I vigorously endorse all efforts to reduce pollution, However, CO2 is not a pollutant. Without it, every green thing on the planet will whither and die. Yup, it's possible to have too much. Hell, even too much vitamin A will kill ya! :-}
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 > From: Dag T [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > P� 11. des. 2003 kl. 20.50 skrev Bob Blakely: > > > 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!) > > I�m aware of this. > > > 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! > > I know this too, I have some background in the field from the > scientific side. > > > 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. > > I�m not one of the sheeple, but from my point of view you might as well > be one of them. I�m sensing denial, and we�ve heard this before. In > Norway we had acid rain transported here from central Europe for > decades before the denial stopped and someone did something. It > helped, a lot. > > Anyway, I�m not saying we have a greenhouse effect. It is not > unlikely, so I like to be on the safe side. Pollution is too much on > anything in the same place, so we would be better off with variation. > > DagT > > PS: on the other hand. > Norway makes a good living on oil export, and it�s cold here most of > the year. Why not, a more temperate climate would be nice, we wouldn�t > loose much land to the sea, and we wouldn�t loose our main income. So > go ahead! > :-) > > > > >
