Environment - October 2007

gas hydrates

2007-10-15 01:40:00 · 3 answers · asked by murthy m 1 in Global Warming

im trying to go green,but my local utilty is no help. no energy audits or alternative power assitance.

2007-10-15 00:46:18 · 7 answers · asked by Thomas R 2 in Green Living

I have seen Maps that show predictions/results of sea level rise. I have also read about Lake Superior going down a little recently. How will Lake Michigan react (most likely)?

2007-10-14 22:08:52 · 5 answers · asked by anybody 3 in Global Warming

2007-10-14 21:18:43 · 42 answers · asked by Ste B 5 in Global Warming

2007-10-14 20:27:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

2007-10-14 19:40:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Ok, first of all, some people seem to think that climate change 'skeptics' think that there is no global warming happening.
Wrong. There is a concensus on that point. The real debate is the cause of global waming/climate chance. Whether it's significantly affected by human activity or not.

The other major point which is actually a recurring theme in the IPCC report and Al Gore's 'documentary', is that carbon dioxide causes temperature increase. The fact is that throughout all history, it's been the other way around. Temperature increase causes CO2 increase as higher ocean temperatures liberate CO2 from the oceans and also higher ocean temperatures increase the amount of zooplankton which generate CO2.
The fact is that only 5% of the CO2 output to the atmosphere every year is caused by human activities and additionally, water vapour and methane are far more potent greenhouse gases.

Now, am I going to be labelled as a 'denialist' for trying to get to the truth of the matter?

2007-10-14 18:56:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

what does the clean air act do?

2007-10-14 16:32:45 · 1 answers · asked by valm86 1 in Other - Environment

How many of us actually understand how the greenhouse effect works? The simple physics explanations you find on the Internet are usually quite wrong. With this in mind, I've decided to attempt a very simple explanation of the physics behind Earth's greenhouse effect. Bear in mind that this is a simple radiative model, there are actually many more parts to the greenhouse effect than I present here, they're just unnecessary for such a basic explanation.


This is just my current understanding of the process, so I'd be curious to know if there's anything I'm misunderstanding here.

2007-10-14 16:15:55 · 13 answers · asked by SomeGuy 6 in Global Warming

Are sensor lights (as I have posted a picture here: http://weblog.xanga.com/yahooanswerspicture/621537678/sensor-lights-and-energy-efficiency.html ) energy efficient. I mean they are on 'standby' all day until it is dark enough for them to start sensing. Does it use a lot of power all day long being on or would it be worth while turning them off at the switch during the day?

2007-10-14 14:28:36 · 2 answers · asked by ASK A.S. 5 in Green Living

2007-10-14 14:28:25 · 2 answers · asked by Diana 1 in Green Living

I've always been skeptical about the subject.

Billions of years ago the continents were together and there were probably catastrophic storms that deteriorated the land. But no one was around to record it. Isn't that what we are seeing now? Are we trying to interfere with nature taking it's course?

I think that we can keep our enviroment cleaner - but I doubt such actions will prevent nature from doing what it's doing.

I'm interested to see how people feel. What's your take?

2007-10-14 12:25:11 · 20 answers · asked by Dave 6 in Global Warming

2007-10-14 11:07:48 · 32 answers · asked by chris m 1 in Other - Environment

2007-10-14 09:30:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

I don't understand. If I were near one, it would eat me alive. They defacate and urinate on the north pole and eat the seals, which are much cuter than they are.

2007-10-14 08:25:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Please tell me why or why not.

2007-10-14 06:52:11 · 10 answers · asked by insert name here 3 in Global Warming

For those in the AGW concensus, have you seen the Gore movie, and how highly do you rate it as an influence?

2007-10-14 06:06:46 · 13 answers · asked by John Sol 4 in Global Warming

Ok i understand if you recycle paper it will stop more trees being cut down and this can help save our planet. but plastic bags,bottles etc, and glass bottles etc, these have to be melted down to make more plastic and glass products.
So what about the power and energy used on the machines that have to melt these bags and bottles, Then what about the fumes form the plastic and glass being melted going into the atmosphere this will cause global warming not prevent it.
If you don't recycle properly you will get a heavy fine from the councils, then you have to pay for extra bins to recycle properly
so you wont get fined.
So is recycling just another government conspiracy to take more money off people.
or is this just another load of rubbish which i heard in the pub yesterday.

2007-10-14 06:05:02 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I'm 17, will I die because of global warming?

2007-10-14 05:42:29 · 14 answers · asked by SquiRel 2 in Global Warming

2007-10-14 04:37:01 · 13 answers · asked by fire 2 in Global Warming

i read today that an highly respected meteorologists by the name of Dr William Gray is linking global warming to the salt in the seas and that a cooling period in the globe will soon begin...this is the link and the article. if you know anymore about this or where i can learn more about how this works or is or isnt connected to global warming thatd be sweet....

2007-10-14 04:23:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

You never hear anything in the popular press regarding all of the research showing that Global Warming is not anthropogenic. All you hear is that some political group or some group of "scientists" have signed some decree saying that GW is real. You never hear about the science that is trying to unravel the truth.

The following article is a good example:
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=edae9952-3c3e-47ba-913f-7359a5c7f723&k=0

Why hasn't this been reported in the popular press?

2007-10-14 04:13:52 · 18 answers · asked by Traxm 2 in Global Warming

I know it's not that important, but is there any way of doing a head count on the scientists who support AGW? I came across a list of 'sceptics' on Wikipedia once, and I heard 60 quoted somewhere. Could you do a head count of scientists in the appropriate fields, and deduct the 60, or however many there are?

Or would it just be easier to take the 98.5% of papers in support, in cojunction with the 60 sceptics. Mental arithmatic gives 4,000 'for' AGW.

What are the appropriate fields?
Any sensible comments?

2007-10-14 03:12:33 · 8 answers · asked by John Sol 4 in Global Warming

What is it? can it be used to produce Electricity and use as fuel for cars? ...How it can be made and from what?..What was the 1st country/person discover this technique?

2007-10-14 02:26:58 · 8 answers · asked by David Junior 3 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

http://epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=264777

It seems scientists are starting to object to receiving of grants being tied to agreeing with man made global warming.

If we get a few years of sustained global cooling soon will this be the end of the global warming debate. Will all the profits of doom then admit they were wrong or will they quickly move on to another theory.

2007-10-14 00:53:17 · 14 answers · asked by Ben O 6 in Global Warming

I will appreciate it if u explain how it works, and in what applications it is used..Also i want to know how many countries started to apply it and how many percent does it make of the consumed energy in the world??..thanx

2007-10-13 23:32:34 · 15 answers · asked by David Junior 3 in Green Living

The accepted concensus of scientific opinion is that it takes 15 years for ozone depleting substances to reach the stratosphere and they remain there for an average of 100 years. If that was the case, wouldn't we expect ozone depletion to continue for 115 years after phasing out of CFC's?

The accepted scientific consensus now is that the ozone layer is recovering now and has been for some time.

Was the accepted scientific model of ozone depletion used to justify phasing out of ozone depleting substances completely innacurate?

2007-10-13 23:16:04 · 13 answers · asked by Ben O 6 in Global Warming

SO whats the point in recycling the damn stuff?

2007-10-13 22:13:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

2007-10-13 21:07:26 · 6 answers · asked by pamdazzle 1 in Green Living

droppimg off the aussies on the way home.lol, come on england.

2007-10-13 20:58:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment