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"Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming"
Are they serious???? CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.
Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming
A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming.
Almost half of the televisions sold around the globe so far this year have been plasma or LCD TVs.
But this boom could be coming at a huge environmental cost.
The gas, widely used in the manufacture of flat screen TVs, is estimated to be 17,000 times as powerful as carbon dioxide.
Ironically, NF3 is not covered by the Kyoto protocol as it was only produced in tiny amounts when the treaty was signed in 1997.
Levels of this gas in the atmosphere have not been measured, but scientists say it is a concern and are calling for it to be included in any future emissions cutting agreement.
Professor Michael Prather from the University of California has highlighted the issue in an article for the magazine New Scientist.
He has told ABC's The World Today program that output of the gas needs to be measured.
"One of my titles for this paper was Going Below Kyoto's Radar. It's the kind of gas that's made in huge amounts," he said.
"Not only is it not in the Kyoto Treaty but you don't even have to report it. That's the part that worries me."
He estimates 4,000 tons of NF3 will be produced in 2008 and that number is likely to double next year.
"We don't know what's emitted, but what they're producing every year dwarfs these giant coal-fired power plants that are like the biggest in the world," he said.
"And it dwarfs two of the Kyoto gases. So the real question we don't know is how much is escaping and getting out."
Dr Paul Fraser is the chief research scientist at the CSIRO's marine and atmospheric research centre, and an IPCC author.
He says without measuring the quantity of NF3 in the atmosphere it is unclear what impact it will have on the climate.
"We haven't observed it in the atmosphere. It's probably there in very low concentrations," he said.
"The key to whether it's a problem or not is how much is released to the atmosphere."
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HOT
lol time to go old school
Maybe it is all that tacky PRODUCT you put in your hair PEREZ!
Uh Oh!
that really sucks! i do love my LCD tv! ugh…but I'd rather live an extra ten years than die with a nice tv!
crazzzzzzzzzzzii
WHAT R THEY GNA TAKKEE NEXTTT??
LOVVV YA PEREZZZ
WTF
doesnt mean im selling mine
gosh… everything accelerates global warming…
Remember, All the laptop and flatscreen pc screens are made the same way.
uhmmm..
my ass accelerates global warming!!!!
just about EVERYTHING accelerates global warming now.. so pathetic
o and it's GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE now
riiiiight… so why they keep selling it? lol
when they gave the message that some toys where full of lead they automatically remove the lead poisoned toys out of the market
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But this is like… Well your plasma tv will kill you eventually + is accelerating global warming… But dont worry keep buying them the next generation of plasma tv for the next 2 years will have LESS! NF3… But for now WE SAY PLEASE DO NOT WATCH SO MUCH TV TIL THE NEXT GEN OF TV COME!.. Thank you… (ps. Keep buying them we need to liquidate the inventary!)
"We haven't observed it in the atmosphere. It's probably there in very low concentrations," he said.
WELL THERE U GO!!!! haven't observed it yet.. means.. BS!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm not gonna live forever anyway
What the hell is a L. C. D. TV?? I am still usin a black and white box?????? Shit, gotta stop !World's gonna end ya'll!!!
What the hell is a L.C. D. tv? I have heard of L.S.D. ????
another example of companies pushing for new products that will make them alot of money, and not considering the consequences…or just not caring.
We should go back to living like the people on "Little House on the Prairie". It was a good life…except that Nellie Olson was a real witch.
Oh bullshit. These enviro-wackos are convinced everything is bad. Watch, Democrats will probably make us all get rid of ours in a few years — by force!
wow thats so crazy, i really dont know what to say
i doubt people will give up their tvs
BTW PEREZ YOU ARE LOOKING FAB!
big kiss!
i like when you have issues involving the planet posted, Perez
That TV has a freaky face on it.
Re: Jenni –
right on!
Re: your –
Seriously I'm not a right wing idiot but you should take everything with a pinch of salt and not take everything which is told to you…Don't believe everything you are told. They are trying to scare you and other people who can't be bothered to read up on it but listen to everything Al Gore says.
Re: Jenni –
I agree, many people don't actually read up on the issue they take the first sign of 'bad' news and run with it without actually getting the proper information and believe everything they are told by politicians and 'stars'.
surely almost any gas is 17000 times more harmful than carbon dioxide.
Re: KRUEZ – shut up you dumb fuck redneck. get edumacated, then you'll know what an lcd is. fucking retard.
back in my day, all i had was a rock & a stick….
Re: Nancy – white noise
is it me or does it look like theres an alien face on the tv..?
Notice how no one talks about global warning in the winter? Because there is no global warming. And if anyone says: the north pole ice is melting. Well, Mars ice caps are melting too, are we the cause that also. Don't believe me, google it up for yourself.
It's the USA doing it again… scare the crap out of the people, get rid of your TV's… this will be huge in the news for when the OLED's screens are available to the public… look up the OLED's you'll see what i am talking about.
Time for Al Gore to get rid of all of his large TVs.
Government propaganda I say. They're slowly trying to take over our lives. Today recycling. Tomorrow our souls
1.there is no global warming
2. WTF????
if there was global warming why is it so damn cold in the bay area????
Re: Taylor – Wow, that's pretty good, but I think you're right, that's Dr. Smith! I never realized what a fruit pie that guy was until I saw the show the other day. And this is coming from a fag so that's pretty bad. Anytime there was danger he would put Will in front of him, using him as a shield. Of course he had no interest in Judy, who I must say was very hot!
Re: mooki – What are you talking about the US scaring everyone. The US is the one hold out on that treaty that ALL Europe has agreed too. Also it is the UN, NOT the US who is scaring people you MORON!
I read that the Mars ice caps are melting too. Notice how the news will NOT cover it. They don't want you to know that. But yes, look it up on Google. They are melting. I guess they will blame our space probes for that or something.
OMG!!! I'm a bit obsessed with the global warmig and all that stuff and OMG for people like me who always watch tv the planet is dying!!?? OMG
FIRST OMG IM FIRST!
why is no one concerned about the scary face in the tv??
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO LEARN??? GLOBAL WARMING IS A SCAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So called man made Global Warming
is a device to tax "evil" America for
being too successful and to give our
money to the U.N. and third world countries.
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Fun facts about AL GORE you should know!
Drew Johnson of the TN Center For
Policy Research did a study of Al Gore's
mansion in TN to see how much energy
"Mr. Global Warming" Gore was using
in his mansion.
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Al Gore's energy use per year is over
213,000 kilowatt hours per year, which is
enough for 232 average American households!
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Big Al consumes approx. 17,000 kilowatt hours
per month, while the average household consumes
approx. 11,000 kilowatt hours of energy A YEAR!
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Another fun fact is that Al "Mr. Green Genes" Gore
has made approx. 100 million dollars since he started
his Global Warming hysteria tour.
RASH MANLY
These environmentalist sickens me. Why not just say that EVERYTHING INVENTED AND MAN-MADE is bad to the environment. Get over it. Each time they point to something specific, they're screaming out for attention to give their life purpose.
In some places in Canada there is an "environmental fee" when you purchase these electronics.
I forgot to add, AL GORE
has other mansions besides that one…
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AL GORE also cast the tie breaking vote
in Congress to approve of bio fuels.
The amount of corn needed to make ONE TANKFUL
of bio fuel for a car would feed a child FOR A YEAR!
Food riots, anyone?
if you already have an lcd tv there is no point in getting a new one, because it's already been PRODUCED. it would actually just be more harmful to get a new tv. so stick with the one you got.
How american, all these comments.
looks like its time to get rid of my plama tv
OMG!!! we're all gonna die! people stop using those stupid tv with NF3 in them! Save the environment!
Man, I do believe in global climate change - I've worked in a few places where it's kicking in, and it sure as fuck looks real to me. It's not a hoax like some dumbasses claim - there's a lot of evidence, no one is trying to trick you. That said we could be wrong. I sure hope so. But I think Al Gore is spot on.
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REGARDLESS this kind of scare is such fucking bullshit and I am over it. Widescreen TVs? I smell a rat. The advertisers - who make their money selling us shit we don't need, instead of getting real jobs (which they would have to do if you stopped buying their BS) - are behind this. Watch. Next up, a "green TV." All the greenwashing makes me want to puke. You want to save the environment? Stop buying shit!
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If it's "green," and you don't need it, don't buy it! If it pollutes, and you don't need it, don't buy it! Simple. Save money, save hundreds of hours of work, save the world. These advertisers will tell you that you need to be green, you need the latest toys, you need the latest fashion - tricks! They just want your money, but they don't want to do actual work for it.
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Fuck those people. Save your money, save the planet, and don't believe the hype. I'm not going to buy a plasma TV because I can watch shows on my computer. Not because there's some "green" TV out there. Ugh. So over this greenwashing bullshit.
Does anyone remember why the
first EARTH DAY was started 30 years ago?
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The first EARTH DAY was started
to combat GLOBAL COOLING, also known
at the time as THE COMING ICE AGE.
Re: lbgrl – Okay, can you explain why the ice caps on Mars are melting? Are we responsible for that also? Maybe whatever is making Mars warming is doing the same to the Earth. Now that I would understand. But again, please explain why the Mars caps are melting also.
holy shit!
Global warming is a hoax. It's just another way for the environmental wackos to gain control of the way we live and to tax us to death to make us poor. It also gives Crazy Old Al gore a platform to get his ugly mug in the limelight, make money, and gain power and status.
global warming = Y2K
we should all live in mud huts, we would be much more efficient that way
WOW. I DONT BELIEVE IT!
MY HUSBAND JUST BOUGHT ME A 42 INCH PLASMA FOR MY 4TH OF JULY PRESENT.BUT IM GONNA USE IT ANYWAYS BECAUSE WE ALL GOTTA DIE SOMEDAY.
Holy Shit! Yul Brenners in the TV!
I heard this news earlier at """""""C e l e b C u p i d.c o m"""""" where celebrities and rich people are talking about this at forum of that site. It's said Charlie Sheen has found his perfect match there at"""""C e l e b C u p i d.c o m"""""
Re: jordi – Hmmm…Jordi….a name with a cutesie little "I" at the end. How teenager of you!
Re: KRUEZ – liquid crystal display. in lieu of sounding like a moron I won't even attempt to explain any further than that….
does anyone else see the really creepy face in the box?????? scarry!!!!
In the 1970s they said it was aerosol spray deodorant causing it all. It's like the food police with everything you eat will kill you.
Let's all roll up into a ball and tuck ourselves under a rock and die a nice environmentally friendly death. oh, brother……
Somebody better get real about this subject. It affects not the rich, not the poor, but affects us one and all. Just look at the polar ice caps…..need I say more?
Platinumman
www.PlatinumPleasurePalace.com
Why don't you morons actually READ the article! It says that the gas is used in the MAKING of the T.V's, NOT the WATCHING of the T.V.'s! Typical American's, not bothering to read and comprehend something! I'm sure they will find another way to manufacture them with out emitting the gas soon. Besides they can't trace it in the air, so more research needs to be done. But anyway, learn to read things people!
Humans are bad for the environment . once we diaf everything will go back to normal
Global warming is such bullshit.
Perez Hilton causes global warming. Every time he opens his trap a horde of CO2 is released.
Is it juz me or is dere a face on dat tv???……
Hahahahahahaa… ohhhh my.
People need to read books. I love checking out Perez, but the people who comment and actually know what they're talking about with real issues are few and far between on here.
I loved the "first recycling, now global warming" HAHA what, like recycling hampers your life lol… imagine if we created everything from scratch, how expensive things would be because of their packaging alone?
Ah well, we're all going to either have to accept major change soon or die. I find comfort in that.
that KRUEZ chick above is one ugly bitch….you sure you want to avatar that mug?
Re: Joyce – LOL, I aggree… we should, that would be what the world needs. And I also aggree that that Nellie was a little spoiled bitch.
These are the same liberal environmental communists that Perez holds up as his political icons! What an ignorant ass.
We live on a dynamic planet that is constantly changing ON IT"S OWN!!! Do you guys think that cave people at the end of the last significant ice age sat there saying "oh shit!, the ice is receding! We should turn off our LCD and plasma screen TV's."
"We don't know what's emitted, but what they're producing every year dwarfs these giant coal-fired power plants that are like the biggest in the world,"
That is just total bullshit. If you think making a few TVs is more harmful than all the cars and power plants in the world, you are a complete idiot.
There is no such thing as global warming you brainwashed people! Do you really think our climate was like this 100 years ago? NO. The climate always changes. The ice caps weren't even here way back when, we had an ice age and now they are melting. If they weren't even supposed to be here no shit they are going to melt…It is only climate change. The scientists are paid off to tell you this crap..
Re: britt –
Wow, are you serious?
You are a moron.
Did anyone notice the creepy demented face in the tv screen?
The truth is the biggest problem causing global warming is me and the hundreds of cubic yards of fart gas I produce. And when I eat shrimp, well forget about it. It stinks of rancid egg salad. So please keep me and my fart producing tummy away from shrimp! Bye Bye Molly…PS, I come from a 3rd rate crap hole so I'm also jealous of you.
follow the money its all bull, last time I heard it was cow farts. which is it?
Re: Plati – One, stop spaming and two, so is the ice caps are Mars, they are melting too. And three, you are a pulsating anus.
Shit, what does this mean for us smchucks sitting in front of these things for work and TV?
Never mind when they all get piled up in a trash heap, cuz it's short life span equipment.
yeah, right, just like deodorant caused cancer…..
Perez, I'm not trying to be a complaining old bitch, but I wish you had more on your site on the weekends. You need to hire a sidekick!!!
I am so SICK of hearing about global warming! The TV is now creating global warming??! Hmmmm… Sounds ridiculously controlling to me. I care about the world, however, I believe God created man kind to LIVE on earth. We've been doing just fine before some idiot decided to make up the scare tactic, "global warming." Al Gore can bite me!
I am one of the few on sites like this who can acually remember TVs like this. No remote control, no cable, just Mary Tyler Moor, My Three Sons, Perry Mason, and Gomer Pile on every day, on onely about 3-4 channels. Then Doctor Paul Bauer came on every Saturday afternoon to scare the crap ot of kids with his old, lame horror flicks. But hey, it was indeed the mid 70's, and there was a whole lot of cheesiness going around then. But damn, what a great time. You young un's have absoluety no idea how great the 60's, 70's and 80's were with no cell phones, no computers, one phone in the house that was hard wired to the kitchen wall. It was a spectacular time. There was nothing to do but drive around and smoke pot and listen to Led Zeppelin. No one was trashin' each other, or telling someone they should commit suicide. It would be beyond thinkable to do that. Everyone was just cool and hangin' out, and if you absolutely must make a phone call, there was surely a pay phone up at the corner store.
Well looks like Gore has found another market to sell his carbon credits . Come on folks are we really that stupid. By the way the last eight years the earth has a net cooling. What is going to happen when half the population freezes to death and we finally admit the sun spots were the problem???. Gore is laughing all the way to the bank now as the the liberal tree hugers bow in homage. We still need to remeber all green stuff needs co2 to live.
I HATE WHITE PEOPLE!!!!! THEY SHOULD ALL GO BACK TO EUROPE OR WHEREVER THE FUCK THEY COME FROM. THEY STINK LIKE WET DOG, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TANNING, THEIR KIDS ARE UNRULEY AND METH HEADS. THOSE ARE SOME LAZY ASS CRACKER MOTHER FUCKERS!!DIE WHITE PEOPLE DIE!!!!
Anyone else see a face on the screen of the T.V
that's crazy shit.
fucking LOL "environmental wackos" i love it, only a fucking moron would say that. wake up, cockhead.
that vintage tv has a spooky face. that shit is haunted!
Here, I'll save you all the trouble of reading anything related to causing health problems or global warming and just list them all:
Everything
anyone else see the creepy man shape in the tv?
does anyone else see a very, very scary face in the TV?
i need to swtop watching scary movies…
what the fuck ISN'T causing global warming nowadays?!
Those TVs filled with gas are the plasma, not the LCD.