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Do you have any good ideas for building a greenhouse?

I have many lady bugs crawling around inside my home. I don’t hate the critters,,I dislike them whole bunch!! I know they are good for plant life,,but why do they think my home is a greenhouse? Ever step on those rice crispy sounding things in the dark? Anyway I read via Internet about a powder they croak in. It acts like quick sand. I experimented with baby powder and baking soda,,stupid critters just climbed out white!! Any info would be appreciated.

I am starting to wonder, how many people out there actually know the facts about Global Warming, and how many are just operating based upon whatever they hear from the media or Hollywood. I think it’s great that people are taking measures to respect the ONLY home we have, but are they equipped with the facts in order to make the best decisions on how to care for our planet? I’m annoyed at the fact, this issue is getting blown out of proportion and people think it’s the start of Doomsday…and I get really annoyed at catch phrases such as “go-green”, because it seems more like a fashion statement to people who want to appear “Holier Than Thou”, driving around in their Prius. Has anyone else heard of these facts listed below? Or has anyone heard facts that might invalidate the ones below?

Here are some unbiased facts I just read in a Science Magazine, who also shares it’s information with other notable Science Magazines such as Nature Geosicence:

1. Global Warming is really happening. According to the National Climatic Data Center, the average global surface temp. has risen approximately 1.2*F since 1880. (Please note that this fact doesn’t tell us the cause of the increase.)

2. NASA reported that the average number of major hurricanes (categories 4 and 5) has doubled since 1970. HOWEVER, when you calculate the average of all hurricanes, you find much less of an increase. In fact, the year 2007 saw a decrease in hurricanes. So, NASA’s fact is true, but it doesn’t tell the whole truth. Yes bad hurricanes have doubled, but the number of hurricanes altogether has decreased. (Note that this information does not provide us with a cause for why hurricanes are stronger but less frequent.)

3. Since the Ice Age (both Scientists and Creation Scientists believe there was once an Ice Age), the earth’s temps have fluctuated by only a few degrees. 900-1300 AD was considered a “warm period”, followed by a “little ice age” from 1300-1880 AD, when the overall temps dropped about 2*F. These relatively recent fluctuations can be correlated to natural changes, such as volcanic eruptions and cycles in the sun’s radiation. (When the earth receives more energy from the sun, the earth gets warmer.) It is logical to assume that similar factors continue to have some influence on today’s global warming.

4. CO2 gases are in the earth’s atmosphere that regulate temperature by holding in heat from the sun, and as such these gases are necessary for life. The primary greenhouse gas, which is responsible for the vast majority of the greenhouse effect, is water vapor. Carbon dioxide, which comes second to water vapor amongst the greenhouse gases, provides only a tiny fraction of the greenhouse effect. So, yes, pumping more CO2 into the air is not great, but it isn’t the sole cause of warming. (The oceans and volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere, that humans combined….the warmer the oceans, the more CO2 is released. So, perhaps the warming temps are RESULTING in more greenhouse gas.)

5. Polar Bears are actually currently thriving. Receding glaciers, melting ice caps and other changes are, of course, likely to affect a variety of animal and plant species. But, based on the fossil record, it appears that many species, such as the Miohippus and the woolly mammoth, flourished in the changing climates at one point, but eventually went extinct. Humans clearly had nothing to do with these climate changes and extinctions. According to some climate models, which use current data and a variety of assumptions to predict future climate patterns, several plant and animal species could go extinct by 2050 due to climate change. Currently, there are no documented extinctions resulting from global warming.

6. www.stopglobalwarming.com claims that the ocean level will rise only 6 feet in the next hundred years, but they have yet to present the scientific evidence to back up their claim. Based on the climate models, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, estimates that ocean levels will rise approx. 16 inches during this century. While this could result in many inconveniences without proper planning, it’s certainly not the end of the world due to flooding.

7. Global Warming has been blamed for an increase of weather catastrophes. First of all, when has extreme weather been out of the ordinary? Secondly, only recently did scientists gain weather documenting tools and avanced satellite equipment to record and document modern weather events, that could have gone unrecorded in the past. That makes it pretty difficult to validate whether these events have been increasing. According to the journal Nature Geoscience, major hurricanes increasing in recent decades is not a result from Global Warming and are estimated to decrease by the end of the century. There really is not sufficient evidence to clearly identify Global Warming as the cause of extreme weather events.

I do feel we need

I need specific farms and areas.

carbon pollution?
How many of you know that many states offer grant money and low interest loans to install photovoltaic cells on your roof? How many know that a lot of localities give property tax breaks to homes with photovoltaic systems? How many know the federal government gives income breaks to those who install photovoltaic systems?
People who complain about greenhouse gases think the government has done nothing to combat it. With free grant money, low cost loans, and tax breaks, the government has supplied the means for you to do something about it.
If you are concerned about global warming and you own a roof, you can actively do something about cutting emissions.
Photovoltaic cells supply the grid as well as your home. If you only use $30 a month, the electric company would be sending you money every month.
The sun shines brightest during the peak electric consumption months, the summertime. Even in the most nothern areas, photovoltaic cells would cut emissions.

The ones you can buy at any garden center and the leafs are plump and it says sorensen greenhouses on it, and on the rapper they show a mexican man sitting on sand with cactuses.

I can drive to get them, and have a greenhouse to keep them in until spring. Or I can have them shipped, if they are not too costly. I want decent size (3-4ft at least) and under or around $100. I’d love to plant a grove of these lovelies.