Global Warming

I've just heard on Sky News that the new Harry Potter Book is to be released tonight at midnight. I have absolutely nothing against Harry Potter or J K Rowling, in fact I enjoy the books/films.

It just occurred to me that with all the talk of global warming, turn your thermostat down, walk instead of car etc etc, is it not pretty silly to launch a book at midnight when all the shops are going to have to stay open longer using more energy, burning lights etc not to mention travel for people to go to the shop to buy the book after already gone home for the day.Would it not be better to release the book at 9am the next day?

This question also brings to mind 24hour stores. Is it really necessary to have them open all night using energy? Could they not close from midnight until 5am for example? Surely that would help our carbon imprint.

Maybe its just me. Oh well . . . i'll go now and turn my thermostat down by 2 degrees and make sure none of my appliances are on standby!

2007-07-19 21:40:30 · 15 answers · asked by Charm 3

i konw theremany things going around the world about global warming but i can't see the effect of greenhouse and global warming affect on australians. help someone!

2007-07-19 21:40:10 · 4 answers · asked by kuai g 1

Consider all the parking lots, streets and highways. They used to be areas of vegetation.
When the sun shines pavements turn really hot and they stay hot well into the night. If it were a patch of grass I wouldn't burn my feet on it.
So could pavement be a significant contributor to our climate problem?

2007-07-19 19:03:10 · 9 answers · asked by Thomas 2

2007-07-19 17:57:18 · 13 answers · asked by 'Q'uriosity 1

let nature take it's course, if we're doomed, so be it..the planet will survive, will mend itself..it's a very natural cycle..we could use a few less people around, let it happen naturally. me? i'm going to wipe my butt with a big o' whompin handfull of charmin.

2007-07-19 15:30:47 · 13 answers · asked by federalistcapers 2

2007-07-19 15:13:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 14:54:22 · 2 answers · asked by getmymotorrunnin 1

2007-07-19 14:50:48 · 10 answers · asked by getmymotorrunnin 1

In simpler terms, do you think global warming is happening? If so, what do you believe will come of it? Why do you believe this? What proof do you have that it is occuring?

2007-07-19 14:27:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

does that mean there will be this fantastically big fight between the tree huggers and the global warming supporters? Now THAT would be funny.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1684378,00.html

2007-07-19 14:11:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

trying to reduce co2?
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/02/01/global_warming_methane_could_be_far_worse_than_carbon_dioxide.htm

2007-07-19 13:46:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 13:16:40 · 11 answers · asked by federalistcapers 2

not only that but i was reading on phisorg today that theres something called global dimming wtf wont they just cancel them selves out!

2007-07-19 13:15:54 · 7 answers · asked by vukailanga 1

i bet they are hoping for horrible catastrophic weather..those BAST%$DS!

2007-07-19 13:14:40 · 15 answers · asked by federalistcapers 2

Equation can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiative_forcing

Before anyone gets after me for using Wiki, this comes directly from:

Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 25, No. 14, pp 2715-2718, 1998

I ask because I am interested in knowing what they are trying to account for by the use of this coefficient in the equation.

Does this co-efficient account for the less than 100% absortion efficiency of CO2? Does it account for non-radiative relaxation processes, such as collisional relaxation? etc.

2007-07-19 13:08:40 · 4 answers · asked by Marc G 4

2007-07-19 12:54:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are all talking about global warming and it's affects, so lets hear about your area.
My Cashmere Goats didn't start to shed until June, usually it happens in Feb.- pacific northwest

2007-07-19 12:48:48 · 12 answers · asked by R M 5

I don't mean to be a troll, honestly, it's just that the arrogance of humans thinking we can destroy the entire world single-handedly or that we have the ability to change it now astounds me. I mean, seriously, take a look at how the climate has changed throughout history:

http://www.scotese.com/climate.htm

Our effects on this planet are just a small scratch and our entire existence will only be a speck upon time. We are nothing in the great scheme of things.

2007-07-19 12:34:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have we given up on ourselves? Don't we love life enough?

I'll start with myself.

1. Until three months ago I washed the dishes under running water from start to end but now i put them all in a sink full of soapy water, scrub and then rinse them off.

2. I take the train to work.

3. I shower in a third of the time I was using up before which is kind of sad but we'll get used with time.

4. I recycle everything , from paper, plastic, glass, batteries, old clothes etc.

5. I've completely switched off all the machines in the home that have been on standby waiting to be used a month from any given day.

And I don't know if that's enough. Do you?

2007-07-19 11:54:41 · 25 answers · asked by Mrs. Midnightbully 4

The question struck me recently, If you float an ice cube in a glas and it melts, the water level is the same.
Earth's water supply is only 1.6% Ice and Most of Earth's Ice is currently under Sea Level.
So if all the ice on Earth melted...how much would Ocean levels Actually rise?
It takes half a Million Cubic kilometers of water added to the ocean to raise it 1 meter, not accounting for any lowering due to ice no longer floating in it, So I'm thinking Gore predictions of it rising 100 meters is ridiculous.
So what would the real Net impact be?

2007-07-19 11:36:33 · 9 answers · asked by enders_knight 2

...flooding all of the major ports around the world... Then you could look over at the jackass who thinks Gore is a twit and say, "I told you so...moron... It's not a big conspiracy afterall, dumb***"

I think that would be funny.

2007-07-19 10:35:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 09:47:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can a scientist be neutral in politics while remaining objective to the data if they take a cool quarter of a million dollars from a candidates political campaign, then endorse that candidate while saying that he has the best environmental plan?

Doesn't Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars skew one's objectivity?

How much does it take to buy science these days?

2007-07-19 08:29:16 · 6 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7

At one time phrenology was considered to be real because it was plausible and a consensus of very well educated scientist said it was real.

Eugenics is another scientific field where the data was viewed as plausible, so the consensus of scientist believed that it was real. Some today still believe that eugenics is real.

Then there were the scientists and experts who claimed that planes would drop out of the sky, banks would lose all our money, the stock market would crash, toasters would fail, gas pumps would be inoperable, cars would stop working at the stroke of midnight on Jan 1, 2000 because of the Y2K problem.

Time as proved all these experts wrong. How much longer will it be before we put the global warming alarmist into this group?

2007-07-19 08:04:17 · 11 answers · asked by Dr Jello 7

Cow farts are methane. This is a serious question.

2007-07-19 06:53:57 · 12 answers · asked by Fafeom 3

How much pollution does millions and millions of cigarettes and cigars put into the air each day?

2007-07-19 06:41:59 · 14 answers · asked by heada_bone 3

i think that everyone should wish upon a star to ask god to help save this pathetic world. people should really stop making pollution and really help clean it up.i don't know about some people but i want to live a long and healthy life and not die from pollution.now it would be really great and i am sure god would be happy if people would stop and help clean up this world. if you read this please spread the word.please and thank you... oh and GOD BLESS EVERYONE!

2007-07-19 05:58:49 · 27 answers · asked by Cassie S 1

2007-07-19 03:55:59 · 12 answers · asked by Martin K 2

So who on here thinks Global Warming affects the Hurricane season making it worse and produceing stronger hurricanes? All you that thinkit is are idiots and are totally eating what they are feeding you!!!

2007-07-19 03:44:59 · 14 answers · asked by Ben 1

2007-07-19 03:08:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous