"If our planet were the size of a basketball, the thickness of the breathable atmosphere would be no more than one quarter of a millimeter, a barely noticeable 6-mile-high smear over the surface of the ball. The Earth is a ball of rock covered by a thin smear of atmosphere and ocean."-- James L. Grubb book review @ www.amazon.com of "Almost Everyone's Guide to Science : The Universe, Life and Everything" by John & Mary Gribbin
After reading - General: Elephant Grass and Coppiced Willow (thank you Todd) http://beyond2000.com/news/Feb_01/story_1032.html found a book review (below) that lead to the authors website with the following excerpts; Entitled: "Living with the greenhouse effect" by John & Mary Gribbin [date unknown to me] "A great deal of what you read and hear about the so-called "greenhouse effect" is either exaggerated, or misrepresented, or both. But the basis for concern about uncomfortably rapid global warming occurring within our own lifetimes and those of our children rests on just three facts, and a reasonable inference." [with a brief plain speak message in-between] "Should we care? That's really another story, but if nothing is done to curb the increasing buildup of greenhouse gases, the models suggest that temperatures will rise by a further 1.5 oC by the year 2030, bringing flooding of coastal regions around the world as sea levels rise, diseases normally associated with lower latitudes spreading out from the tropics, drought in the US Midwest (still the most important grain producing region in the world) and other climate changes. You may or may not feel that this is a price worth paying (by our children) for our own reliance on fossil fuels; but there is enough evidence to persuade an unbiased observer that it really is going to happen." http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/John_Gribbin/environ.htm If moisture levels gradually recede - humus content in soil could be beneficial absorbing morning dew providing a highway for biological activity. I'm not sure how important this is to the US Senate's Energy Policy or anybody else but thought others might find this interesting to some ¼. The author, a scientist, is reported to have written "over 30* science books. " *http://beyond2000.com/news/Oct_99/story_286.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
