Anything you say. Bob. As if CO2 is the only harmful substance out there.
Dream on. Jostein ----------------------------- Pictures at: http://oksne.net ----------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:50 PM Subject: RE: Way OT:Global warming-was:GFM Attendees (updated) > > From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Why? Politicians are the only folks around who regularly lie to us as though > it were a requirement of their profession! > > > Should we be surprised if dumping > > a lot of some compound into the environment affects it? We are so many > > now that it�s obvious to me that we will change the environment in some > > way. > > Really? What's a lot? Who told you it was a lot? Of the 186 billion tons of > CO2 that enter earth's atmosphere each year from all sources, only 6 billion > tons are from human activity. That would be about 3.2%. Approximately 90 > billion tons come from biologic activity in earth's oceans and another 90 > billion tons from such sources as volcanoes and decaying land plants. > > > Probably, we should be careful with too much of anything because it is > > more than likely that some of it will affect our world, and we may not > > notice it before it is too late. > > Really, how much is too much? At 368 parts per million CO2 is a minor > constituent of earth's atmosphere-- less than 4/100ths of 1% of all gases > present. Compared to former geologic times, earth's current atmosphere is > CO2- impoverished. > > > It�s like smoking. Why shouldn�t drawing a lot of smoke through our > > breathing organs cause some bad changes? > > It's not like smoking. A smoker draws into his/her lungs many orders of > magnitude more pollutants than is in the natural air surrounding him. With > CO2, we are talking orders of magnitude less. > ------------------------ > Water vapor is a much more efficient "greenhouse gas" and is two orders of > magnitude more plentiful than CO2 in our atmosphere. (Perhaps we should > rethink those fuel cell cars!) > > If we are in a global warming crisis today, even the most aggressive and > costly proposals for limiting industrial carbon dioxide emissions would have > a negligible effect on global climate! > > Don't be one of the sheeple. Just because someone spits out some number that > seems alarmingly large to you in comparison to your daily references doesn't > mean it's significant. Ninety three million miles seems like a large > number - until you compare it with the distance to Sol's nearest neighbor. > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------------------------------- > "History is not a school-mistress. She does > not teach. She is a prison matron who > punishes for unlearned lessons." > -- Vasily Klyutchevsky, Russian historian >
