Question: How is it possible for the concentration of certain toxins to increase in our groundwater for several decades after those chemicals have been banned? For example, the concentration of soil disinfectant DCP (used heavily in the 1970s and finally …
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Question: Are there cases in human history in which changes made in environmental regulation have made a dramatic and measurable positive difference? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Perhaps too many believe that man’s continuing assault against the natural environment …
Question: How many industrial chemicals are in use right now? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Every day, we introduce 3 – 5 new chemicals, less than 1% of which are tested for toxicity.
Question: At what rate are we losing the world’s rainforests? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: According to rain-tree.com: If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years. Massive deforestation …
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Question: How cheaply can we generate electricity if we don’t care what we do to the planet in the process? Answer: Can be found at here: Relevance: A friend told me about his trip to Inner Mongolia (see photo linked …
Question: How much trash does the average American generate daily? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: As suggested in this brilliant video, The Story of Stuff, our ultra-consumer society is on a crash course with sustainability.
Question: Approximately how many trees are ground up each year to make junk mail? Answer: Can be found here. Relevance: A big part of the business I ran for almost 30 years was direct mail. Note that I refer to …
A two-fer! Questions: How long does it take for some plastic bottles to break down in landfills? How many plastic bags are used worldwide every year? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Most plastics are derived from petroleum and …
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Question: Since 2005, what has been home to the most important Renewable Energy event in Central America? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Many smaller countries, whose activities may be less important to the world economy, routinely make extremely robust …
Question: The dozens of flavors of biomass technologies are all rooted in making use of the chemical energy stored in the bonds of complex, organic molecules, which, in some processes, is released to reform biofuels, normally in the form of …
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