Environment - November 2007

I was thinking about all the paper everyone uses a day, then I wondered how there are so many trees to make all that paper. The average American uses about 2,000,000,000 trees per year. What if everyone had their own laptop, and you wrote everything down on it instead of wasting away trees. I'm not a tree hugger, but we use so much paper a day. Read this here too http://members.aol.com/ramola15/funfacts.html.

2007-11-19 14:54:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

http://www.milwind.com

Millwind is:

A newly patented vertical windmill.

A new way of looking at the wind.

A sculpture that captures the wind.

Protects itself from extreme weather by rotating into a closed shape.

An efficient design with few moving parts which increases its dependability and ease of maintenance.

A low noise windmill.

Operates in turbulent air around buildings and trees.

Ideally suited for urban and rural areas.

Generates electricity which can be stored in batteries.

Generates electricity for replacement of kerosene lighting in the third world countries.

Powers ultra violet water purification systems to supply clean drinking water to third world countries.
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2007-11-19 14:53:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

1. The law of conservation of energy states that energy is neither created nor destroyed. What does this mean?

2. Why is the conservation of energy so important?

Please Help!!!

2007-11-19 14:43:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

It's hot (35 degrees celcius, and it is still spring), I am renting my house and I want to cool it down, without turning on the electric fan, because of the global warming thing, and because I am poor and don't want to pay the power bill after 4 months of aircon.
What are some ways I can cool my house? I am sick of the heat!!!

2007-11-19 14:02:26 · 12 answers · asked by Kat 2 in Green Living

is for my science project is due the 21.

2007-11-19 13:55:24 · 1 answers · asked by Madelin T 1 in Green Living

i am talking bout the scrubber used as the pollution controlled device.

2007-11-19 13:27:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

Im not asking any specific question. I just want to know what peoples opinions about global warming and climate change is. Is it really happening? Is the sun just fluctuating and sending out more heat? Is it part of the Earths Evolution? Or are the gases in our Ozone Layer doing it? What do you think about it?

2007-11-19 13:21:25 · 10 answers · asked by musicrosedove 1 in Global Warming

Do you think that by the year 2030 we will be able to EAT ENERGY? Honestly, for those of you who practice magic, tk, or other abilities, do you think it would be possible for us to learn how to replace food with energy?

2007-11-19 12:56:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

My Father tried to convince me that it takes more energy to make the new energy saving florescent light bulbs than they save. I don't know where he heard that, but I doubt that's true. Does anyone know for sure?

2007-11-19 12:42:13 · 5 answers · asked by Dolyn 6 in Other - Environment

Bob's avatar has taken to wearing a hat !!! http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=Ap5nFo5kwsKRTe4pJLaoOwgS.Rd.;_ylv=3?show=7a1a4586cbdfad0a780847164818434aaa

Surely if the world was warming up then his avatar wouldn't need to wear a hat. This is the best proof ever that global warming is false, it sure beats all those other claims that people make.

This is definitely the most conclusive, reliable and scientific evidence yet. What do you reckon?

Apologies to anyone who is not a regular in the Global Warming section, you're probably scratching your head going "what the.... "

2007-11-19 12:39:24 · 11 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

2007-11-19 12:32:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

In providing evidence to refute global warming it's been claimed that sea levels are falling - I beleive the figure is 35cm in 150 years. If true, where is all the water going?

The seas and oceans cover 375 million square kilometres, removing 350mm of water means that hiding somewhere on the planet is 131,250 cubic kilometres of water - the same as 271 Lake Eries or 27 Lake Michigans.

I'm not aware that lakes have been springing up all over the place or that there's 31.5 metres (100 feet) of snow lying on the ground (that's the depth the snow would be if all the water fell as snow in areas where snowfall occurs).

Maybe the water never left the sea in the first place and it's all a mistake based on an erroneous bench mark carved on a harbour wall in somewhere like Tasmania. Maybe that one measurement is wrong and the thousands upon thousands of other ones are right.

What do you think? Where is all that water?

2007-11-19 12:16:17 · 17 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

i messed up on my last question

2007-11-19 11:46:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

They're making both a fully electric and plug-in hybrid version of their car. The electric version can go 120 miles per charge, the plug-in will be able to go 40-60 miles purely on electric power before switching to gas/electric mode.

http://www.aptera.com/about.php

The really impressive thing is that both models will cost $30,000 (or less), and supposedly be available next year. That means Aptera could possibly have the first affordable long-range high-speed EV (in competition with the ZAP Alias and Miles Javlon), and an equivalent to the Chevy Volt, but 2 years earlier.

Anyone ever heard of this company before? I'm shocked that I'd never heard of them before today, as an alternative fueled vehicles buff.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/unveiled_aptera.php

2007-11-19 09:57:27 · 6 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

2007-11-19 09:29:19 · 21 answers · asked by Hi 2 in Global Warming

Ok this is Kinda funny but I need some advice last night my bf got mad b/c there was hardly any water pressure in the shower so he hit the shower head and cracked it. I pay rent so I dont want them to know its broke bc its $60-$80 for them to fix it so is there any way I can patch the Crack up so noone will know its broke? thanks in advance

2007-11-19 09:16:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

totally simple english please:)

2007-11-19 09:04:36 · 8 answers · asked by Hi 2 in Global Warming

humans? Or by other forces of nature?

2007-11-19 08:12:52 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I've just flicked through some of the most recently asked questions in this section, they're littered with errors, distortions, misrepresentations, half truths and in some cases - outright lies.

We all make mistakes and have opinions - that's fine. However, each of the following statements were given as fact, no attempts were made to qualify them, none were substantiated.

I appreciate some of the statements could have made due to errors and misunderstandings, that's to be expected given the amount of inaccurate information that's been produced, but in many cases I believe they were made as deliberate attempts to deceive.

Question global warming by all means but do so openly, honestly and responsibly (as some on this forum do). Resorting to underhand tactics demonstrates an inability to rely on factual evidence and shows contempt and disdain for other users.

Why do some skeptics feel it necessary to adopt this apparoch and where is the erroneous data originating from?

2007-11-19 08:10:30 · 18 answers · asked by Trevor 7 in Global Warming

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT

2007-11-19 07:48:49 · 5 answers · asked by Brains 1 in Global Warming

2007-11-19 07:39:12 · 13 answers · asked by johninmelb 4 in Global Warming

The Danish National Space Center states "Changes in the Sun contribute to climate change. Solar activity has been exceptionally high in the 20th century compared to the last 400 years and possibly compared to the past 8,000 years. When solar activity is high, the flux of galactic cosmic rays is reduced due to increased magnetic shielding by the Sun. The cosmic rays may influence Earths climate"

Here is evidence that says that the suns activity is the highest it's been in the last 8000 years. How could that NOT have any effect on the earths climate?

http://spacecenter.dk/research/sun-climate

2007-11-19 07:35:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Every night I catch this same creep digging through my trash, rummaging through the bag and pilfering various items......I have taken some picture of him doing this.......what should i do? What would you do? It makes me sick and i'm afraid they might find something in there.

2007-11-19 07:30:38 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Dana says:

Volcanoes emit 1% the carbon dioxide that humans emit annually.

Seeing as all the c02 on this earth comes from volcanoes and decaying matter, before mankind began his industrial revolution:

and whether you believe in creation or evolution

do you still think global warming is caused by the sun or co2

Fr all the climate changes over thousnads of years, why is this one being blamed on co2?

why isa co2 since the discovery of chemistry being labelled as a pollutant?

do plants find it polluting?

what kind of plants were availabe in dino times, were they bigger?

and did they require more co2 or less to function?

and are ice sheets on mars and saturn melting because of the sun or because of co2, especially on mars which does not even have an atmosphere


thankyou

2007-11-19 07:05:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

What has caused all the other climate changes for over thousands of years?

For the first time in the history of the earth, the ability to change the worlds climate, (which has been changing all by itself for thousands of years) has now been accredited to man

where do we get the idea that climates are static and they don't change

why over 5000 years of recorded human history is co2 now considered a pollutant?

Do plants consider it to be polluting

i would like to know what affects a plant seeing as they are mostly responsible for all the oxygen on this earth

do plants find extra co2 polluting ?

would plants grow bigger in the presence of extra co2

do you see plants bigger than normal, do you?
or more fruit being yielded?

evidence with your eyes vs the "it's all our fault guilt trip" off CNN

but i guess we all prefer the sugar coated answers off the tv

Answers to the above please

2007-11-19 06:57:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Sorry about the language

who hear believes in climate change?

Who here beleives in climate change caused by co2?

Who hear beleives after thousands of years and thousands of climate changes, that this one is being caused by man made co2?

Mount st helens exploded with enough power equal to 500 hiroshimas, it p[roduced more co2 than man ever has in 150 years,
and even then scientists were worried about a big freeze

but now they say, yup it's c02, man made c02

Dr kei mori grew a cherry tomato plant using double the concentration of co2.
It grew to over 15ft, produced over 15,000 tomatoes, and grew cherry tomatoes the size of golf balls

if co2 is so much more abundant now, how come no plants appear to be benefitting from it whatsoever?

surely they would be one of the first things to change, with more yield as they have more food for photosynthesis?

2007-11-19 06:11:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

thank you.

2007-11-19 05:58:18 · 10 answers · asked by Moore55 4 in Global Warming

Surely making all those toys in the North Pole is devastating to the environment.

2007-11-19 05:55:36 · 18 answers · asked by Robbie Williams 2 in Global Warming

Rewind the clock about 1500 years. What was the world doing then? Waters where rising and lands where being flooded. Causing mass migrations of people in to higher grounds. Or in Englands case across the Chanel. The people where the Algles, creating what we know today as Alglo-Saxon England.
This is documented in history, we have archaelogical evadence showing us this. Was the flooding due to Global Warming? There where fewer people in the world, yet the world was going through the same process of warming and extreem weather as it is right now.
I want to know if modern scientist take history into account or if they even bother with it.

2007-11-19 05:20:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

South America is experiencing a record cold not felt in 100 years.

Temperatures plunged to -22C in parts of Argentina, while snow fell on Buenos Aires.

In Chile, temperatures dropped to -18C.

In Bolivia, heavy snowfall blocked the nation's main motorway and forced the closure of several airports.

Bitterly cold weather in May caused some 20 deaths and forced the Argentine authorities to ration supplies.

A South American cold snap is causing Chileans to pay up to four times more for heat and electricity

Clearly this cold is not consistent with the consensus. This is supposed to be GLOBAL warming, not 'backyard' warming.

This shows that the Earth has been cooling over the last few years, and co2 is not causing warming.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286484.stm
http://www.petroleumworld.com/sati07081101.htm

2007-11-19 04:27:55 · 14 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7 in Global Warming