Is Al Gore the Mad Hatter?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/sc_nm/lightbulbs_dc

Answer 1

Not sure about Al Gore, lol:p But I do thank you for posting this because almost every bulb in my house in compact flourescent. And I didnt know about the mercury:( And I usually read labels. I need to find out more about this. I am also reading up on other theories on the cause of global warming bc I have a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, so yes I love nature & nature's little critters but I also know a little not a lot about the theories of how our planet has evolved over time and most of those theories show us that climate is constantly changing. So Im not sure I believe all the hype about Man-Made global warming & Im definitely not sure that I believe the hype that we can suddendly "fix" it?
Anyway thank you for the info:)

Answer 2

not really the people who are skeptic about climate change are much more crazy

Global warming is a very complex collection of many effects

this text is limited to effects of people in the country,industrial effects on the environment and the internal combustion engine as well as the over all effects of cities and the ozone part of global warming,is another story,

climate change is caused partly by desertification ,and most desertification is caused by man
the thinner ozone layer helps to speed this up.and this is caused mainly by air polution ,also as a result of mans actions

there are natural cycles in the planets life
but a lot is influenced by mans existance ,and this is increasing with overpopulation,putting strains on Natural resources and increasing contaminations as well as destructions of essential componants the ensure living conditions for all life forms

in North Africa,India,Mexico ,millions of people are effected by land loss and desertification and some have died as a result

in china, thousands of what used to be farmers are running for their lives from the dust storms that have burried their towns and turned their lands into dessert,

,the Sahara is growing by 7 kilometers a year
and all of the desserts we know are a results of mans actions ,and they are increasing ,not getting less ,in the dinosaurs days ,there were no desserts.

collectively this planet is drying up because of bad farming practices like,over grazing and fertilizers,

each degree rise in temperature means 10%crop loss

and there is less and less water (because of deforestation),to irrigate this production ,
and there are less and less farmers to do it..
and there are 70 million more peole every year that have to eat and drink and wash

who are overpumping deep carbon aquifiers
who are plowing more and more unstable lands because they have lost so many million hectares to desertification ,
because of bad farming practises ,such as using fertilizers and heavy machinary or over grazing

RISING SEAS
The northpole is melting ,and we will know it without ice in our life times.
this does not affect the sea level because it is ice that is already in the water.but the melting ice from Green land and the south pole ,are another matter.

Source(s):

Source(s) Lester E Brown is the director and founder of the global institute of Environment in the United states .he has compiled a report based on all the satalite information available from NASA,and all the information that has
come from Universities and American embassies WORLD WIDE ,
his little book--a planet under stress , Plan B has been trans lated into many languages and won the best book award in 2003

i am a Permaculture Consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government in Guerrero Mexico

Answer 3

He is cleverly riding the Global Warming fashion alarmist wave for political gains.
Not mad at all, quite the contrary.

Answer 4

in some form yes?