keith_w wrote: [...]
> That man can do a damned thing about changing the course of it's > progression or it's magnitude is just so much hogwash, and cannot be > supported. > Not MY words, the words of many renown scientists. > > Such hubris, to think puny humans can have an effect on weather > systems GLOBALLY. > > keith whaley I'll retract that statement partly, in that the world's use of coal for burning IS, in my opinion, a major player in global warming. It's effect on climate and atmosphere (two pretty much inter-related terms) is well known. I failed to consider that aspect of man's affecting the warming taking place. I just read a long article in the March 2008 Discover magazine, and it's a major player in climate, from production of carbon dioxide. That article says the U.S. produces about 17% of the worldwide coal emissions, China much more... Apologies ~ keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
