Global Warming

In today's Guardian (UK) newspaper:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2088783,00.html

'The US has rejected any prospect of a deal on climate change at the G8 summit in Germany next month, according to a leaked document.'

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'Germany's environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said the country was prepared to block decisions on other issues unless the US and other G8 members made concessions on the environment. "America doesn't want to commit to firm goals. We can't put the global future of our children at risk because of the narrow-mindedness of individual negotiating partners."'

What can we do? What can we lobby our representatives to do?

If you live in the US, how embarrassed are you by the presence of a moron in the whitehouse who's brain has been addled by too much oil money?

2007-05-25 23:03:27 · 5 answers · asked by co2_emissions 3

2007-05-25 21:11:24 · 6 answers · asked by ivallrod 4

Just out of curiosity...some say its happening because of human envolvement, while others say its happening all along.

2007-05-25 20:34:38 · 19 answers · asked by Melissa M 2

It damages the earth more going to our holiday's than actually staying in the place where we are. For example say you go to Spain. It would of polluted the Earth more getting their than what it did staying in the couuntry.

2007-05-25 20:16:11 · 14 answers · asked by Hoodoo 3

No one can prove if it's are thought though since we have only been measuring the weather for around 200 years. If we saw data from 1500 or whatever and then looked at the tempreture was rising then we would know. You know what could people back then do to pollute the earth. Drive their 4x4's.

2007-05-25 20:08:27 · 29 answers · asked by Hoodoo 3

2007-05-25 19:58:51 · 13 answers · asked by Hoodoo 3

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070524_1_A1_hHesa62017

"In my opinion she did more to kill more African children than anybody I know," Dr. Coburn said of the woman best known for writing "Silent Spring."

"The fact is the result of that was tremendously negative for 750,000 African babies and kids a year, and another 500,000 pregnant women," he said.

According to a Coburn fact sheet, mosquito bites lead to 500 million cases of malaria a year with up to 2 million of those fatal.

"The majority of deaths are in tiny children and pregnant moms in Africa,"

2007-05-25 17:43:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

what can possibly happen if global warming gets very serious? because i was reading this story in class. it was about a girl who was like us. and when she had grand children, they had to wear protective gear such as goggles, suits, gloves, ect just to protect themself from the everyday sun. i thought that sounded very misserable and i was just wondering if it is possible that it could be like that or somewhat like that for my grandchilidren.

2007-05-25 17:20:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that Global Warming has gone past a novel scientific theory by rational people looking to address a potential problem to an all out religion. I'm not saying that is does not exist, or that people aren't effecting climate, moreover that we just don't know what the heck is going on and we had better learn a little bit more before making drastic, invasive changes in governmental and personal policy. Having said that, here are the similarities to Religion as I see them:
1. Blind faith - if you don't accept Al Gore's version of the truth, you are a denyer.
2. Sin and Redemption - We are all sinners, we drive cars run on fossil fuels, have light bulbs that aren't CFL, etc. But, if one will "tithe" to the government (in the form of higher taxes and more gov control), one will be saved and born again.

The whole thing works by guilt. At the end of it all, you are so implanted by guilt, you are willing to give up liberty, agree to higher taxes and more gov control to be saved

2007-05-25 16:10:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sounds about right!
I'd like her to show one single credible scientific source that shows how many kilotons of CO2 removal will cool the earth over a given timeframe.
There is none.

2007-05-25 15:41:09 · 12 answers · asked by SQD 2

i mean we're taking advantage of earth and no one dose anything to help the enviriment!

2007-05-25 15:38:02 · 27 answers · asked by <3 3

2007-05-25 13:21:42 · 9 answers · asked by deacon 2

Hey, skeptics. Before you post, think of the best argument you have for why humans aren't causing global warming. Then look it up here: http://gristmill.grist.org/skeptics.

You'll find that most anti-global warming arguments are based on simple logical fallacies like cherry-picking and attacking straw men. There's also a lot of manipulation of data and simple confusion of scientific findings.

If you're still skeptical, tell me why you're right and thousands of trained climate scientists are wrong. And remember, "scientists" who accept oil and gas company money and don't submit their findings to peer-reviewed journals aren't real scientists.

2007-05-25 13:06:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will have as much sucess as trying to slow down the earth's rotation around the sun.

2007-05-25 12:43:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

In California, we have one nuclear reactor, on half the time. We still have coal burning power plants. How many tens of thousands of kids and adults have to get asthma before CLEAN nuclear power is established? Florida has 5, their rates are 1/4 of California. Even tiny Switzerland has 5.

2007-05-25 12:41:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any thoughts?

2007-05-25 12:19:11 · 12 answers · asked by night_train_to_memphis 6

2007-05-25 11:24:09 · 11 answers · asked by ccffss_650 1

Its way too complex to make oil from alcohol but it is quite simple to directly transform anything containing carbon into just by applying good engineering so why is this process not being developed? It make no sense from a perspective of good engineering to make ethanol for use as fuel and very little sense to make methanol for this purpose.

2007-05-25 11:17:16 · 4 answers · asked by jim m 5

im doing a report on how to prevent it

2007-05-25 10:29:43 · 8 answers · asked by fullmetal457 1

Before you answer, read the following and know it to be factual. You can look it up.

1. At the peak of the last glacial cycle, giant ice sheets a mile thick covered half of North America.
2. Cars did not exist 20,000 years ago. Fire was a relatively new thing.
3. Ergo, human activity did NOT cause the ICE AGE nor the melting of the ice after the ICE AGE.
4. Re-read point #1. Key words "mile thick".

2007-05-25 09:51:02 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:29:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:25:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:18:24 · 5 answers · asked by b_girl 1

is global warming a problem? use what you know/think about it to support your answer.


haha i sound like a teacher..but really im just looking for some ideas for an essay

2007-05-25 08:26:43 · 12 answers · asked by jamiekm820 2

Question.2 questions really.If the hottest day in Canada was in 1937,what cause the global warming 70 years?
ago, and why,if global warming is a reality,hasn't this record been broken yet?


Hottest Day on Record - July 5, 1937. The highest temperature ever recorded in Canada was reached at Midale and Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan when the mercury soared to 45°C

2007-05-25 07:52:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I keep the AC running all the time, night and day. Shouldn't everyone be doing this to help mother earth. I am doing my part to help global warming.

2007-05-25 07:32:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

If global warming is caused by the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere by humans, how come is that when all homes in the UK were heated by coal and they all belched out tons of carbon ie smoke and soot(we had 7 fireplaces in our house when I was younger) and most of the manufacturing industry was defined as heavy (steel,shipbuilding etc) there was no global warming panic then. In fact in the 70's the scientists were predicting that we were heading for another ice age. Did they get that wrong or what. As for statistics anything can be proved with numbers for your own slant.

2007-05-25 06:57:33 · 16 answers · asked by Cobwebs 2

please keep it short

2007-05-25 06:53:52 · 10 answers · asked by pparul69 1

2007-05-25 06:53:13 · 5 answers · asked by pparul69 1

please keep it short and informative

2007-05-25 06:52:19 · 9 answers · asked by pparul69 1