# Global Warming Feud by Gangster Octopus \[Closed\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725 "2008-07-08T18:19:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/21 "2008-07-08T19:34:53Z")

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1. VW Golf
2. Sierra Club
3. Cars
4. Solar
5. Oil&Gas
6. Solar panels
7. Panda
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. Double/Triple Glazing
10. CO2

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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/22 "2008-07-08T19:54:01Z")

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1. Honda Accord
2. Greenpeace
3. Motor vehicles
4. Solar
5. Oil refining
6. Hydrogen feul cells
7. California Condor
8. Day after Tomorrow
9. Energy Star Appliances
10. Methane

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**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/23 "2008-07-08T19:55:21Z")

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1. Honda Civic
2. Sierra Club
3. vehicle exhaust
4. solar
5. oil
6. geothermal
7. manatee
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. insulate
10. carbon dioxide

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/24 "2008-07-08T19:58:22Z")

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[QUOTE=winterhawk11]  
I fully expect not to do very well on this one, but I couldn’t resist my answer to #3 anyway. :D!  
[/QUOTE]

A (wo?)man after my own heart! I picked cows AND The Happening!

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**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/25 "2008-07-08T20:23:21Z")

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1. Fit
2. Greenpeace
3. Coal power plants
4. Solar
5. Coal mining
6. Hydrogen fuel cells
7. Polar bear
8. Hell if I know
9. Install double-insulated windows
10. CO2

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/26 "2008-07-08T20:24:50Z")

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1. Honda Accord
2. Greenpeace
3. Car exhaust
4. Solar
5. Oil Refinery
6. Windmills/Turbines
7. Polar Bear
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. Insulate
10. Carbon Dioxide

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/27 "2008-07-08T20:27:30Z")

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1. Civic
2. Greenpeace
3. Carbon
4. Solar
5. Manufacturing
6. Hybrid Cars
7. Bald Eagle
8. Day After Tomorrow
9. Windows
10. Nitrogen

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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/28 "2008-07-08T20:41:45Z")

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1. Mini cooper
2. Greenpeace
3. cows
4. solar
5. steel
6. air scrubbers
7. Ivory billed woodpecker
8. Waterworld
9. insulate
10. Carbon dioxide

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/29 "2008-07-08T21:00:22Z")

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1. Toyota Corolla
2. Greenpeace
3. Fossil Fuels
4. Solar energy
5. Petroleum/Oil industry
6. Wind Farming
7. Polar bear
8. The Day After Tommorrow
9. Solar paneling
10. Carbon Dioxide

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/30 "2008-07-08T21:00:29Z")

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1. Smart car
2. Sierra Club
3. Automobiles
4. Solar
5. Oil refinery
6. Carbon offsetting
7. Polar bear
8. Day after Tomorrow
9. insulation
10. CO2

. . . and thanks **Delores** for being our MC.

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/31 "2008-07-08T21:07:45Z")

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1. Honda Civic
2. Greenpeace
3. Cars
4. Solar Power
5. Oil Companies
6. Hybrid Cars
7. Giant Pandas
8. Idiocracy
9. Insulate
10. CO2

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/32 "2008-07-08T21:08:12Z")

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1. Besides a Prius, name a car known for it’s fuel efficiency.

2. Name a non-profit environmental organization.

3. Name a major source of greenhouse gases.

4. Name a renewable source of energy.

5. Name an industry known for being polluting.

6. Name a technology associated with combating global warming.

7. Name an endangered animal.

8. Name a non-documentary movie where global warming plays a role.

9. Name something people do to their house to make it more energy efficient.

10. Name a greenhouse gas.

11. Smart Car

12. Greenpeace

13. Cows

14. Nuclear

15. Auto industry

16. Wind turbines

17. Polar Bear

18. Ice Age 2

19. Insulate

20. CO2

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/33 "2008-07-08T21:14:19Z")

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1. Hond’a Civi’c

2. Greenpeace

3. Burning of fossil fuels

4. Solar power

5. Steel manufacturing

6. Nuclear power

7. Polar bear

8. _The Day After Tomorrow_

9. Install insulation

10. CO[sub]2[/sub]

11. Forgive me for being a smartass.

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/34 "2008-07-08T21:21:59Z")

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1. Insight

2. Greenpeace

3. Coal power stations

4. Solar

5. Power generation

6. PV cell manufacturing

7. Tigers

8. _Wall E_

9. Replace windows

10. CO[sub]2[/sub]

11. I wanted to say nuke power, but I just don’t think it would get the same number of matches. I may live to regret this decision.

12. Well, not quite Global Warming, but close enough. And I’ve actually seen it, so I can speak up in favor it.

ETA: I forgot to mention, I chose Greenpeace not because I support the organization, just because I thought it was likely to get more responses.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/35 "2008-07-08T21:24:21Z")

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1: Geo Metro  
2: Sierra Club  
3: Coal power plants  
4: Solar power  
5: Steel milling  
6: Carbon sequestration  
7: California condor  
8: The Day After Tomorrow  
9: Storm windows  
10: Carbon dioxide

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/36 "2008-07-08T21:35:24Z")

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1. Hummer H1
2. IPACC
3. Cow Burps
4. Methane harvesting from landfills
5. Cheese manufacturing
6. Algae Farming
7. Yangtze River Dolphin
8. The Core
9. Abandon it.
10. Nitrous Oxide

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/37 "2008-07-08T21:35:36Z")

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1. Civic Hybrid
2. Greenpeace
3. Cars
4. Solar
5. Coal
6. Hybrid cars
7. Polar bears
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. Insulation
10. Carbon dioxide

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/38 "2008-07-08T21:39:30Z")

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1. Honda Civic
2. Greenpeace
3. automobiles
4. solar
5. electricity generation
6. biofuels
7. humpback whale
8. The Day After Tomorrow
9. upgrade insulation
10. carbon dioxide

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**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/39 "2008-07-08T21:43:18Z")

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1. Honda Civic (hybrid)
2. Greenpeace
3. Methane (specifically from cows)
4. The Sun
5. Oil Refinery
6. Windmills
7. Tiger
8. Day after Tomorrow
9. Replace the windows
10. Carbon Dioxide

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-feud-by-gangster-octopus-closed/455725/40 "2008-07-08T21:50:50Z")

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1. Honda Civic

2. Greenpeace

3. Automobiles

4. Solar

5. Manufacturing

6. Hybrid cars

7. Bald eagle

8. The Day After Tomorrow

9. Put in insulation

10. Carbon dioxide

11. (lulz)

12. (lulz)

I don’t think I’ll do very well on this one.

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