Word: carbonated
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...failed turnaround effort is a cautionary tale showing that, while going green may save the world, it may not save your business. With climate change and high oil prices in the headlines, corporations everywhere are rushing to show off their green credentials. But doing your bit to reduce carbon emissions is not the same as basing profits heavily on the sale of environmentally friendly products, a field that-niche-market successes such as the Toyota Prius hybrid car notwithstanding-has yet to reach critical mass...
...Cutting Carbon Emissions: Idea...
...biggest way to reduce carbon emissions wasn't listed: don't have more than two children. Although the impact is very high, the feel-good factor is very low. Overpopulation is the biggest factor contributing to greenhouse gases, but nobody likes to point it out. How much carbon can one person generate in a lifetime? Quite a lot--especially if you're American. If we don't reduce our population now, nature will do it for us, whether we like...
There is certainly some scientific truth to the hypothesis: The Earth does have some self-regulating properties. But is that the case for atmosphere-warming carbon dioxide? If the earth is self-regulating, the theory goes, then an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide should mean an increase in plant growth. Plants, after all, scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so more plants should mean less carbon dioxide—thus countering the initial increase...
...turns out, the situation is far more complex. In a paper published in next Tuesday’s Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, a team of climate researchers reports that worldwide tree growth would actually warm the atmosphere, despite the corresponding decrease in atmospheric carbon dioxide...