work at all? Why?

2007-10-19 04:44:05 · 9 answers · asked by Master C 6 in Global Warming

NOAA set out in August saying that there was a 85% chance of higher than average number of Hurricanes this year, raising the probably up from 75% in May. They called for 13-16 named storms, 7-9 Hurricanes, with 3-5 being major.

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml

Reality is there were 9 named storms, 4 hurricanes, 2 major.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2007atlan.shtml

Or between 40%-60% error rate.

How could this be? There was an 85% chance that these numbers were right! The numbers were even raised because the scientists were so sure.

It make you wonder how accurate these same scientist are about the probably of global warming. I think you could get better results about what the climate will be like in 5 years just by flipping a coin.

No person can tell you with any certainty what the climate will be like in 5 years. It's all nothing more than a guess.

2007-10-19 04:33:12 · 16 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming

http://www.carboncreditkillers.com/packages.asp

For the record, I have NO affiliation whatsoever with it. I just ran across it and think it's the funniest thing I've seen in years.

2007-10-19 04:33:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-10-19 04:27:14 · 4 answers · asked by mamarivers 5 in Other - Environment

I guess if we can do that world wide, we can save millions of tons of fuel every year.

2007-10-19 04:21:28 · 17 answers · asked by yahooanswers 3 in Conservation

Not all the weather problems are caused by global warming, but the media seems to think so. What about La Nina?

2007-10-19 04:20:45 · 9 answers · asked by Niceguy23 2 in Global Warming

What are good English and Spanish aluminum recycling slogans???

2007-10-19 03:21:45 · 5 answers · asked by Jessica 3 in Green Living

2007-10-19 02:31:39 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5 in Global Warming

2007-10-19 02:25:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

the coexistence of human and wildlife is an environmental dilemma.is it possible to prevent human/wildlife conflicts in modern communities?

2007-10-19 01:51:14 · 7 answers · asked by mlisho 1 in Conservation

Challenge:
"The problem is the environmentalist side where their definition of progress is regression of man's progress to before the industrial revolution."

Response:
If we don't limit growth, the regression will be forced on us.

The world is finite. If we allow unlimited population growth and development eventually resources will be depleted and the ability of the biosphere to regenerate itself will be diminished to the point where it will no longer function.

However you believe this came into being, it is the current unalterable state of affairs on this planet. You cannot change the laws of physics or violate the laws of thermodynamics. No matter how much you or I wish it were not so, how much you believe we can circumvent the limits, how much you believe some magic will save us before its too late, every bit of objective science only reinforces the fact that we are bound to and by the environment we live in.

Why not choose an alternative before its too late?

2007-10-19 01:32:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

What are some tree laws for contractors. if you can please provide the source. I need to know if it is a state or federal law. 1st person with 3 sources and correct answer gets 10 points

2007-10-19 00:50:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

claimed to have accidently run over a badger, whilst driving along a country lane the other night, she said she went home got a shovel and buried it. Everyone thought it was hilarious, i was very sad and said that i believe there is a badger protection society, who requests any reporting of injured or dead badgers in order to keep track of numbers?

2007-10-19 00:43:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I am writing a paper, and need to conduct a public poll.

Basically, all the computers and other electronic equipment that ends up in our landfills are causing serious harm to our environment. Some states offer rebates on your taxes for recycling, some companies offer the recycling for no cost to the consumer, some charge a fee to recycle the equipment.

How many of you are aware of such programs in your state ( or if you live in another country, programs where you live) that accept used electronic equipment for recycling? If you answer yes, have you ever used these services? If you answer no, are you aware of the effects on the environment from disposing of electronic equipment in landfills or in burned in incinerators?

2007-10-18 23:46:46 · 10 answers · asked by sesamenc 4 in Green Living

b) a brazilian or mexican organization that has supported the green revolution

c) a policy of Mexico or Brazilian government that has supported the green revolution

2007-10-18 23:02:16 · 2 answers · asked by Arun 1 in Green Living

I think the worst part is sorting it into the right bin, but I must admit, the household waste is much less.

2007-10-18 21:55:16 · 20 answers · asked by AnnieG 4 in Green Living

I just don't get it. This whole global warming debate has been going on and on and no matter what, nothing we can do can keep the sun from getting hotter. So why do we keep fighting with the other nations and people to 'go green'? Sure, going green is great and has no major downside, but continuing to put blame on other people for global warming is getting us no where.

Al Gore is such a hypocrit, too. He blames us for wasting resources when he's the one with the huge mansion using 80 times more natural gas than the average american.

So why do we continue to blame humans? Why do we continue to believe that we have caused the earth to rise in temperature? In the 70's, when CO2 levels were higher in the atmosphere than they are now, the temperatures were declining, almost showing signs that we could fall into another small ice age like in the 1700s.

I think its time for us to move on from this debate. Just ask Mars, even their ice cap is shrinking each year :( poor Mars.

2007-10-18 20:40:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

If Global Warming is such an imminent threat and we need to do everything to combat that why is the primary Global Warming Activist Al Gore doing nothing?

I'm all for recycling and changing lightbulbs and doing what I can here but he's asking us to walk to work and things like that but he's not even trying to live up to the standards he's demanding of us.

He takes a private jet(which puts out 4x the carbon emissions of normal aircraft) and his home uses 10x the energy of any other home in his state?

I'm not trying to be a basher here I'm simply just not understanding how someone can preach so hard about something to everyone else and do nothing in his own life?

2007-10-18 19:06:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-10-18 18:33:38 · 7 answers · asked by Johnny w 2 in Global Warming

2007-10-18 17:49:19 · 7 answers · asked by mcmatrix12000 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Jus wonderin

2007-10-18 17:29:13 · 9 answers · asked by Bambi'sbff 2 in Other - Environment

Please send me some links and does anybody know of other cultures who use unique ways to store energy for later use?

2007-10-18 17:17:20 · 6 answers · asked by Paulk 2 in Green Living

I'm watching Futurama right now. Mom made a new robot that runs off of the pollutions the current robots emit. (Sorry if you don't watch Futurama, but I'm sure you get the idea).

Anyway, is it at all possible for something to be made that runs off of pollution..Like Carbon Dioxide or something?

Just curious.

2007-10-18 16:17:10 · 8 answers · asked by A 5 in Global Warming

There is an awful lot of it around here. It makes me wonder what they do with it all. Especially the larger animals like deer. Do they cremate them, like the Vet hospitals do with animals after they are euthanized?

2007-10-18 15:19:37 · 14 answers · asked by Brenda 4 in Other - Environment