It isn't an element. And its relatively small amount doesn't mean that it is insignificant to the global climate. I'm guessing that you aren't a scientist.
Jeffery On Feb 6, 2011, at 3:47 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I didn't say that most of it comes form volcanos. I said the the Human > contribution is dwarfed by a good volcanic eruption, and yes CO2 is a trace > element in the atmosphere at just 0.039%. IIRC the definition of Trace > element is any thing less than 0.1% of a substance. > > > > On 2/6/2011 4:32 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> CO2 is a trace element? And most of it comes from volcanos? Glenn Beck or >> Sarah Palin must have written a science text. >> >> Jeffery >> >>> >>> Den 6. feb. 2011 kl. 16.54 skrev P. J. Alling: >>> >>>> The climate changes, it has been for the entire time life has been on >>>> earth. We, and all other life, adapt, or die. >>>> >>>> Your implication is that somehow our actions make a particularly large >>>> difference is ludicrous, and always has been. We can create localized >>>> micro climate changes. Very little more. >>>> >>>> CO2 the common boogieman is a trace element. A good volcanic eruption >>>> will add more to the atmosphere in one year than has the entire industrial >>>> revolution, yet it the long run it barely registers. >>>> >>>> The best predictor of future climate is the sunspot cycle yet most >>>> "climate scientests" completely ignore it*, because we don't have a good >>>> idea of exactly why it works. But you know we don't have a particularly >>>> good model of how anything in climate works. None of the common models >>>> predict the future, none even reliably predict the past, unless you >>>> "massage" the data so much it would make an Economist blush. >>>> >>>> >>>> *That wasn't always the case, I remember learning about it in physical >>>> science classes in Jr. High School. >>>> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
