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Oil will run out of it?
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Asked by 98bob
on 2010-08-17 03:12:41

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: environment.

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What would happen to modern technology if the magnetic poles "flipped" History has shown that the Earth's magnetic poles have switched over past history. How would a modern switch affect such technology as electrical generation, electric motors, and all things magnetic including Compasses and GPS.
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Asked by Singapore_70
on 2010-08-15 21:28:38

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: technology, transport, environment, planetearth, ouruniverse.

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As some alternative energy supplies produce electricity all night, when less is needed, could this be stored Magnetically?
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Asked by AgedP
on 2010-08-13 08:12:09

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: electricity, magnet, windturbine, electromagnetic, energygeneration, wave-motion, eco-friendly, Alternative.

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What is growing on this window?
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Asked by thebatmobile
on 2010-08-06 12:01:37

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: bacteria, growth.

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Why does the oil in photos of the Gulf spill sometimes appear orange and sometimes black?
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Asked by Meliors
on 2010-08-05 00:19:40

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: colour, color, oilspill.

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Can liquid water be compressed into a solid shape, and remain that way? I've always wondered if, with enough pressure, it were possible to compress water into a solid shape, and have it remain that way.
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Asked by Wolfsdawn
on 2010-07-21 19:56:39

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: water, pressure.

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carbon footprint of the Large Hadron Collider

I'm sitting here in the dim light of a CFL bulb, using my little laptop, sweating in the July heat because air conditioning is a giant energy-suck and wondering if any personal effort to reduce carbon emissions is worthwhile, when the Large Hadron Collider uses a gazillion bazillion teramegaelephantine watts of power.

I also get kind of bummed out when I watch NASA launch a space shuttle. Really, what is the point of me driving a tiny ultralow emission car?

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Asked by druss44124
on 2010-07-07 15:35:33

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: carbon, energyefficiency, MarvintheRobot, existentialennui.

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What would santa's carbon foot print be? Santa would have to make toys for every single child in the world, get all across the globe in a single night, sustain his reindeer and would have to power his factory. Surley doing this would produce an incredible amount of greenhouse gases.
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Asked by stella1
on 2010-07-05 06:06:43

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Last edited on: 2010-07-05 06:08:44

Categories: Environment.

Tags: carbon.

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One Canadian researcher is promoting the use of paraffin to turn spilled Gulf oil into a solid. Why does paraffin work this way?

Everyone, including movie stars, have a cleanup suggestion for the gulf oil spill. One Canadian researcher is promoting the use of paraffin and has demonstrated some success by turning liquid oils into a solid that can be collected or at least made less dangerous to wild life and shore lines. After many years the poor fellow doesn't seem to have gotten any traction or respect. Is this more bad science?

Googling: "william nelson paraffin oil spill" should give lots of hits.

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Asked by Curtiss
on 2010-06-30 19:59:54

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Categories: Environment.

Tags: GulfOilCrisis.

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Global warming and human beings

Probably is a blind shot, but I would like to ask if somebody has calculated the impact in global warming of the direct heat. I am thinking for example in the human population (almost 7 billion with a constant average temperature of 36.5 º C). And not only that, but the average temperature of all the cattle in the world kept by humans, (billions of animals that otherwise wouldn´t exist). Also we could think in the heat from fires (both wildfires and the small ones) and the heat that escapes from our homes, vehicules or industries.

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