On Dec 24, 2006, at 11:56 AM, graywolf wrote: > Oh we effect the environment on the macro level, it is on the global > level that I have my doubts. Billions of people have to warm the > environment some, but then we have killed billions of 4 legged > critters > that use to roam the globe, so that is probably a wash. No one but a > self-serving fool thinks we do not affect the environment. But anyone > who has a decent concept of numbers will realize that we do not > account > for more than about one-percent of the effect.
I read recently that when Mt. St. Helens blew it put more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than humans have in their entire history. And, compared to Tamboro (1815) and Krakatoa (1883), Mt. St. Helens was a pimple. Tamboro and Krakatoa affected the weather, but only for a few years. I think global warming, if it is happening at all, is part of a natural cycle that human activity has nothing to do with. We'd be much better off turning our time and energy into getting rid of mercury pollution in our oceans. Now there's a genuine danger that no one is doing much about. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
