Category Archives: Environment

If we had a guest worker program, wouldn’t companies prefer Chinese or Indians over Mexicans.?

(How would the Mexican centrist react to a decrease of Mexican guest workers?) Answer : HOOO Boy! Someone is finally thinking. Look at Bush’s proposed fast track agreements. India is number one. Yes of course big business saves even more money if they have to pay an educated, skilled person a much lower wage than  Read more »

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Does anybody have any wierd words?

(i’m writing something, and i need a wierd word. i thought of the word Cina, but i googled it, and it turned out to be the acranem for some chinese advertising company. any ideas? this word has to be something pronouncable, mind you. any ideas?) Answer : supralapsarian- the belief that god knew humanity would  Read more »

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Are there any computers and components that are still made in the USA or Japan? Cost cutting has ruined HP?

(I need a computer that will last me at least 3 years and that will only be defunct due to technology, not due to shoddy construction. What can I buy that has US and Japanese made parts? I have an HP DV2000 with a faulty Nvidia GeForce 7200 and HP will not fix it even  Read more »

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Wouldn’t free trade agreements help ensure that business taxes aren’t always passed on to the consumer?

(I mean if an American company is taxed… and that company makes product X and a Chinese company makes product X… and doesn’t pay those taxes, because it’s in China… and due to free trade agreements, the Chinese company doesn’t pay a tariff… then the American company can’t just pass on the cost to the  Read more »

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Did anyone else see this story in the NY Times Sunday paper on China imports of industrial glycerin?

(Sunday there was a front page article about a tailor in China who decided to make some quick cash by manufacturing industrial glycerin and selling it as food grade glycerin. It was sold thru several buyers and each one took the previous seller off the label listing (so they could not buy it directly and  Read more »

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Where can i find cheap car insurance?

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Why is the weather becoming colder. Where’s the global Warming?

Answer “Global warming” is a deceptive term. A more accurate term is “global climate change,” which at least recognizes that not all areas are experiencing a warming trend. The temperature of the world’s oceans is rising and the polar ice caps are diminishing. These two things contribute to global alterations in weather. In some places  Read more »

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Very cheap health insurance?

(i am 18 yrs old, i go to school and i work at a place that doesnt have insurance and i really need to go to get my teeth pulled and i need to go to the doc for my stomach… how can i get free or very cheap health insurance? cause i have no  Read more »

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What was the name of the nickelodeon game where the goal is to save endangered animals?

Answer i thought it was for wild thornberries? or thornberrys, idk how to spell it.

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What can i put on my bulliten board in my room!?

(its really tiny and its just sitting there waiting for me to put something on their but i don’t know what! Please help) Answer Special days, Reminders, Pictures, Goals that you have in the future. Dreams.

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What are you doing to stop global warming?

Answer *Unplugging unnecessary appliances *Recycling and reusing everything possible *Composting food waste *Switching to a vegetarian diet *Biking or walking when possible

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Is anybody else Sick of Summer?

(I was just curious how many people out there are also sick of this god forsaken season…) Answer well i am a little but come on wait until ur back in school and ur just dying for it to be summer again. (trust me ppl have those days) You just need to find something to  Read more »

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Could we use carbon dioxide that we produce, and pollute the air with, to create a new energy source?

(Trees use carbon dioxide in a beneficial way, could we do the same?) Answer We can create ‘synthetic trees’. They’re not really trees at all but are so named because they mimic the carbon capturing ability of trees. In reality they’re more like large screens through which the air passes. Sodium hydroxide within the screens  Read more »

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I have dirt erosion problems?

(hi i live in the philippines, in a low-rise condo on a hill. It was worth coming here for the view but I mean…recently we’ve been having some erosion problems — since we’re on…u know…a hill. So is there any way to prevent erosion? Do you use sandbags….stuff like that? Sorry i’m a bit new  Read more »

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Is the BP oil well situation becoming hopeless?

(Hello, I live in Vancouver Canada, and I have been keeping track of the situation so far. Apparently, BP may have discovered a large crack in the ocean floor releasing hydrocarbons. If this is true, then how could they possibly stop it? They can barely stop the small pipe from leaking oil, so how on  Read more »

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Why are there so many criminals nowadays, can’t the police prevent it rather than rescuing the endangered?

(there are lots of ways to prevent crime but the police are always late to rescue even if you call them urgently they are just asking and asking and then its too late to rescue) Answer Like any other business, resources are short in the police business too. The best results come when citizens, community  Read more »

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Why aren’t we using hydrogen fuel cell vehicles?

Answer To begin with fuel cells are very sensitive technologies. They require very specific operating conditions to be effective. The air in the atmosphere contains varying humidity levels which drastically effects the components of the fuel cell, and contaminants like carbon monoxide, which poison the fuel cell. Furthermore fuel cells developed for automobiles do not  Read more »

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Are Catalytic convertors causing cancer as they contain toxic Palladium which leaks out of cars?

(Catalytic convertors have palladium which is highly toxic to biological lifeforms. Its funny how when humans seem to clean up one area Emissions it just becomes a new problem heavy metal pollution along roadsides not to mention everytime a car has a accident and its battery is destroyed it leaks out lead which is also  Read more »

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Do you prefer summer or winter?

Answer I always liked winter, I like feeling cold. I don’t like to feel sweaty and hot, Their are things like the beach and stuff you could do in the summer. But also there is things in the winter. They both have Pro’s and Con’s. But I love winter.

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What degree should i do for a career in Renewable Energy?

(I have a passion for renewable energy and would like a career in the field in the future, but what degree should i do to get a job in the industry?) Answer I would not get hung up on the renewable energy piece in terms of a degree. It’s not an industry in itself, but  Read more »

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