--- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have to butt in.
I will read no further. This "at_man_and brahman" poster is obviously biased from the get- go. He is a cigarette smoker (notice the "butt" reference) and, as such, is in no position to pass judgement on anything or anyone having to do with smoke, CO2 or global warming. I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the payroll of big tobacco. > Burning things that come from > the natural environment do not add CO2 to the > atmosphere. That happens as a result of burning > fossil fuels that have locked these molecules out > of the natural ecosystem for millions of years. > > So long as the materials burned in yagyas have > no petroleum base, there is not a problem. The > flames liberate an equal amount of CO2 to the > carbon and oxygen absorbed during the lives of > the plants or animals that ate them (e.g., ghi from > cow's milk). > > A little petroleum is used in the transportation of > the materials involved. That's about it. > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > If new.morning and co. were truly interested in combatting manmade > > global warming they would henseforth demand and insist that any yagyas > > that they participate in or pay for no longer burns candles or camphyr > > or anything else during the ceremonies as these things unnecessarily > > add to global warming. > > >
