Cow farts.... the 3rd largest source of methane release on the planet. http://www.epa.gov/methane/sources.html
Cow-talitic converters? -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Global Warming - State of Fear Upon further reflection of Chrichton's comments as quoted by Terry it does appear at least from my point of view that the author of "The Andromeda Strain" is indeed a skeptic in terms of believing in increased levels of Co2 as the cause of Global Warming. We may still be missing the boat. Forget about Co2. What about CH4? I thought the real problem may be excess methane working its way into the atmosphere. It's my understanding that methane is a are more deadly heat sink. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com > > From: OrionWorks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/09/06 Tue PM 03:39:40 CDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Global Warming - State of Fear > > > Edmund Sez: > > > > An interesting point. This same point can be made about cyanide. > > An average person weighs about 80,000 gm. It takes about 50 mg of > > NaCN to kill an average person, which is only 0.0022 inches on the > > football field. Obviously, a person can not be harmed by such a > > small distance. No wonder the average person has no > > understanding of the real world when this kind of > > argument is used. > > > > Ed > > I'm curious. > > I haven't read Mr. Chrichton's book on Global Warming, so I can't say > if he is or or is not arguing the position of excess Co2 build up in > our atmosphere. > > Never the less, I'm wondering if his "football field" comment may have > been taken out of context. > > Terry, have you read his book? > > Regards, > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > > > Terry Blanton wrote: > > > > > Michael Crichton makes an interesting analogy in his book on > > > Global Warming: > > > > > > "Imagine the composition of the Earth's atmosphere as a football > > > field. Most of the atmosphere is nitrogen. So, starting from the > > > goal line, nitrogen takes you all the way to the 78 yard line. And > > > most of what's left is oxygen. Oxygen takes you to the 99 yard > > > line. Most of what remains is the inert gas argon. Argon brings > > > you within 3 1/2 inches of the goal line. That's pretty much the > > > thickness of the chalk stripe. And how much of the remaining three > > > inches is carbon dioxide? One inch. > > > > > > "You are told carbon dioxide has increased in the last 50 years. > > > Do you know how much it has increased, on our football field? > > > Three-eighths of an inch -- less than the thickness of a pencil. > > > Yet you are asked to believe that this tiny change has driven the > > > entire planet into a dangerous warming pattern." > > > > > > > > > > > >
