point taken *"The sun does not control pollution, it controls the planet's temperature. Just take a look at Mars, there are no balmy afternoons on that planet. As for pollution, if you are talking about sulfur, cyanide, heavy metals, etc. then I agree with you, we need to do everything we can to eliminate those contaminants from the atmosphere. If you are talking about carbon dioxide, we'll just have to disagree there. I see increased CO2 levels leading to stronger plant growth, which produces oxygen, which balances out the CO2 emissions. I wonder if all these gases increase the size of the atmosphere, or if the atmosphere stays constant based on the mass of the planet. Does the composition of the atmosphere determine what leaks out and what is retained? Does solar energy change the composition of the atmosphere? I don't know the answers to those questions. All I know is that the Sun is so huge that if we think we can change Earth's temperature, we might as well try defrosting Mars with a hairdryer. "*
The flaw that I find in this statement is, this... prior to the industrial revolution I'd completely agree with you, the planet was still in a stage where man wasn't making a significant impact on the planetary environment at large. It could easily handle and process the amount of CO2 we were dumping in. Once the industrial revolution got rolling and we began to clear cut forests (especially the Amazon rainforests, which produces 20% of the planet's O2 by itself) we threw the entire machine out of balance. The planet can no longer balance our CO2 emissions, because we're removing the means to do so far faster than in can regenerate. So global warming is a two part problem 1) We must reduce the levels of CO2 emissions to a level that the current mechanisms can process. 2) We must replenish the forests and plant life which we have destroyed, in order to set the balance right again, Robert Munn wrote: > I already noted that in my reply to Vivec. > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> I'm specifically speaking to global warming, I'm speaking to pollution >> in general, you can't tell me that you believe that the crap that we >> pump into the atmosphere is harmless. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
