Environment - December 2007

Do you think the Senate alarmists will actually read this and take consideration that the world is not ending?

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb

2007-12-21 18:17:04 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Global Warming

I was on this game, -not going to say the game- and in a room (kinda like a forum) there are some people who doing something called 'cybering' I knew a bit about it but didn't get what people accually did.. I knew it was gross and sick but I just wondered what they did. I made a fake account and went into the room where pretty much some guy acted out 'doing it' to other people and me. I just said nothing really and he just went away. I was pretty grossed out and finally he had to go. I feel guilty now for ever being there and now Im pretty discusted that there are people in the world who do that. >_< I dont know really what to think now and I'm kind of in shock I read all this.

2007-12-21 17:02:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Conservation

2007-12-21 15:52:02 · 6 answers · asked by Jack_Scar_Action_Hero 5 in Global Warming

I am on a debating team and thought it would be a challenge to convince people Global Warming is not real. Any suggestions on arguments i can make.

(btw i have not made up my mind on whether i believe global warming is real or not)

2007-12-21 15:33:55 · 11 answers · asked by P4BZ 4 in Global Warming

Hasn't the Earth been changing since day one? climates changing, continents shifting, etc. I do agree that there are many things we do that harm our environment but isn't it like trying to stop a speeding train that left the station millions of years before we got here?

2007-12-21 15:33:04 · 34 answers · asked by Nancy S 2 in Global Warming

What is being done or being planned to deal with the amount of garbage we produce and how full our landfills are becoming. What has happened to the recycling concept?

2007-12-21 14:13:48 · 14 answers · asked by Over The Rainbow 5 in Green Living

Well I was kind of thinking about solar power and where it would work the best, and the thought occurred to me that both the North and South poles (or at least areas near it) would be the best place to put solar panels because if you think about it they have half a year of basically all day sunlight...I wonder why nobody has already done it (of course I'm sure that it would cost a lot of money)

2007-12-21 12:32:44 · 6 answers · asked by thatsgranderful 3 in Green Living

i don't, i have never really seen prove that it's that. but i have seen prove that it just something with the sun,, something called sun spots i think, i don't really remember the name of them.
as fact it has been hotter before.

of course CO2 has a little to do with the heat, like 5-10%

2007-12-21 12:12:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

i have a lot of magazines that i dont need anymore, what can i do with them besides putting them in the recycle bin? is there anyway that i can make money out of it??

p.s. I live in CA.
Thanks

2007-12-21 11:53:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

"California met every criteria ... on the merits. The same criteria we have used for the last 40 years on all the other waivers," one EPA staff member told the Times. "We told him (Johnson) that. All the briefings we have given him laid out the facts."

"The Times quoted unidentified EPA staff as revealing that an internal briefing document had advised Johnson that even if he rejected California's request, the state would be likely to mount a successful legal challenge."

"The Times reported that EPA staff believed Johnson made his decision after meetings between auto industry executives and Vice President Dick Cheney, and after a Chrysler executive sent a letter to the White House arguing why neither California nor the EPA should be allowed to regulate greenhouse gases.

"It's a totally different thing. The argument that somehow because we now have a CAFE standard that means we shouldn't be regulating greenhouse gases, it just doesn't hold water, it makes no sense"

What do you think?

2007-12-21 11:53:22 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Senator Inhofe has a reputation as a mindless right wing idealogue. Even his Republican colleagues have been known to wince at his behavior. Famous Inhofe quotes:

After the Oklahoma City bombing, when asked how many workers were in the Murrah Building, “It depends on how many federal workers played hookey today.”

He claimed that the attack on the World Trade Center was caused by America's weak support of Israel:

One of the reasons I believe the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States was that the policy of our government has been to ask the Israelis, and demand it with pressure, not to retaliate against the terrorist strikes that have been launched against them.

In the past he's been considered unbeatable in heavily Republican Oklahoma, with his massive amounts of money from the fossil fuel industry.

Now there's a viable Democratic opponent, centrist and pragmatic.

http://www.andrewforoklahoma.com/free_details.asp?id=48

Can he win?

2007-12-21 09:14:02 · 15 answers · asked by Bob 7 in Global Warming

After all, in 2001 they claimed they had 19,000 skeptical scientists who had signed the Oregon Petition.

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

Now even scouring the ranks of chemists, mathematicians, engineers, and retired architects, Inhofe can only find 400 skeptics.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport#report

Does this mean that the skeptics have lost 98% of their numbers in just a few years?

2007-12-21 08:42:43 · 7 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

Some examples:

Al Gore is a lying politician, but Inhofe is a reliable source of information.

Global warming has stalled because 1998 is the hottest year on record, even though 2001-2007 were all warmer than 1990-1997 and 1999-2000 (and every year on record before that).

Global warming has stalled because 2006 wasn't as hot as 2005.

One supposed flaw in the AGW theory means it's worthless, but numerous obvious flaws in the cosmic ray or solar warming theories are no problem.

Consensus doesn't matter. Except when we can find 400 random people on the planet who are skeptical of the theory. Then the consensus is important, and we disproved it!

30 or 50 or 100 or 150 years of data are not enough to prove anything about global warming, but 2 years of data are enough to prove that global warming has stopped.

What's with all this cherrypicking and double-standards?

2007-12-21 07:42:11 · 9 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Global Warming

In Dubai they are single-handedly warming up 3 countries as we speak, so it makes me wonder what it's all about.

Large companies don't seem to be concerned about the issue of global warming and green living either. They continue to put toxic ingredients in their products, and well we the people buy them.

Also environmentally friendly products are not as widely available as their toxic counterparts

2007-12-21 07:30:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Green Living

So weed is illegeal because you can't put tax on something you grow in your back yard. What about oranges, apples and all greens that you can grown in the back yard?

I can get seed from my next door name that grows fruits and veggies but i can't grow weed brcause it can't be taxed? that sounds like a bunch of BS.

2007-12-21 07:18:07 · 25 answers · asked by Yes 2 in Green Living

The Climate did not get warmer this year either, so where is the evidence?

2007-12-21 07:05:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

I read this report this morning, it seems that more than 400 top scientist from around the world, that Global Warming is not caused by CO2 emissions from people.

How can people so blindly follow the notion that the debate is over, and we must make everyone pay for something that is not really a problem? Does it just make you feel better, like you are doing something good?

Read this and tell me what you think before reading and after reading.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb

2007-12-21 05:39:18 · 16 answers · asked by advnturer 6 in Global Warming

2007-12-21 03:49:59 · 10 answers · asked by Abraham 1 in Global Warming

Given overwhelming evidence such as found here.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a-23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb

Background: Only 52 Scientists Participated in UN IPCC Summary

The over 400 skeptical scientists featured in this new report
outnumber by nearly eight times the number of scientists who
participated in the 2007 UN IPCC Summary for Policymakers. The notion of "hundreds" or "thousands" of UN scientists agreeing to a scientific statement does not hold up to scrutiny. (See report debunking "consensus" LINK) Recent research by Australian climate data analyst Dr. John McLean revealed that the IPCC's peer-review process for the Summary for Policymakers leaves much to be desired. (LINK)

2007-12-21 03:32:47 · 16 answers · asked by Johnny U 6 in Global Warming

I feel like a lot of us here get all high-and-mighty when answering these questions - and very 'accusational'. Can't we just answer the question without rubbing stuff in others' faces?

2007-12-21 03:12:27 · 8 answers · asked by an bhuil gaeilge agat? 3 in Other - Environment

2007-12-21 02:33:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

should guy who drive car absorb all the exhausted fumes? Becoz he cause it and also global warming.

2007-12-21 02:22:25 · 6 answers · asked by krazzzykevin 1 in Global Warming

2007-12-21 02:13:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

It's just a survey for my science project.
Are newspapers a waste of papers? Please give details to support your answer.

If you want to read news, would you read the newspaper or online? Why?

I just want a comparison between newspaper and technologies. Which would benefit you better?

2007-12-21 02:10:46 · 6 answers · asked by i'MdAmAnn 2 in Other - Environment

They were exempt from the Kyoto round and want to continue to pollute at greater and greater levels for the foreseeable future. Is this an acceptable outcome for a future treaty on climate change?

2007-12-21 01:52:36 · 9 answers · asked by typre50 3 in Global Warming

all this damage people have done is making me highly stressed!
knowing that things are damaged, and not knowing what might happen in the future is causing this!!

Please tell me if they are or not!!

2007-12-21 01:08:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

if greenhouse gasses arnt causing the earth to warm how do you account for the resent trends? what else would be causing warming that is greater then that caused by the earth orbit or the solar output of the sun alone? (and please say more then it is just a cycle)

2007-12-21 00:42:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

Funny that if the winter had stayed mild the gloom and doom lot would be saying 'its all our fault for burning petrol, rainforest and daring to spray underarm aresols etc.

Now its cold, silence.


The governments must love that lot as they can positively encourage that kind of beleif so they can tax the butt off us on fuel usage etc.

What say you sados who ought to be out Christmas shoping?

2007-12-20 23:52:47 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Global Warming

2007-12-20 22:05:53 · 6 answers · asked by space 1 in Green Living

Like the A-Bomb and putting a man on the moon. If we could switch to hydrogen fuel cells then the arabs would be riding camels again!

2007-12-20 21:30:38 · 8 answers · asked by 19G30 5 in Alternative Fuel Vehicles