Despite Global Warming, why does the US continue to emit record Greenhouse gas levels?
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The almighty dollar is more important now than what will happen in the future.\n\nIt's like the oil companies.  We'll be out of oil in 50-60 years, but right now, we can make money off of it, and we'll just let the younger generation take care of it.\n\nWell, I AM the younger generation.  About the time I retire, the world will have almost NO oil left.  That will be a catostrophic event.  Homes will go cold, tractors will not run, and no one will be able to get to work.  They need to fix this now.\n\nIt's the same with Global Warming.  Except it's a LITTLE further off...hopefully.\n\nI'm sorry for getting a little off topic.  I;'m using it as a point, and I hope everyone understands.  I'm not one of these crazy, neo-enviromentalists; I actually am interested in politics.  And all this has to do with politics.
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U.S. production of anhydrous ammonia is dropping rapidly and was about\n13 million tons for the last year that good estimates are available.\n\nThe US produces 13 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gas emissions from Washing Machines.\n\nTake your pick ,but if it was for the radio contest from Red Dragon radio the correct answer revealed was the Greenhouse Gas emissions from washing machines.
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Greenhouse gas emissions -> Leads to global warming.  Which destroys many parts of the the world's eco-systems already, it will eventually impact humans soon too.
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global warming is cause by greenhouse gases being trapped near earths atmosphere, which causes heat to be trapped nearer to earths surface which increases the temperature on earth slightly which melts the polar ice caps which makes water levels rise which means islands will be flooded and shores will advance into the land making living space smaller in an already overpopulated world.
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because it only affects the US.  Never mind we out produce everybody.  The Kyoto Protocals don't do anything for the alleged global warming.  If there is such a thing how could humans stop it?  Stop volcanoes from exploding? In school they taught us about weather cycles, that included several ice ages. In the seventies they were worried about global cooling.
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Global warming caused by humans is a myth.  It has been debunked by scientist after scientist.  The reason the earth is in a "warming cycle" (the temp on earth has risen 1 degree in the last 100 years..1 DEGREE) is because the sun is hotter.  \n\nThe environment is the new "religion" of the left, both in America and abroad. They don't believe in God and hate America.
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CO2 is a greenhouse gas. In addition to stimulating plant growth, it keeps the greenhouse environment warmer, because it "captures" infrared radiation (heat).
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It is Global Warming.  Geologically speaking we are still coming out of the last ice age.  We are on in a natural cycle which has been accerated by pollution.
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In America, we've stabalized the polution.  The problem is that we can only control our own nation.  We can't stop nations like China and Mexico from polluting.\n\nThe other thing to look at is history.  The earth goes through natural warm and cool stages (you have the ice ages, then you have periods of warm weather, then you go back to the ice ages).  We are in a warm period now, and eventually (probably within 5,000 years) will go back to another ice age.
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Anytime we as humans use either light or heat for survival we generate heat.  Though many like to believe that the biggest threat of fossil fuels is from Greenhouse Gas generation the truth is the left over heat we generate is the biggest threat.\n\nIt really does not matter if the heat is from burning wood, alcohol or fossil fuels it all generates heat which we dump into our environment.  The biggest issue is that the Greenhouse Gasses restricts the release of this heat into space.  And when combined with the natural process also adding heat to the atmosphere the earths atmosphere gains too much energy and this results in increased atmospheric temperature.\n\nDave Cooke
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Its for the tax money. Global warming is just the excuse.
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Pollution caused by exhaust gases plus CO2 blocks the radiation of heat from the earth into the universe. Thus global warming will cause the sea level to rise as much as 2 kilometers high in the near future.
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There's only one answer to this question, and one answer only. The answer to this is Global Warming. We are causing this ourselves, by polluting our planet. We are giving off too much Carbon dioxide from our cars and factories,which traps the heat in our atmosphere. It's causing the polar ice caps to melt and in certain areas of the world (like Greenland) permafrost (a thick layer of ice that stays frozen all year 'round) is beginning to melt (which has never happened before). It's also causing hurricanes to increase in strength (hence all of the extremely strong hurricanes of last season). There really is a lot on Global Warming. Therefore I recommend that you visit this site..... http://www.nrdc.org  it's the website for the Natural Resources Defense Council. It has all of the how's and why's of global warming. It was especially helpful to me as I had to do a research paper on it. Very interesting site, I assure you.
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The greenhouse effect, simply stated, is what keeps this planet habitable. W/o it, life as we know it, would not exist.\n\nGreenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc. all act to insulate the earth. These gases, however, make up a minute percentage of all the gases in the atmosphere. Less than one percent all together to be exact.\n\nThe planet Venus, has what we would call a "runaway greenhouse effect". Carbon Dioxide makes up most of Venus' atmosphere.\n\nGlobal warming, however, is an increase in average global temperature. How does the greenhouse effect relate to global warming???\n\nIt is not so much the greenhouse effect in itself but rather the increase of greenhouse gases that leads to global warming. Some scientists believe that humans have lead to an unnatural increase in these particular gases. On the flip side, there are other scientists who believe that this is a natural cycle, one of many that the earth has been though since forming.\n\nThere is a lot of controversy on this matter. However, I believe while we should err on the side of caution, I do not believe that giving up cars to ride bikes is the answer. Not yet anyway.
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We are pretty enduring.  \nMankind can do things to the planet no animal as far as we know, has ever done.  If you look at the ice cores from Greenland, you will see the variance in temperature before man is significant on the earth, is greater than man has seen while being on the earth.  Is it possible to overheat something that will heat itself far beyond any heating we could do?  While we can influence the earth's climate, we can not stop it or start it at will.  We party because as inhabitants we pale in comparison to the natural cycle the earth can and has gone through.  I only hope we are smart enough to manage the climate the earth can throw at us.
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The Earth's climate in general is going slowly thru a warming phase much as it has many times. How do you think the ice age ended? Global warming... way before man could have possibly affected the climate. Global warming comes from the sun, period. There are a few slight factors involved. Greenhouse gasses, such as carbom dioxide, hold the Earth's heat from escaping back into space. Gasses commonly called pollution, such as sulfur dioxide, reflect the sun's energy back into space. Here's where it gets tricky... over the last 30 years or so, we've cleaned up the pollution but have added more carbon dioxide to the Earth's atmosphere. Now, more of the sun's energy reaches the surface and more is held in, hence "global warming". \n\nFor the second part of your question... All of the so-called "experts" predicted a nasty hurricane season again this year. What happened? Did the republicans somehow blow the hurricans back out to sea to increase their chances of re-election? If so, they should have advertised it, 'cause they didn't do so well...
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many different factors, one being us. Humans speed the natural process of global warming, just like an ice age, the earth every few million years goes through a process of warming, but greenhouse gases and other things that humans do have been speeding up the process. However, we are not the ones that cause it, since it's a natural cycle, so basically this was bound to happen. This has nothing to do with the end of the world or anything crazy like that. Some theories suggest that this will bring another ice age (a lot of water evaporates and creates a thick layer of clouds, preventing the sun from reaching the surface...the temperature gets colder and an ice age occurs. We will probably not live to see these events since they happen over a Long period of time.