--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Anyone who is not an extreme environmental activist would >acknowledge that global warming and cooling have taken place >many times in Earth's history, way before the first automobile >was invented. >
The above assertion is deceptive. It is also a continuation of propagation of misinformation in this forum. Climatological research has shown that the present post-industrial phase of global warming is unprecedented. The four previous phases of warming were smaller in magnitude and NOT global in scope. They were either regional or hemispheric in extent. All four of the previous episodes of regional or hemispheric warming can be completely accounted for by natural processes. The present post-industrial global warming CANNOT be completely accounted for by natural processes. > >The dreaded CO2 of environmental activist's nightmares accounts >for 0.036% of the Earth's atmosphere. This is so minute that >even if we shut down ALL human industrial activity to stop more >CO2 from being made, it will have a neglible affect on the >total atmosphere. > The above statement is utterly bogus. Laboratory experiments and climatological observations have shown that minute increases (comparable to what are observed) in atmospheric CO2 cause a significant and sustained increase in the atmospheric temperature because of a well-established physical phenomenon called the Greenhouse Effect, which was discovered more than 100 years ago. Observations indicate that there has been a 33% increase in atmospheric CO2 in the post-industrial age. This increase cannot be completely accounted for by natural processes. Cheers, Santosh P.S. Personal attacks and insults against me as a result of this exposure of disinformation on the findings of climate science will be regarded as a vindication of my point of view. They will therefore be triumphantly ignored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
