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what sociocultural or environmental issues should be given the most priority by businesses today?

For example: Max’s Chicken- bird flu (high, mediium, or low priority)? Why?

What environmental, politcial, social issues are teenagers facing today?

I all ready have my own opinion and answer to this question but i would really like to hear some of your opinions to have a more general view of this topic!!

what are some environmental issues we are facing today?

and what can people do to help

Can anyone give me reasons why people are careless about the environmental issues of today?

People have to be completely stupid if they pay no attention to the global climate change that is occurring. I live in Fort Howard, Maryland, and yesterday it was about 90 degrees. I’m very concerned about this because its only April and we’re experiencing summer weather.
This catastrophe is leading to melting ice caps, rising ocean levels, abnormal natural behavior of wild life ect. The sad part about this is, its only the beginning. This will eventually lead to mass extinction, war(because of the displaced people that live on coasts), and eventually the demise of the human race.
Anyone who says this isn’t real must literally be retarded. I hear of all these conservatives on television speaking of “a period of warmth.” The only reasons they say that is because conservatives are content with how their doing. They own businesses (such a power and energy company’s), so why would they want to change that? I’m tired of this egocentric attitude in the world. We need a change.

Given the many economic, social, and environmental issues facing the global society today, what role do you fe?

Given the many economic, social, and environmental issues facing the global society today, what role do you feel agricultural education can play in the area of adult education?

Are there any environmentally-friendly public companies that benefit when the price of oil falls?

Most environmentally-friendly companies, especially the ones involved in producing alternative energy like wind and solar, suffer when the price of oil falls. It’s cheap to burn gas, which makes the alternatives less attractive.

The price of oil being as volatile as it is, a green portfolio with nothing but alt-energy stocks would be volatile and risky. It would take a beating whenever oil falls. In order to make the portfolio’s outcome less variable, one would have to include stocks that are counter-cyclical with respect to oil.

Are there any such stocks among environmentally friendly companies?

Which of the following BEST describes why my my oil stocks are about to skyrocket in value?

A) The Iran nuclear standoff. (May limit production by 40% if Iran blocks pipelines). The possibility of World War looms if China & Russia support Iran.
B) Decreased production worldwide, OPEC can’t even keep up any longer with necessary production.
C) Russia considering nationalization of its resources.
D) Venezuela and Bolivia nationalizing its resources already.
E) The world may have already hit “peak oil,” that we are on the downward trend of what is globally available.
F) Record-breaking results of all oil companies continue to grow every quarter.
G) Ethanol and other additives have been shown to have issues in some engines.
H) The oil companies already are positioning stock and R&D contributions/purchases of several large alternative energy sources.
I) Gasoline price control/manipulation by the government only benefits the oil companies even more.
J) It is not realistic at this time for the world to survive without oil.
Hey don’t everyone jump in at once! I’m willing to listen to other ideas as to why the stocks are going up. Thanks!!! 🙂
Egoist, most of my oil stocks are overseas and they are making $515 a day .. unless of course the dollar is losing that much value every day. LOL

How much do you really know about energy # 2?

Five more questions:

1) In 2006, how many cents to U.S. oil and natural gas companies earn in profit on every dollar of gasoline sales?
a. 1-5
b. 6-10
c. 11-15
d. 16-20

2) What percentage of U.S. oil company stocks are owned by pension plans and retirement accounts?
a. 0-15
b. 16-30
c. 31-45
d. 46-60

3) On average in 2006, what percentages of your gasoline dollar went to the following costs of gasoline production and distribution? Use 56, 26 and 18% each only once.

Price of crude oil
Cost of refining, distribution and service station operation
Federal, state and local taxes

4) Current U.S. government policy restricts access to what percentage of offshore U.S. oil and natural gas development sites in the 48 contiguous states?
a. 25
b. 45
c. 65
d. 85

5) From 2000 -2005 how many billions of dollars did U.S. oil and gas companies invest in alternative energy?
a. 1-25
b. 25-50
c. 50-75
d. 75-100.

What are the best short and long term investments for alternative energies?

So far I’ve researched Fuel Cell Energies, which partly runs on natural gas. I’ve also researched Solar Powered Energies which as we know relies on the Sun…What are some good long term stocks or funds within alt. energies? Do you think alt. energies are a promising investment? I’d feel great knowing I’m helping invest into a Go Green company while making some $.

What are your favorite penny stocks right now?

I’m a novice investor with little money to spend. I’m learning the ropes and having fun with it, but I’m having a hard time deciding where to put my money. I’m interested in alternative energy, but I want to make sure I’m buying with my head and not my heart. Any advice would be appreciated!

Careers in renewable energy?

I’m curious about careers in renewable energies of all kinds. Jobs as technicians or engineers. Jive been researching a little and have been unsuccesful. I also don’t know where I can go for these degrees. I live in sw mn

If Homeowners and Small Biz used Renewable Energy and owned their Power would overall Energy needs be reduced?

If homeowners and small business invested in solar and residential wind turbines, it would not only create jobs but reduce the need for any more power plants than we have already.

Have your Energy advisers had thought to put water generators along the gulf stream current to generate power?

this is renewable energy and might create jobs and could be done all around the World.

How is an Electronic Engineer related to renewable energy?

What skills and qualifications do you need to become an electronic engineer?
What are the duties involved in that job?
What would be the best enjoyment of having this job?
can u please try to answer all 4 questions =]

Obama and the Democrats SWORE that the Stimulus would be used to set up Green Energy jobs, so where are they?

Democrats are CAUGHT with ANOTHER lie. We stimulated …EUROPE’s Economy!

ANALYSIS – Europe’s wind co’s snap up U.S. stimulus cash

The U.S. Treasury Department has helped fund some 150 renewable energy projects from a portion of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and has given out grants worth more than $1.5 billion to wind projects.

More than two-thirds of that money, or $1.06 billion, has gone to projects developed by European-based companies.
http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-44885520091221

Wow are Democrats Morons or What?

Who will they Stimulate next..Al-Quieda?
Stephanie, I did: Americans got ripped off by Obamas cronies again.

Tell me how borring money from China to give to Europe helps America?
Stephanie, I did: Americans got ripped off by Obamas cronies again.

Tell me how borrowing money from China to give to Europe helps America?

How is sustainable development a challenge in MDCs and LDCs?

and what are the pros and cons of sustainable developed in LDCs and MDCs?

Why are the ConDems scrapping the Sustainable Development Commission?

Environment secretary announces closure of Sustainable Development Commission as part of coalition spending cuts. This costs £3m a year and saves the country £70m a year. Is this really the actions of a new green government who are going to protect our environment? Its remit to advise government on reducing its carbon emissions and other resource use, saves far more money that the £3m it costs.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/22/government-axes-sustainability-watchdog

Sustainable development being used today?

I was listening to the news and heard a bit about sustainable development, I somewhat understood it, and was wondering is solar power as a type of this?

what are some of the different concepts of sustainable development?

a lot of sites show this definition: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
but I need other definitions/ideas as well.

Essay on discussing the importance of sustainable development?

my teacher assigned us to do an essay on the importance of sustainable development and im really bad at essays and i was looking for some help. It needs to have an introductory paragraph with a thesis list of ideas (3) and an intro statement, a body paragraph with a topic sentence (relates back to thesis) supporting details (5-7) sentences and a transition sentence, and a conclusion (expand on thesis 3-5 sentences)

What are some very eco friendly cars?

I’m looking for a very “green” eco friendly car that will allow me to leave the smallest global footprint. What are some of the cleanest cars out there?

where can i find the sales of eco-friendly cars in the years 2009 and down?

buying a car looking for eco friendly cars all makes?

Would you rather drive one of those little eco-friendly tiny cars or a Hummer?

An SUV or a clown car?

I take the Hummer, I hope I don’t get a ticket from the “green police”

Eco-friendly Cars?

Other than the SMART cars and the Citroen C1, which other cars on the market are low emission, cheap tax and cheap to run? (appox cost would also help)

Looking to spend £7000

Any weblinks would also help

Which of these “demands” by the Wall Street protesters are realistic?

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.

Found here: http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/

What do you think of this list of Demands from Occupy Wall Street?

http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.

These demands will create so many jobs it will be completely impossible to fill them without an open borders policy.

Has anyone seen the list of demands from the Occupy Wall Street protest?

The “Occupy Wall Street” protesters have listed 13 proposed demands from their website.

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.

Seems extremely ridiculous to me.
LOL, some of you think this isn’t from the Ocuupy Wall Street crowd? Ok, here’s the link.

http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/

What would it take to meet the OWS protesters demands and why are most of the demands from the Obama agenda?

and unions?

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.

What do you think of the demands of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement?

Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.

Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors.

Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.

Demand four: Free college education.

Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand.

Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now.

Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants.

Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment.

Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live.

Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system.

Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period.

Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies.

Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.

Have you examined McCain’s record on energy?

He told us to examine his record, and I did. Here’s just a bit of what I found. (Yahoo only allows so many links.) McCain voted against:

S. Amendment 222, 1993
To reduce the level contained in the budget resolution by an amount sufficient to assume an exemption for biomass-derived ethanol under the administration’s Btu energy tax and to offset lost revenues by reducing new spending increases.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/ro…
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S. Amendment 223, 1993
To promote equity and conformance with the states goals of the Administration’s energy tax policies, which stress taxation of energy sources which are nonrenewable, are polluting, are inefficient, and produce dependence on foreign energy supplies, by providing for the exclusion of hydroelectric power.

Text of bill:: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?…
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Bill S4, 1994, To make permanent the research and development tax credit.

Text of bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c1…
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H.R. 820, 1994:
A bill to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance manufacturing technology development and transfer, to authorize appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes.

Text of bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c1…
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S. Amendment 192, 1995:
To establish an application to requirements relating to the treatment and disposal of radioactive waste.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/ro…
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S. Amendment 3017, 2002
To establish renewable electric energy generation standards.

Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r1…
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S. Amendment 408, 2003
To require polluters to pay for cleanup of toxic waste sites, by reinstating the original superfund taxes. (Requires coal companies to clean up toxic sludge)

Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r1…
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S. Amendment 238, 2005
To promote innovation and U.S. competitiveness by expressing the sense of the Senate urging the Senate Committee on Appropriations to make efforts to fund the Advanced Technology Program, which supports industry-led research and development of cutting-edge technologies with broad commercial potential and societal benefits. (Increased clean energy R&D funding)

Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r1…
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S. Amendment 791, 2005
Addresses the cleanup of oil spills as well as R & D for renewable energy sources, including cellulosic biomass fuels.

Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r1…
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A bill to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy. (Energy funding for both fossil and clean energy.)

Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c1…
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Tell me why I should believe his policy on renewable energy will be any different going forward. (And before you ask – I actually read these bills, and there is no pork.)