While the consumption of energy can harm the environment, does the actual heat harm the environment?
2006-10-24 03:01:13 · 7 answers · asked by Bryan12345 1 in Environment
No. The energy from your tea will dissapate around your kitchen causing no effects. The Butterfly in Beijing theory doesn't really exist, as the heat from your tea will only effect a minimal number of air molecules, which are spaced so far apart, that the whole world could make a cup of tea at once and the effects would never be felt. Now if you dump hot water in a stream/river, then you could cause heat pollution.
2006-10-24 04:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing with global warming is that the majority of the electricity that will heat up your kettle is made by burning coal. That burning creates carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide happens to be a green house gas, which means that it lets the Sun's heat enter, but it does not let it out as easily. Your kettle really does not produce enough heat to really harm the environment. Water vapor is a green house gas, but it is much more easily managed than carbon dioxide. Even if you heated it by burning wood, you would create a small amount of carbon dioxide.
2006-10-24 10:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by icez 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. At 100 degrees C, the heat from a boiling kettle is insignificant.
2006-10-24 10:03:20 · answer #3 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heat is not harming the environment. It is insignificant when compared to the amount of heat generated by volcanoes and geysers or hot springs. These geological features have been occurring for billions of years, but that has not stopped the development of life.
2006-10-24 10:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by msm1089 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question. By itself no, but it is often the case the the temperature in major cities tend to be a degree or two warmer than the surrounding countryside.
You have covered the consumption of energy in your question. I am sure that you are also aware that water vapour is a greenhouse gas. But without it, things would be rather chilly.....
2006-10-25 07:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by 13caesars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but the electricity generated to make the kettle work does.
2006-10-24 10:03:13 · answer #6 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. stop drinking tea and showering.
2006-10-24 10:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by peckerwud2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋