Environment - November 2007

Will you Jingle all the way to Christmas? Does a Happy Christmas really mean spending as much money on MORE presents? As many presents as you can afford?


http://www.carols.org.uk/jingle_bells.htm

2007-11-26 21:59:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

One of the "ingredients" (i guess you could call them) in a fluorescent lightbulb is Mercury. Doesn't that also harm our environment when not disposed properly? I doubt the typical person (who tries to stay "green") disposes of these lightbulbs the right way, being that the majority of the time it costs time & money to dispose of and they probably dont even realize that they are supposed to. Im not anti-green or anything and not trying to be a snob, but doesnt this kind of defeat the purpose?

2007-11-26 21:54:56 · 13 answers · asked by jsda_man 2 in Green Living

Will you be sharing and caring for the Environment this festive season?

Will your gift giving and actions help the Environment and spread Goodwill to mankind?


About Good King Wenceslas:
The song expresses the King's high moral character in describing King Wenceslas braving a fierce storm in order to help feed a poor neighbour.

http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/good_king_wenceslas.htm

Last verse:
In his master's steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, wealth or rank possessing,
Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing

2007-11-26 21:48:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

How do you keep your house warm in winter? Can you keep your cool with rising fuel prices? Any feel good Green solutions to keep us toasty this Christmas?

2007-11-26 21:37:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Environment

Are you happier and healthier for being a AGW skeptic? What benefits/positives do you get from being a AGW skeptic?

Please AGW 'believers' and skeptics be polite and courteous in your answers and comments to each other. This question arises from genuine interest in AGW skeptic's beliefs and values.

2007-11-26 21:33:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Lately I always hear on the news or current affairs about the latest glacier thats melted or major flooding etc which starts to bore me after a while and listening the so called greenies and experts that we are all doomed.
After all should I give up my life style of travelling in big jumbo jets, driving my car,buying endless amount of clothes and shoes, and anything that uses electricity whether it comes from renewable sources or not.
Personally I think its a big scam

2007-11-26 19:53:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Can anyone provide me with some mainstream right wing websites/articles? I have articles from FoxNews already.

2007-11-26 18:32:34 · 3 answers · asked by queenie 3 in Global Warming

In 1971 climate scientist Dr. S. I. Rasool and S. H. Schneider stated that the earth was heading into an ice age in a article published in Science Magazine (Science 9 July 1971:Vol. 173. no. 3992, pp. 138 - 141). I often read answers here posted by the armchair climate sceptics stating that because we are not in an ice age today that climate scientists don't know what they are talking about. My question is, based on the article listed above which is the source of the ice age argument, why do you think Rasool and Schneider were wrong about predicting the ice age?

2007-11-26 17:17:29 · 9 answers · asked by Author Unknown 6 in Global Warming

There is a major difference between listening to some self proclaimed expert spoon feeding you psuedo science and getting into the real science of climate change.
You can get your psuedo science through right-wing news sources, or you can getting your information through scientific journals. Are climate sceptics just too lazy to find out the real facts behind the warming?

2007-11-26 16:53:29 · 18 answers · asked by Author Unknown 6 in Global Warming

Does anyone know of any paint that contains no VOCs? I want to paint a stencil on a cotton bag, and I've been using spray paint for my DIY work. Is there some way to paint stencils on fabric without releasing harmful chemicals and gases into the atmosphere? Is it possible to find such thing as a "safe" spray-paint? I don't suppose you can find spray paint that doesn't come in an aerosol can.

2007-11-26 13:31:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

2007-11-26 13:07:28 · 8 answers · asked by loves_the_beach 4 in Other - Environment

hypocrites. you're not even concentrating on the US first.

2007-11-26 12:52:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Any trend. out of the time since the planet existed to now has been very long. We have only been keeping track of records for a very small time compared to that. It almost seems like you flip a coin 2 times and heads turned up both times. Then people argue that heads will always turn up and then they argue that the data says so.

2007-11-26 11:49:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-11-26 11:24:14 · 6 answers · asked by lala 2 in Global Warming

Who would actually be willing to help stop global warming? Most people sit around, waiting fo someone else to act. Or, some people wait for the government to deal with it. Some people in America are helping stop global warming, but not the amount that should be helping. Global warming is a big issue and needs to be dealt with. It may be a ntural occurance, but humans are contributing a lot in it (the ocean may be giving off CO2, but so are we, and the numbers may be small, but we're helpin giving off CO2 with all of them factories..)

2007-11-26 11:20:29 · 8 answers · asked by Chef 2 in Global Warming

we are supposed to have hydrogen stations all over the US within 10 years, and with this device we don't need any infrastructure, so why don't we already have these everywhere?

2007-11-26 11:15:08 · 7 answers · asked by karankawa25 1 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Im sure this sticky substance can be used for something?

2007-11-26 11:08:07 · 9 answers · asked by Speedstar 5 in Other - Environment

I need a cool and catchy song for our water conservation commercial!!!

2007-11-26 10:40:12 · 4 answers · asked by smiley 2 in Conservation

Have they been subjected to some clever racist sort of propaganda, aimed at shrinking the Caucasian population? If so, who would produce such propaganda and why would anyone be so foolish to take it seriously?

For instance:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=495495&in_page_id=1879

And for comparison, a report explaining that the average number of kids per African woman is 6:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0825-02.htm

2007-11-26 10:05:07 · 6 answers · asked by VarArb 1 in Other - Environment

To fix the "problem" you well see the truth of the propaganda when you have to pay for taxes for somthing that man can't control.

2007-11-26 09:52:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Because the process to make glass involves and extreme amount of heat (like 1,000's of degrees unlike plastic) which emits some kinda smoke which is probably some kind of glass smoke which maybe could get into a person's lungs like asbestos...
Also, Glass will cut a person and glass shards can stay in the body just like plastic, just thinking of how to compare the two when walking bear foot...plastic seems way nicer.

2007-11-26 09:48:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

On major highways I always see road kill (deer) marked with an orange dot of spray paint. Why do they do this and who are they? Im just curious. (I live in Pa).

2007-11-26 09:36:24 · 3 answers · asked by Me 3 in Other - Environment

People are always posting about deforestation. Do you realize that there are now much more than the 217 million that were planted back in the 30's. A one hundred mile wide strip of the USA was planted from North Dakota to Texas. My family owns land in this strip. Over Thanksgiving, I was looking at old ariel photos that were taken back in 1950 and comparing to the present. These forests have doubled in size since then. New trees have sprouted all around the old ones. You can see it in the photos.

http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2007am/techprogram/P33604.HTM

Here are some pictures that I took this month while hunting.
Most of these trees were not there prior to 1930.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21086690@N05/

2007-11-26 09:07:32 · 12 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Global Warming

I saw a bumper sticker that said it was a hoax. I didn't want to believe humanity could really be this stupid, so I shrugged it off as a joke. But tell me, are there really people who don't believe it to be true?

2007-11-26 07:45:15 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

my son needs opinions for his homework.

thanks in a vance

2007-11-26 07:33:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Well everyone keeps talking about it. They are all worried and say that we are all gonna die soon. So I want to know the truth. Is it going to really happen or is everyone exaggerating. If it's true, I want some details.

2007-11-26 07:17:33 · 9 answers · asked by Beau 2 in Global Warming

What percentage of the global population relies on glaciers for drinking water???

2007-11-26 07:04:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

The opinion question today was regarding the New Global Climate Deal but I haven't read anything about it yet. is there a web site or something where I can read about the details ??

2007-11-26 07:01:15 · 2 answers · asked by indie 5 in Global Warming

Have a look at the presidential candidates on the following link to see how they stand on all the issues. I am leaning towards Ron Paul because, I think we spend way too much money on climate science and most government programs for that matter. I also like the idea of reducing our roll as "world police", but I'm not sure that a sudden withdrawl of the troops from Iraq is a good thing. Who do you like and why?

http://www.2decide.com/table.htm

Here is a Jay Leno interview with Ron Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LZyHoAPL3M&feature=user

2007-11-26 06:30:24 · 6 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Global Warming

This is more of an answer looking for feedback! Don't pour out standing water! Instead, try pouring a little vegetable oil into standing water were they are breeding. I learned this starting with my dog's water bowl. My neighbor and I added to all the standing pools. In a week you will have no more in your yard! Get the neighbors to join and your block will be free of them!!! If a village in the middle of a swamp did this they would have a mosquito free village! Tell the WHO and UN! Its simple safe and easy!!!

2007-11-26 06:22:22 · 11 answers · asked by JTrim 1 in Other - Environment