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Other => General Discussion => Topic started by: lfmusiclover on February 06, 2008, 03:46:16 PM
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Since the climate and environment are such important topics these days, TWC Today has decided to join the masses and go green!
This thread is for posting anything related to the environment, climate change, etc. Ideas for "going green", helping the environment, etc. may be posted here, as can news or anything else related to the topics of this thread. And don't be afraid to be creative! And of course, no idea is too dumb! :sunglasses:
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OT: How about going white? It's phenomenally snowy here today :ninja:
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yeah,I saw Mike Seidel getting terribly blown around in near blizzard like conditions earlier today. :shocked:
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How come Greenland is icy and not green? (if you know what i mean)
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Because Iceland is green? :P
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Because Iceland is green? :P
yep Iceland is green but doesn't have ice
I am so confused :wacko:
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How come Greenland is icy and not green? (if you know what i mean)
to make the the vikings not find the right treasure (learned it in world history in 9th grade)
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Do u think the media often overhypes climate change?
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To an extent, yes. I think there are climate changes occuring, but I don't think they are as pronounced as the media would have you believe.
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The media overhypes a lot of things <_<
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Indeed they do. :yes:
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They're going to show a show on Nat Geo about Six Degrees. Basically 2 degrees there will be no ice in the polar regions, at 3-4 degrees, jungles turn into desserts, and at 5-6 degrees, cities are under water and destroyed.
I'm hoping this situation is fake :shocked:
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Believe it or not, Global Warming is extremely beneficial to our Earth.
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Victor, the media acts like this will happen next year, but all of this probably won't happen until at least a century or two from now, so don't worry about it. Not much has changed in the environment in the past century. I still don't get why it was just recently the media is thinking that global warming is something new. It's been going on forever, it didn't start when Katrina hit. :rolleyes:
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Well, I don't know about a century or two Mike. That may be a bit optimistic. I don't think any of us will see the effects of it, but our children may not be as lucky. :no:
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Keep in mind this is the kind of thing that happens slowly. We aren't going to wake up one day to suddenly find the entire Earth to be 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. it will take decades, maybe even centuries to happen. Again, it's not going to be a horrible thing like the media says it will be. It will be GOOD.
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How exactly would any of us or the earth itself benefit from global warming?
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I'm surprised you all actually believe everything the media tells you.
Pretty simple, actually:
Increased Co2 levels means explosive plant growth, more food for everyone, less natural disasters, etc.
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I'm surprised you all actually believe everything the media tells you.
Pretty simple, actually:
Increased Co2 levels means explosive plant growth, more food for everyone, less natural disasters, etc.
Well said
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But completley false.
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How so?
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How so?
Well, our earth has fewer and fewer plants every day. Entire forests have been leveled in some parts of the world. Plants only take in so much CO. The rest is left to to float away into the atmosphere.
And as far as his claim that it would cause fewer natural disaster's, I really don't know how he comes to that conclusion-actually, I do-he's twelve going on twenty. Anyway, CO is the very gas that fuels our weather. If there was no carbon, there would be no weather. CO traps heat, which also fuels our weather. More heat and CO equals worse weather, because it has more fuel to grow on.
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And as far as his claim that it would cause fewer natural disaster's, I really don't know how he comes to that conclusion-actually, I do-he's twelve going on twenty. Anyway, CO is the very gas that fuels our weather. If there was no carbon, there would be no weather. CO traps heat, which also fuels our weather. More heat and CO equals worse weather, because it has more fuel to grow on.
Yea, that part probably is false. I don't have a strong opinion either way on this issue to be honest.
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I get my info from a reliable source. Obviously you get you're from the media
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I get my info from a reliable source. Obviously you get you're from the media
Not exactly. Science (particularly atmospheric and environmental science) has always been fascinating to me. As such, I took many such courses in school. So everything I know I learned from taking all the science classes I could. Maybe you should try to learn a thing or two in school-that is, assuming you don't already know all there is to know.
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LMAO. this has absolutely nothing to do with education. It has to do with reliable sources.
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Getting a formal education on the subject is the MOST reliable thing you can do.
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Well that's kind of hard, seeing as I'm not even in H.S. yet. :rolleyes:
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By your postings its hard to tell that. You seem to think you know everything.
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You sure have a lot of room to talk.
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Alot more than you do! :whistling:
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apparently...
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I don't understand where this conversation is going to be honest :unsure:
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I think the off-topic part is over.
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Yeah I think so. Although it really wasn't THAT off-topic.
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Do you think the building TWC is in has gone green?
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I'm sure it has in some way or another.
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Do you think the building TWC is in has gone green?
Aparently, just by having plants and trees in the building (which we did, and I assume still do!) you get a better environmental rating.... Ha!
Power wise, everythings left on :P
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I've been looking around, and I do see dimmable CFLs. I've been looking into purchasing some, but I'm sure how well or even if they function as well as it sounds, because the vast majority of people say that CFLs cannot dim. :unsure:
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A local news station, WGAL, just did a study on CFL bulbs where they replaced all the incandescent bulbs in a household with CFLs for two weeks and then compared the energy use between the two types of bulbs. There was energy saved while using the CFLs, but not as much as expected.
You can watch the four parts of the video at their site:
http://www.wgal.com/money/16203960/detail.html
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You'll all be happy to know that I have changed all computer backgrounds here to the green windows XP button, and green backgrounds. I've also changed by blue screen, in to a green screen!
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I would like to use the silver/green theme to go green, but I have to leave the classic theme on for my MMS Wxscan feed to work. :P
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but I have to leave the classic theme on for my MMS Wxscan feed to work. :P
Bummer.
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I bought a bumper sticker for my car that says DONT BE TRASHY, RECYCLE
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I was at the supermarket yesterday and saw these new household cleaners made from all natural ingredients. Has anyone tried these?
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Here's my take on Global Warming:
It seems to me like the result of Global Warming is not necessarily warmer weather per se, but weather patterns have become more extreme. Heat waves are more common and a lot more severe. Warm ups are more prevalent in the winter. As it was, Lansing has set 2 record highs this winter (12/27- 61, 2/10- 60) which is highly unusual. Severe weather has become more prominent, potent, common, and widespread as of late. I will also buy that Global Warming is leading to more and stronger hurricanes. Despite the quietness of the 2006 and 2007 hurricane seasons, Hurricanes Ike and Katrina are prime examples, as are the 2004, 2005, and 2008 hurricane seasons. I agree that temps are warming, but extreme weather is the more prevalent result.
Just my 2 cents :thumbsup:
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When I was in Cape May, NJ on Saturday, I noticed a lot of their electric signs (school crossing signs, signs that show how fast you're going, etc) are now run by solar panels. I haven't been through any other town here that uses solar panels yet.
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Hmm, I assumed it was pinned for some reason, so we can share everyone our ways to be green.
Since I am here, my way to be green: conserving paper. In school I try to fit as many notes as I can one both sides of a piece of paper, so that way I wont be wasting paper after paper.
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I always leave my desktop running (since I record TWC non-stop), and there are lots of other things that use energy in my room (I don't want to bore anyone with the long list lol). I always turn the TV and lights off when I leave a room, and I do conserve paper (I also recycle it). Hope that counts :P