Global Warming

2007-06-06 20:03:05 · 9 answers · asked by mehran 1

My common knowledge is that plants emit CO2 at night (in the absence of light, since no photosynthesis occurs). If this be true then it means the more the plants the more CO2 is emitted.

2007-06-06 17:27:12 · 15 answers · asked by aprilboy 2

We all know the Earth cannot reflect back all huge energy from the Sun, could scientist create a space umbrella with reflect clothes, by air plumb and open on the space just over the major Ocean. may be cover miles of Ocean area, lower down a little bit of the Sun heat. That may cost a lot, but it can also use for long time and lower down lot of Sun heat. It can just cover the Ocean, but not the earth area.

2007-06-06 14:07:56 · 10 answers · asked by Kelvin 1

Hello 'non-believers': I personally do believe that human is the main cause of GW, but I also recognize the arguments that you guys have- natural cycles, massive green house gases made by nature...etc I think you guys have some good points and I do not have good statements to prove you wrong.

But. consider this, what they ask you to do, are something like:
1. Ride your bike if you can
2. Use public transportation if possible
3. Drive a smaller car if possible, instead of a SUV
4. Plant more trees
5. Use a energy saving light bulbs
6. Turn off the appliances that you don't use
7. Insulate your house better to save energy to heat it up

I mean, those things are really easy to do, and they're all beneficial to us. No matter what and who creates global warming, why can't we just do it? If one day I find that they're all BS, ok, what will I lose? I am benefited by doing them. But, WHAT IF THEY WERE RIGHT about human creating GW? It may be already too late by then.

2007-06-06 13:58:11 · 15 answers · asked by kingsebay2000 1

Why Is Antarctica Colder Since 1957?

"As one example, at the South Pole, where the U.S. decades ago established a station, temperatures have actually fallen since 1957. Neither is Antarctica's advance or retreat a new question raised by the spectre of global warming: This is the oldest scientific question of all about the Antarctic ice sheet."

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=b228f4b0-a869-4f85-ba08-902b95c45dcf&k=0

2007-06-06 11:47:29 · 8 answers · asked by a bush family member 7

Please say whether you beleive the following statements are true or false...

1 - Without ANY 'greenhouse gases' in our atmosphere the temperature of the planet would be considerably colder

2 - Nitrogen, oxygen and argon make up more than 99.9% of our atmosphere, these gases do not contribute to global warming

3 - Water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are the main 'greenhouse gases'

Thanks for answering.

2007-06-06 11:17:39 · 13 answers · asked by Trevor 7

so why doesn't the usa agree to cutting greenhouse gasses?why do they always drag their feet?

2007-06-06 10:54:51 · 18 answers · asked by mel gibson 1

I know that global warming is fact, but I have been told by some that it will cause me to die? How? If it gets a bit hotter, big deal, sea rises doesn't matter as I live inland, more rain, got good drainage and doesn't flood. The supermarkets will still sell food.

2007-06-06 10:22:34 · 12 answers · asked by International Man of Mystery 2

2007-06-06 10:10:21 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to say sci-fi so when it comes true I can say it was just a guess...

The USA just shut down a weather/Global Warming testing satellite because they now know Global Warming is happening at a MUCH faster rate than expected and they need to hide this fact to the public.

In less than 5 years the world will not even look the same.

ALSO, the President has been acting all weird in the last month because he just saw the light that within just a few months and years Global Warming is going to crush the USA economy. He is trying to to GOOD THINGS like let in the people from Mexico and also propose CO2 limits at the G8 because he knows he will be blamed for ignoring the Global Warming predictions and they are going to happen very soon and the CAN NOT BE STOPPED NOW NO MATTER WHAT WE DO... IT IS TOO LATE.

Sci-Fi Prediction - Complete Global Chaos and Nukes being used within 2 years.

2007-06-06 09:27:38 · 10 answers · asked by Ken 1

I know it also depends on individual effort, but compared to what the Govt can do what an individual does is like a drop in the ocean.

I think if there is a will, from the politicians there is certainly a way out of this eco - disaster.

For Example:
1. Govt can start by converting all its vehicles (Govt owned) to
a less polluting LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) fuel?
2. Convert all public transport vehicles (city buses) to a LNG.
3. Open new Nuclear plants (France relies more than 90% on nuclear power to supply all its enery needs!!!)
4. Allow businnesses and all other companies to encourage (with perks, tax deductions) for employees to
use public transport)
5. Build more Wind power towers all across the country

One answer can be money, where can the Govt get so much money, answer is instead of throwing the money down the drain in wars a fraction of it can
solve lot of the environmental issues in this country.

Please offer your comments and answers.

2007-06-06 09:17:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-06 07:00:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's the greatest single threat to solving the climate crisis in a decade.

It sounds crazy. But Congress is rushing through a package that could lock us into liquid coal as our country's new energy source for transportation. For every mile driven, coal-based fuels produce as much as twice as many greenhouse gases as petroleum. That means even a Prius would drive like a Hummer.

The coal industry has been lobbying for this break for years, and many in Congress don't understand the facts.

2007-06-06 06:29:23 · 10 answers · asked by courage 6

2007-06-06 05:23:53 · 10 answers · asked by dustin t 2

I was recently watching a discussion between two individuals. One believed that global warming was real and was a response to manmade introduction of green house gases such as carbon dioxide into our environment. The other believed that we are seeing a normal climate shift that the earth has seen many many times before and that most climate shifts throughout the earths history have characteristically been quite rapid rather than occurring over hundreds and hundreds of years.

The second individual stated this fact which I had never heard before. By studying information related to all the previous prehistoric climate shifts it is apparent that temperatures increased BEFORE we see an increase in carbon dioxide levels. He believes that the increases in carbon dioxide are not CAUSATIVE to climate changes but rather a response to climate changes that normally occur on our earth.

Can anyone explain the fact that carbon dioxide increased AFTER temperatures increased.

2007-06-06 03:55:22 · 9 answers · asked by yagman 7

Carbon Monoxide rapidly changes over into Carbon Dioxide in the free atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide is heavier than Oxygen, Nitrogen, Helium, Hydrogen, and it sinks to the surface of the Earth. At the surface of the Earth CO2 is absorbed by plants, shrubs, and trees which emit Oxygen in return.

Travel by Jet Aircraft has increased ten fold in the last ten years. Jet planes emit millions and millions of cubic feet of CO2 and CO as they make cross country and transcontinental flights. When they emit the gas, they do so at very high altitudes which are unreachable by plants, shrubs, and trees.
The gases must first cool down and then settle to the surface of the Earth for that cleansing action to take place. Who is concerned about Jet Aircraft causing Global Warming? It seems like the only concern is automobiles, buses and trucks. If Global Warming is a killer like they say why arn't we seeing massive evergreen shrub and evergreen tree planting activities by the US Government???

2007-06-06 00:10:23 · 6 answers · asked by zahbudar 6

In recent months lots of Newspaper Headlines have ranted and raved about Global Warming. What they keep yelling about is Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide, and Methane.
I would like to ask each of you if those gases heat up as fast as BLACK ASPHALT PAVEMENT? Is it possible that carbon dioxide retains heat as long as BLACK ASPHALT PAVING?

2007-06-05 23:55:01 · 4 answers · asked by zahbudar 6

There is a Coal Fired Power Plant in Washington, D.C., which provides heating and other services to the Senate, the House, the Capital, and some other major government installations there. It pollutes the DC area air supply like crazy and should be the first item replaced by our US Government if we are really serious about Global Warming. Do you think they have plans to replace it now???

2007-06-05 23:49:54 · 2 answers · asked by zahbudar 6

The Earth is not alone in warming up in this sunspot cycle, but nobody seems concerned about Mars warming. Could Mars be warming for the same reasons as earth, or is it pollution from the Rovers?

I noted an alarm about the Great Barrier Reef, but nobody said how it survived the 1000AD (+/-) warming cycle, which happened w/o CO2 "pollution".

Nobody has looked and spoken to how man created the "Little Ice Age" in the 1700's, so we could do likewise.

Nobody mentions the normal long-term glaciation cycles regarding arctic ocean melting anymore...the ones that allowed the immigration from Siberia to North America some 11,000 years ago..

We all seem to be avoiding learning from the past...right? Why? Who profits from NOT checking history and science, and applying the lessons from the farther past?

2007-06-05 22:18:57 · 8 answers · asked by looey323 4

used earlier that cut amounts the most, the quickest and the cheapest are identified and scaled up and as new efforts are sought out invented and discovered and attempted successfully are added in to be developed and used somewhere and then scaled up for wider use at the same time in an ongoing process? Would this slow global warming the fastest by putting increasing pressue on emission reduction efforts through clean technology to lower emissions or to scrub carbon from the atomosphere and to help people to keep trying to put in the effort and build the things needed on a large enough scale to fix the problem completely quick enough to prevent all potential problems from it best?

2007-06-05 17:51:42 · 6 answers · asked by Stan S 1

What things, like reasearching hybrid technology, are we doing right now to prevent the greenhouse effect and global warming?

2007-06-05 17:41:52 · 14 answers · asked by Ziggy Stardust 4

Well United Arab Emirates is basically all desert, it only rains maybe every 5 to 10 years and today they had a tornado wind about 165mph. Also with all these diffrent species that they have found its freaking me out.

2007-06-05 13:52:46 · 13 answers · asked by Angeleyes 1

I already asked a question telling you guys how to stop it. But here's another reason why:

As all of Europe are heated by the North Atlantic Drift, their fine right? WRONG! If enough ice breaks off of Greenland because of global warming, it could disrupt the North Atlantic Drift and send EUROPE INTO AN ICE AGE!!! It may be ironic but it is totally true. Now here's my question again: WHO'S READY TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING? Feel free to speculate.

2007-06-05 12:03:51 · 13 answers · asked by mikezcim 5

but then when I go away for a while you start declaring you proved it?

LIARS!

2007-06-05 11:57:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anyone want to buy a bridge?

Will we be forced to?

2007-06-05 11:39:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that global warming is happening, and I know that man is the main cause of it. I think 90% is man's fault, and 10% is "other". But what I want to know is what to say to people who correlate ice caps melting on Mars with what is happening on Earth. I think the connection is tenuous, at best.

2007-06-05 09:35:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you agree with the following statements (one word answers are fine)...

1) The average global temperature is increasing

2) Any global temperature increase is due to natural cycles only

3) Mars is warming so any warming on Earth is due to the sun

4) In the 1970's the alarm was about global cooling

5) Volcanoes contribute as much, if not more, to global warming than humans do

6) Levels of the so called 'greenhouse gases' are increasing

Thank you for your time.

2007-06-05 07:35:49 · 23 answers · asked by Trevor 7

2007-06-05 06:56:54 · 21 answers · asked by ≈ nohglf 7

The question is does it really matter where the source is. If your house was burning would you add fuel to the fire or try to save what you got with everything in your power. The world pop has doubled since the 20's, # of vehicles have skyrocket, pressure on resources is maxed out, can someone really tell me that all that doesn't add up and create more energy (heat)

2007-06-05 05:34:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

They have too many people and pollute too much. Lets get out of Iraq and into China. It's the only way to save us from Global Warming. We must take action soon or we will all die. The world will be one big desert. We will die from Global Warming in 10 years unless we level China and India. Let me know what ya'll think of my new idea to save the world.

2007-06-05 05:17:47 · 12 answers · asked by John Galt 2