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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Sat, 19 May 2007 15:31:08 GMT

Causes of Global Warming

“As human-caused biodiversity loss and climate disruption gain ground, we need to keep our sights clear and understand that the measure of a threat is not a matter of whether it is made on purpose, but of how much loss it may cause. It's an ancient habit to go after those we perceive to be evil because they intended to do harm. It's harder, but more effective, to "go after," meaning to more effectively educate and socialize, those vastly larger numbers of our fellow humans who are not evil, but whose behavior may in fact be far more destructive in the long run." (Ed Ayres, editor of Worldwatch magazine, Nov/Dec 2001)

Carbon Dioxide from Power Plants
In 2002 about 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions stem from the burning of fossil fuels for the purpose of electricity generation. Coal accounts for 93 percent of the emissions from the electric utility industry. US Emissions Inventory 2004 Executive Summary p. 10

Coal emits around 1.7 times as much carbon per unit of energy when burned as does natural gas and 1.25 times as much as oil. Natural gas gives off 50% of the carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, released by coal and 25% less carbon dioxide than oil, for the same amount of energy produced. Coal contains about 80 percent more carbon per unit of energy than gas does, and oil contains about 40 percent more. For the typical U.S. household, a metric ton of carbon equals about 10,000 miles of driving at 25 miles per gallon of gasoline or about one year of home heating using a natural gas-fired furnace or about four months of electricity from coal-fired generation.

Carbon Dioxide Emitted from Cars
About 20% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from the burning of gasoline in internal-combustion engines of cars and light trucks (minivans, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, and jeeps).US Emissions Inventory 2004 Vehicles with poor gas mileage contribute the most to global warming. For example, according to the E.P.A's 2000 Fuel Economy Guide, a new Dodge Durango sports utility vehicle (with a 5.9 liter engine) that gets 12 miles per gallon in the city will emit an estimated 800 pounds of carbon dioxide over a distance of 500 city miles. In other words for each gallon of gas a vehicle consumes, 19.6 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted into the air. [21] A new Honda Insight that gets 61 miles to the gallon will only emit about 161 pounds of carbon dioxide over the same distance of 500 city miles. Sports utility vehicles were built for rough terrain, off road driving in mountains and deserts. When they are used for city driving, they are so much overkill to the environment. If one has to have a large vehicle for their family, station wagons are an intelligent choice for city driving, especially since their price is about half that of a sports utility. Inasmuch as SUV's have a narrow wheel base in respect to their higher silhouette, they are four times as likely as cars to rollover in an accident. [33]

The United States is the largest consumer of oil, using 20.4 million barrels per day. In his debate with former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, during the 2000 Presidential campaign, Senator Joseph Lieberman said, "If we can get 3 miles more per gallon from our cars, we'll save 1 million barrels of oil a day, which is exactly what the (Arctic National Wildlife) Refuge at its best in Alaska would produce."

If car manufacturers were to increase their fleets' average gas mileage about 3 miles per gallon, this country could save a million barrels of oil every day, while US drivers would save $25 billion in fuel costs annually.

Carbon Dioxide from Trucks
About another 13% of U.S carbon dioxide emissions comes from trucks used mostly for commercial purposes.[20]

Carbon Dioxide from Airplanes
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that aviation causes 3.5 percent of global warming, and that the figure could rise to 15 percent by 2050.

Carbon Dioxide from Buildings
Buildings structure account for about 12% of carbon dioxide emissions.

Methane
While carbon dioxide is the principal greenhouse gas, methane is second most important. According to the IPCC, Methane is more than 20 times as
effective as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. US Emissions Inventory 2004 Levels of atmospheric methane have risen 145% in the last 100 years. [18] Methane is derived from sources such as rice paddies, bovine flatulence, bacteria in bogs and fossil fuel production. Most of the world’s rice, and all of the rice in the United States, is grown on flooded fields. When fields are flooded, anaerobic conditions develop and the organic matter in the soil decomposes, releasing CH4 to the atmosphere, primarily through the rice plants. US Emissions Inventory 2004

Nitrous oxide
Another greenhouse gas is Nitrous oxide (N2O), a colourless, non-flammable gas with a sweetish odour, commonly known as "laughing gas", and sometimes used as an anaesthetic. Nitrous oxide is naturally produced by oceans and rainforests. Man-made sources of nitrous oxide include nylon and nitric acid production, the use of fertilisers in agriculture, cars with catalytic converters and the burning of organic matter. Nitrous oxide is broken down in the atmosphere by chemical reactions that involve sunlight.

Deforestation
After carbon emissions caused by humans, deforestation is the second principle cause of atmospheric carbn dioxide. (NASA Web Site) Deforestation is responsible for 25% of all carbon emissions entering the atmosphere, by the burning and cutting of about 34 million acres of trees each year. We are losing millions of acres of rainforests each year, the equivalent in area to the size of Italy. [22] The destroying of tropical forests alone is throwing hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. We are also losing temperate forests. The temperate forests of the world account for an absorption rate of 2 billion tons of carbon annually. [3] In the temperate forests of Siberia alone, the earth is losing 10 million acres per year.

City Gridlock
Cities are tolerating gridlock. In 1996 according to an annual study by traffic engineers [as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle December 10, 1996] from Texas A and M University, it was found that drivers in Los Angeles and New York City alone wasted 600 million gallons of gas annually while just sitting in traffic. The 600 million gallons of gas translates to about 7.5 million tons of carbon dioxide in just those two cities.

Carbon in Atmosphere and Ocean
The atmosphere contains about 750 billion tons of carbon, while 800 billion tons are dissolved in the surface layers of
the world's oceans. World Resources Institute

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Do you believe that the Philippine Election 2007 is peaceful?

Tue, 15 May 2007 17:30:41 GMT

Do you believe that the Philippine Election 2007 is peaceful?
Do I believe that the Philippine Election 2007 is peaceful?Yup........
because the records of Philippine National Police ( PNP )
that the politically related crime is lesser.. wow, they convince me....... The sad thing is no one can tell as of now if we have a clean and fair elections..

In our small town rumors rises it even reaches media...
rumors says that some of the candidates are buying votes just to win.......
money really talks... this news is also tackled by the media local and national....
The sad thing is, media is just a media they don't have power....
COMELEC officials didn't do any actions too....

May 14 2007 Voting day.... Out of the blue, rumor arises....
they say that one of the candidates is preventing some voters to vote...
here's how... early morning some voters is held hostages inside the properties of one of the candidate... They are guarded by the supporters of this candidate....
they have food, drinks, and money... woahhhh!!! vote buying different version....
After 3:00 they are free... free but never had the opporunity to vote! I feel hopeless now...

To all the freak politicians, that will do anything just to win especially cheating...!!!
Get lost!!! Go to hell!!!
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Note To Readers:
All data stated here is just a hearsay...
Nothing is documented but I do believe that....
"If There's Smoke There's Fire"

Fall Out Boy - Thanks for the Memories

Tue, 15 May 2007 17:02:29 GMT

Thanks for the Memories

Fall Out Boy

I'm gonna make you bend and break (Set you to me when I wake),

Say your prayers, but let the good times roll,

In case god doesn’t show (let the good times roll, let the good times roll),

And I want these words to make things right,

But it’s the wrong that makes these words come to life,

Who does he think he is (if that’s the worst you got you better put your fingers back to the keys),

One night and one more time,

Thanks for the memories even though,

They weren’t so great,

He tastes like you only sweeter,

One night yeah and one more time,

Thanks for the memories,

See he tastes like you only sweeter,

Ooooooooh,

And looking forward to the future,

But my eye sight is going bad,

And these crystal balls,

It’s always cloudy except for (except for),

When you look into the past (look into the past),

One night stand (one night stand, oh),

One night and one more time,

Thanks for the memories even though,

They weren’t so great,

He tastes like you only sweeter,

One night yeah one more time,

Thanks for the memories,

See he tastes like you only sweeter,

Oooooooh,

They say I only think in the form of,

Crunching numbers in hotel rooms,

Collecting pay checks lovers,

Get me outta my mind,

Gets you out of those clothes,

I learned a way for getting you,

Into the mood (wa-ooooohhh),

One night and one more time,

Thanks for the memories even though,

They weren’t so great,

He tastes like you only sweeter,

One night and one more time,

Thanks for the memories,

See he tastes like you only sweeter,

One night and one more time

Thanks for the memories even though,

They weren’t so great,

He tastes like you only sweeter,

One night and one more time,

Thanks for the memories,

See he tastes like you only sweeter,

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Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00:40 GMT

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Creep=Radiohead

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:51:57 GMT

Creep by Radiohead

When you were here before
Couldnt look you in the eye
Youre just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
And I wish I was special
Youre so very special

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.

I dont care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When Im not around
Youre so very special
I wish I was special

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.

Shes running out again,
Shes running out
Shes run run run running out...

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
Youre so very special
I wish I was special...

But Im a creep, Im a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I dont belong here.
I dont belong here.