• The Environment

    Pronouncement of Global Warming’s Demise On Thin Ice

    By Posted on 3.9.2009 73 Comments

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    3.9.2009 at 06:13pm - Comment by solarman14

    I thought because of the melting glaciers that the ratio of salt to fresh water was diminishing, causing some current that regulates tempatures to not work as well causing global cooling, i'm not sure though but I had heard that somewhere.

  • Science

    Cramming: Not A Long-Term Study Strategy

    By Laura Allen Posted on 11.20.2008 5 Comments

    I challenge you: Name one fact you still remember from the last test for which you crammed. Anyone? Any fact?

    11.24.2008 at 08:14pm - Comment by solarman14

    I agree if you just pay attention in the class you ussualy should know everything on a test. I only study if I know I don't know a part of it so a ussually don't cram. But on really simple things like maching craming can work but. It can't be to much material.

  • The Environment

    Green Collar Jobs

    By Rachel Durfee Posted on 10.23.2008 4 Comments

    The economy is down and global warming is up. Instead of tackling the two problems individually, some lawmakers are looking to link the two activities together in what is proving to be an opportunity to fix both. In California, they are killing the two proverbial birds with one law, or in this case, many energy-efficiency policies.

    10.25.2008 at 10:14am - Comment by solarman14

    I think that both Mcain and Obama wouldn't help stop global warming enough, there was a study done that said that if we don't stop 100% of our co2 emissions by 2050 we would go down a path of no return were less and less of the sun's rays would be reflected due to not enough ice melting thus resulting in more melting ice and obama said that he would reduce it by 80% by 2050, which isn't enough. Mcain would only have it 60% below 1990 levels.

  • The Environment

    The Cost of Gases

    By Molika Ashford Posted on 9.30.2008 6 Comments

    Plans for cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, and other financial tools to curb global warming may float in and out of the national forum. But on a more local level, a price has already been placed on greenhouse gas emissions; it's $3.07 per ton.

    9.29.2008 at 04:47pm - Comment by solarman14

    I like the idea of a carbon tax as long as the money was spent to find green solutions.

  • The Environment

    Pumping Up With Nitrogen

    By the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine Posted on 9.29.2008 15 Comments

    Dear EarthTalk: Is using nitrogen to inflate my car's tires really better for the environment than using air? And if so, how? -- Roger Mawdsley, Abbotsville, BC

    9.29.2008 at 04:42pm - Comment by solarman14

    I'm not sure i would have to look into it more, but, even if it did i'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a huge diffrence. THough i may be wrong.

  • Science

    Does Science Obviate Religion?

    By Greg Soltis Posted on 9.29.2008 66 Comments

    Last Monday at New York's Pierre Hotel, outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens and physicist/theologian Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete met to tackle the question of whether or not science makes belief in God obsolete. According to the forum's hosts, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham and Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn, religion riles its vilifiers when it makes truth claims without evidence -- at least evidence that would hold up in a court of science. The conflict seems to stem from a difference in understanding as to what evidence and truth truly are.

    9.29.2008 at 04:35pm - Comment by solarman14

    I don't think it makes it obsolete unless you believe in the big bang, or at least part of it, if you believe god caused the big bang then both science and religeon can coexist at least if your christian.



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