Fred, Apparently when volcanoes go off we are talking billions of equivalent mega-tonnes of TNT, cubic kilometres of rock, lots and lots of gas.
Remember Mt Pinatobe(?) I'm sure the weather took a little dip for a year but things recovered. It can't be that bad. Remi. ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frederick Sparber Sent: 08 September 2005 10:35 To: vortex-l Subject: Re: Acid Rain Lowers Global Warming It seems that nature is trying to bring things into balance by absorbing the acidic gases CO2, SO3 and NO2 in raindrops thus bringing them to the earth where they are absorbed by cations in the soil and sea water. In Atmospheric Raindrops: CO2 + H2O ----> H2CO3 SO3 + H2O -----> H2SO3 2 NO2 + H2O ----> HNO3 + HNO2 In Ground Water: CaCO3 + H2CO3 -----> Ca(HCO3)2 CaCO3 + H2SO3 -----> CaSO3 + H2CO3aq H2CO3aq + CaCO3 -----> Ca(HCO3)2 CaCO3 + HNO3 + HNO2 -----> Ca(NO3-NO2) + H2CO3 H2CO3aq + CaCO3 ----> Ca(HCO3)2 Also, "Depletion" of the Ozone Layer allows lower level oxidation of Methane to CO2 + H2O where it can be scrubbed by the same process. Frederick
