Would putting polluted water and rubbish into a black hole be a good idea for getting rid of global warming?

Question

Doesn't CO2 come from polluction, and waste products?

Answer 1

I have wondered why they didn't put garbage on a rocket and send it to the sun. We don't have a black hole near here but we have a sun close by.

Answer 2

Great. Then when that water is gone, we can pollute more, until we run out entirely. And we can throw all of our resources away after using them once, so we will run out of them, too. Perfect. Especially since global warming is caused by hot air spouted by crazed liberals. [Actually, it's caused by NATURAL processes, the biggest of which is the sun itself. Mankind'e 1-5% makes precious little difference. Don't get me wrong. Pollution is a bad idea. But it's not causing this particular problem.]

They say that global warming has increased more in the last half of the 20th century than ever before. Coincidentally, that is the same period that environmental activists have forced government and industry to stop polluting to a greater and greater extent. The air today is far cleaner than it was 40-50 years ago. Obviously, using the same logic, the problem is environmentalists! Maybe we really NEED campfires and clearcutting? Of course I don't believe that. But coincidence does not make a very strong argument. You really want to fix the problem? Put up a planetwide sun screen. The sun is the real problem.

Answer 3

Trash is not the problem at all, it is pollution caused by industrial processes, like factories and cars.

CO2 is 30% higher than it has been for 650,000 years. Methane is 130% greater. These are two of the main pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in excess, and they are two of the primary greenhouse gases.

Look at the 'hockeystick', which shows a dramatic warming since 1950 after a fairly stable climate for 1000 years. In fact, the 10 hottest years in recorded history have all happened since 1990, with 2005 being the hottest, and 2006 is shaping up to maybe break that record.
(see links below)

How's that for proof of man's fault in this? There is ample proof, any real scientist will tell you that.

There has NEVER been an article doubting man's influence on global warming published in a peer-reviewed journal. A recent study of almost 1000 proved that.

Yes, the earth naturally heats and cools, but the rate and amount we are warming now is unprecedented in the recent geologic past. We are doing this, and we must stop it. This is not some political statement or rhetoric. This is science trying to educate a crass, ignorant public of the damage they are doing. The magnitude of temperature increase ALREADY is about 10x that of the 'little ice age' of the middle ages, and rate and amount are only going up.

Just to be clear, glacial and interglacial cycles are mainly controlled by astronomical fluctuations, but we have a detailed record of the last 7 cycles, and what the climate and CO2 is doing now is way different and extreme. The rate of increase is much higher than in the past AND the value itself is much higher.

HI CO2:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467420.stm
HOCKEY STICK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5109188.stm
General climate stuff:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3897061.stm

Answer 4

I'm reminded of an episode of Futurama.

Not really. Rubbish and polluted water arent what's causing global warming. Grrenhouse Gasses and Carbon Dioxide can be blamed for that.

Answer 5

That would be a fantastic idea if we could create a black hole and control it apart from that maybe just a matter compression anomaly but then there is a question of logistics if we were to use a genuine black hole! Then why not just dig a massively deep hole and let our planets gravity compress it for us !!! that given surely all waste is relative to how much energy we can glean from it !!!!! apart from that I'm not sure that water is compressible but maybe if we broke it down into its elements then the pollutants would no longer be polluting maybe chuck it all into active volcanoes ????

Answer 6

what a strange question. What has rubbish and pollution to do with global warming.

CO2 is the problem

Try not to muddle up your science

Answer 7

Trash has nothing to do with global warming!! Global warming has to do with the amount of C02 and other greenhouse gases such as methane affecting our ozone.

Answer 8

Yes that would be a good way but where would you find a black hole?