Im doing a project about global warming and...?

Question

i was wondering if we got rid of cars all and all would it decrase the amount of time it takes for the ocean water to rise. beacuse i heard that in about ten years the water will have risen 5 inches thanxs so much!!

Answer 1

Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois and Kansas and other states were once covered with glaciers.  Woolly Mammoths and other arctic animals lived in these areas.

It was called the Ice Age.....It is gone and Texas is warm and not covered by a glacier........The cavemen did not drive SUVs.....the planet warmed..all by itself.  Do not drink the Kool Aid, my dear

Answer 2

Q. If people produce carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide is environmentally harmful, then can’t we just exterminate all of the people?

A. If only it were that easy. You see, carbon dioxide is also produced by burning fossil fuels, such as in an internal combustion engine. The engine in your car is an internal combustion engine. When you drive your car, you are producing carbon dioxide. The more inefficient the car, the more carbon dioxide you produce.

Q. Why don’t we just exterminate all cars?

A. If only it were that easy. You see, it is cars that take us from point A to Point B. Cars let us listen to music on the stereo; and if it weren’t car cars, then we would not be able to signal the blinker when we change lanes. Someone suggested as an alternative to driving, that I walked to work. I tried this, but I walked for hours, got all tired and sweaty, and never reached my destination.

Q. Why don’t we make cars that produce less carbon dioxide?

A. If only it were that easy. The state of California passed a law capping vehicle CO2 emissions. The Bush administration responded by enacting lower federal standards, and claiming that the lower federal standards pre-empted the tighter California standards. It is self evident that George W. Bush knows something about the dangers of fuel efficiency, and he can not tell the rest of us for reasons of national security.

Energy efficiency, like CFL light bulbs and fuel efficient cars may sound like a simple solution, but sometimes it is the simplest solutions which are in fact the most difficult ones.

From a video by R4NT magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/24b3ov

Answer 3

okay.....this isn't really a question, but okay.....

yes, what u say is right.  the chemicals and gases/fumes coming from cars would float into the sky.  but then when it reaches the sky there are some gases that are very hard to break down.  so there would be trapped heat in the atmosphere.   it would make the south and north poles melt... therefore, it would make the ocean water rise.

here's an article:

The latest scientific data confirm that the earth's climate is rapidly changing. Global temperatures increased by about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the course of the last century, and will likely rise even more rapidly in coming decades. The cause? A thickening layer of carbon dioxide pollution and other greenhouse gases, mostly from power plants and automobiles, which traps heat in the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of the world's leading climate researchers, sees a greater than 90 percent likelihood that most warming over the last 50 years has occurred because of human-caused emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.

Scientists say that the earth could warm by an additional 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit during the 21st century if we fail to reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. This rise in average temperature will have far-reaching effects. Sea levels will rise, flooding coastal areas. Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense. Droughts and wildfires will occur more often. Disease-carrying mosquitoes will expand their range. And species will be pushed to extinction. As this page shows, many of these changes have already begun.

Answer 4

What is Global Warming?

The term 'global warming' is the result of 'climate change.'

When the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere and oceans increases too much it is called Global Warming (similar to "global cooling" during the ice age) .

Be cool!

Our planet is HOT, but you want to live on a cool planet, don’t you?

What’s the Equation for a HOT Planet?

Global Warming = ENERGY Over Use +Poor AIR QUALITY

What’s the Solution for a COOL Planet?

Clean AIR = Cool planet

learn more:

http://www.planetpals.com/globalwarming....

Answer 5

Actually no, getting rid of cars won't make much difference. Nearly 50% of all manmade CO2 comes from fossil fuel power generation. Easy solution: nuclear power plants. But the very same people who make sure those don't get built are the ones crying the loudest about the environment. Manmade CO2 is only about 5% of the total CO2 in the atmosphere – the other 95% is generated by nature. So even if we cut out all manmade CO2, it would make very little difference. Also, the 5” sea level rise will take closer to 100 years, if it even happens.