A Brief Note On The Defence Meteorological Satellite Program

Supporters of hydraulic fracturing correctly point out that energy derived natural gas is less damaging to the environment than coal. However, this does not take natural gas leaks into account. Leaks in the piping that transports the extracted natural gas from the well to a storage container emit methane into the atmosphere. Methane has a greenhouse effect 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. (Environmental Protection Agency) In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that these leaks totaled 570 billion cubic feet (Alvarez, Pacala and Winebrake 6435), making natural gas operations the largest source of methane emissions in the United States (Environmental Protection Agency). When this amount of leakage and the damaging nature of methane is taken into account, natural gas is actually worse for the environment overall than coal (Alvarez, Pacala and Winebrake

The natural gas industry, according to Greco, is living in a persistent lie as being clean and climate friendly. Although burning natural gas produces less carbon dioxide, the natural gas can also pollute waterways, release methane which is 86 to 105 times as powerful as carbon dioxide, cause health problems, and also contributes to the amount of site accidents occurring in our nation. For example, the natural gas storage leak that occurred outside of Los Angeles in Porter Ranch after a lack of a subsurface shutoff valve caused clouds of gas to be produced outside of the plant for three and a half months caused the locals to experience nausea, vomiting, headaches, and nosebleeds. Erin Brockovich, an environmental activist and research, claimed that the leak was a “BP oil spill, just on land” because of its massive impact and the magnitude, duration, and climate effects. In regards to

For one it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs to stimulate the job market. The price of natural gas has dropped by 47 percent since 2013. Gas bills have dropped 13 billion dollars per year from 2007 to 2013. This means an extra 200 dollars per year per gas consuming household. “We must stop the federal government from impeding energy production in order to protect U.S. jobs and grow our economy(Flores). Losing all of these jobs that fracking provides will hurt the economy. If fracking were banned prices for electricity and gas would

Daniel Gross’s article, “Fuel Intentions, American industry waste insane amounts of gas by burning it off. It doesn’t have to,” brings attention to the wasteful act of burning off fuel. Gross supplies abundant reasons industries should look into other avenues of recycling and use such scarce resources for the good of the environment instead of the bad. The question isn’t necessarily that we can harvest these salvaged fuels, but do the benefits outweigh the negatives in cost or environmental issues when doing so? While Gross did bring out adequate reasons why the world should look into salvaging gas byproducts that essentially go to waste, he lacks statistics on cost or any real opposing thoughts, therefore we are left with several questions that go unanswered.

This paper talks about the solar flares and how they go on to cause global warming. Global warming has been an ongoing phenomenon and there are many reasons it has occurred. Apart from the green house effect, global warming could have been due to the solar flares that have occurred. Different researches and theories regarding this matter are discussed in the paper.

Although oil companies uphold the idea that fracking is a cheaper and efficient, fracking damages the local water, air and soil in the surrounding cities. According to the Science of Total Environment, scientists speculate that wells require up to 5 million gallons of fluid per extraction event, which would require tons of chemicals including benzene, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides to unconventionally bring out the shale gas (Werner et al. 2014). The lengthy list of air pollutants, most of which are combustible, suggests that both human health and the environment are at risk and the surrounding water aquifers located near the horizontal wells could also be damaged. The amount of water needed for extraction also demonstrates the strain the process of fracking has on the environment and local water supply. Similarly, the potency of methane is 20 times worse than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, which is further aggravated by the process of flaring (Weinhold 2012). Thus, flaring and fracking serves not only as a nuisance to the community through the health hazards and water pollution, but can worsen the status of global climate

It is an unscented, drab and non-harmful gas which has nature of expelling fire-causing components from the flares bringing about wearing out blazes inside couple of seconds. You more likely than not seen numerous reasons said once the fire happens in various parts of manufacturing plants however grieving a while later is of no utilization. The fire broke out in any bit of the factor isn't just financially destructive yet can acquire unforeseen defer organizations

At some point in everyone’s lives, we are affected by the rising gas prices in today’s economy. Natural gas is not a renewable resource, since there is a fixed amount of it trapped in the Earth. However, many people carry the misconception that there is a very limited amount of natural gas, and that we may use all of it up. This isn’t true. The gas shortages of the 1970's were prompted by the government’s lack of faith in the industry’s ability to discover and develop new reserves, not by lack of gas supply. The unfortunate impression left by the shortages of gas in the 1970's caused the people to believe that there was a small amount of gas left. On the contrary, the gas resource base is vast, and probably even

Since the beggining of time, man has always been curious about its surroundings. But, as time changes so do the techniques and technology used by curious investigators. Weather satellites have proved the most useful technology in the passages because they can gather information about on coming weather, they can save lives, and they are a tool that works well with other weather calculating instruments that allow for a better prediction of approaching weather and storms.

In your post, you describe how the command climate survey is not a requirement for battalion commanders and above. I believe that it should be a requirement that the battalion commander administer the command climate survey at least once a year. I also believe that the command climate survey have some form of impact on a commanders career. Right now as you have stated in your post, the survey is required only for the CIP inspection and the Quarterly Narrative and Statistical Report. If command climate surveys could influence annual ratings and promotions, I believe we may begin to see toxic leaders remove themselves before they gain significant rank. If this were a new policy implemented for the Army, I think that implementation

Your experiences at Disney are interesting. Thank you for sharing. If we look at my employer, the US Army as a corporate entity, which isn’t difficult to do, there is also a measurement of POS, but it is not quite the same as that which you explain. At each level of Command, a Commander must initiate a Command Climate Survey. This survey is conducted online and anonymously to protect the identity of the survey taker as well as give the survey taker the security needed to be free to express both positive and negative feedback without fear of reprisal. The results of these surveys are analyzed by a disinterested 3rd party, and the results presented to the Commander. The results give the commander an idea of the health of his or her workplace,

to global warming. Flaring has contributed to the death of plants and wildlife, the pollution

Pollution is another major factor that is threatening our world today. One example of pollution is nitrogen. Humans are adding about 130 to 150 million tons over the 90 to 150 tons that are produced by the nitrogen cycle. This excess in nitrogen causes coastal waters and estuaries to grow toxic algae, killing the fish and trapping the solar heat in the air. Another example of pollution is methane. Methane is produced by gases released by cows, termite mounds or by the bottom of rice paddy. If found in the air methane is very poisonous. By raising more cattle, cutting more tropical forests, thus increasing the amount of termites, and by growing more rice, the methane concentration in the air is almost twice as higher as it was 160,000 years ago. Smoke is another pollution factor. Smoke that is produced by cars contains carbon dioxide (CO2). This carbon dioxide in the air causes global warming, which results in the green house effect and climate changes. Satellite studies show that perhaps we will increase the temperature by 3.6 degrees by the year 2001. The warmer the weather the more water it can hold, the higher the precipitation will be. The higher the precipitation the more clouds, the more rain, and the more snow there will be. This will result in more storms and floods. Studies by Thomas Karl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that the total winter precipitation in the US has increased to about 10% since

The US consumed 142 billion gallons of gasoline in 2007 and the tax applied on it is 18. 4 cents on one gallon. All around the US, there are around 162,000 retail gasoline outlets. With the price of crude oil hovering around $100 a barrel, it is no wonder that concern is growing about the gas prices being so high. After all, modern economies are kept moving by this lifeblood. For instance, in the United States alone personal vehicles consume more than 140 billion gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline per year.However, there are several factors that contribute to the gas prices being so high. Given below are a few of them. Increasing Demand for Oil One of the main catalysts for the incessant rise in gas prices has been one of the most

After the U-2 incident of 1960, more emphasis was placed on safer methods of acquiring reconnaissance imagery. The first photographic reconnaissance satellite program was the codenamed Discovery. These first satellites could see objects as small as 35-40 feet and once they ejected their film capsule, the satellites were forced to reenter and burn up in the atmosphere. The latest declassified satellite is from the late 1970s and can focus on objects as small as 5.5 inches. Instead of using a film canister, the KH-11 series of satellites uses a digital sensor and communications satellites. Because of the classified nature of these satellites, little is known about the latest generations of satellites. However, from what the public does