Helen asks…
Conservatives only, please #3?
Do you think liberals are qualified to discuss the environment when they’re wrong on just about every environmental issue?
–Global warming has not proven correct in hindsight (the globe is currently in a cooling cycle)
–Battery powered cars cause damage to the environment when batteries are disposed of
–Fluorescent and mercury filled bulbs are more harmful to the aquifers when disposed of, and mercury bulbs are now linked to a rise in health issues in China where the bulbs are manufactured
–Carbon dioxide has been declared toxic to human life, making living, breathing human beings the earth’s primary polluters of the world, no word yet on other vertebrates who also exhale the stuff
–New environmental restrictions being enforced by the UN have been found to prohibit developing nations from building entire industries, forcing their populations to remain in deep poverty with per capita incomes below $5,000 USD
–At the same time, liberals NEVER protest industrial development in the world’s three top polluting countries: Russia, India and China because it goes against their “blame America first” mentality
The Expert answers:
Your questions are brilliant, because they are truth based. ( I might be in love with you)
Linda asks…
Do we have too much focus on Environmental Issues and not enough focus on Population growth?
We have all heard the attempts to limit the co2 pollution and I think the only reason that we are on target for these reductions being mostly due to the downturn w.w economic situation.
Life expectancy is on the increase, medical technologies are improving and medical techniques allow babies who would not have survived in the past to live. The big bet in the scientific community is when will the first person live to be 150 years old. They think it quite possible this person is alive now! All these will increase the population size enormously.
By 2050 the population is expected to reach a conservative 9 billion!
China attempted to curb population growth by limiting the amount of babies a couple can have. This backfired when they neglected to take into account artificial insemination methods. The last I heard China is in the process of building 20 new cities!
I cannot help the thought that sooner or most likely later, World powers would have to intervene.
Any thoughts on this?
Many thanks
AGT
The Expert answers:
Have you heard of Thomas Malthus? He panicked in the 18th century and said that there would be famines, plagues, etc to curb the ‘unsustainable population’ of the time – under a billion! Technology is rapidly improving and we will be able to feed more and more people (and, with fusion, provide the energy for them).
But this is irrelevant. Yes, the population is expected to hit 9 billion by 2050 (that’s not the conservative estimate though but the middle one). But what the headlines fail to reveal is that the population is expected to start falling from there. The three estimates as to world population by the UN are:
Low: Peak at 7.5 billion in 2040 and decline to 5.5 billion by 2100
Medium: Peak at just over 9 billion in 2070 and decline to 9 billion by 2100
High: Hit 14 billion in 2100 (highly unlikely)
The first two estimates all show a rapid slowing in population growth – a trend already seen in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In fact, most of Europe east of France is already shrinking in population!
Betty asks…
is there any terrorism in Venezuela,Russia or china?
im doing a Model United Nations Project and my country is Cuba, if anyone has any useful info on any global/environmental issues, ethnic conflicts,weapons/terrorism, or human rights abuses in any of Cuba’s ally countries or enemy counries. (Venezuela, china, russia vs. U.S, Great Britain, Japan) that would be great! thanks!
The Expert answers:
We don’t have terrorism in Venezuela.
Read the complete history of ”Posada Carriles” and you will be surprised.
Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles
Donna asks…
Is China’s environmental problems really making the world dirty?
Do you know anything about the Chinese Chug? Lots of things are being made in China and their factories are contributing to global warming. Does China have laws about this or not?
Also do u know anything about the huge unemployment rate? and their water problems? And all the health issues.
Websites where i can research these topics would be fantastic!
PLEASE RESPOND WITH REASONABLE ANSWERS! geez
The Expert answers:
Using your school library database access….begin looking at articles in the Economist this is my first choice. Covers all topics.
You may not find this all in one place…the best thing is to learn to do research…one way is to check out the sources of the docs/articles/pages you do find…ie. This link below on wikipedia has a lot of info…but it’s not a peer reviewed journal and in really inadequate as a true source… It is however a great place to start and then scroll down to their references on the bottom and seek those out. Any articles you can’t locate are found easily via your school database program: lexis-nexis…jstore. Galeweb..
But after reading the wiki article you’ll probably have some new terminology to use, new organizations and international agreements/policies to check out, which all will help you do more effective research.
Good luck
dume_azz: your response is unintelligible, unfounded, and incites hatred…naturally it is quite reflective of the name you have chosen for yourself…bravo
John asks…
What has China or India done to change or reverse there environmental problems?
With the enviromental issues and the threat of global warming what has two of the biggest most polluted countries done in an effort to reverse the damage? Does anyone know?
The Expert answers:
Both India and China has too much to loose from Global Warming not to act on it. They are seeing melting glaciers leading to water shortages and droughts but also changed rain patterns. Right now about 35 million people in India and Bangladesh are on the run or trapped in their homes due to unusual heavy monsoon rains. China and India are trying hard to speed up the implementation of more renewable energy e t c.
However, in both of these countries hundreds of millions of people still lack electricity at home and the CO2 emissions per capita in China is less than 1/4 of that in the USA (India is even lower).
Both countries finds it unfair that they should be bound to mandatory targets when it’s the rich world who is the cause of the problem and we’re still way ahead when it comes to emissions per capita. We also have better economical means to address the problem. It’s a political game.
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