Posted on 04/17/2010 5:36:39 PM PDT by Armaggedon
Speaking for myself, here in North Texas, I wouldn't mind a few degrees cooler this summer. Folks in the northern tier states might have a different opinion, though.
I moved *back* to Minnesota to get out of the 115o summers in Phoenix.
Cheers!
Boy, are you gonna have a lovely winter. Heh...
How do you think I feel?? I moved BACK to Alaska. LOL!
What say you?
The carbon dioxide in that volcanic eruption has made global warming all but inevitable now, making it even more urgent to cut down on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. We’re going to have to outlaw soda and burping, and all farts, whether bovine or human, as well as fire and automobiles. Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Others say it better than I. The statement leading off this thread is utterly ridiculous.
Volcano emitting 150-300,000 tonnes of CO2 daily: experts
"Extrapolated over a year, the emissions would place the volcano 47th to 75th in the world table of emitters on a country-by-country basis, according to a database at the World Resources Institute (WRI), which tracks environment and sustainable development.
A 47th ranking would place it above Austria, Belarus, Portugal, Ireland, Finland, Bulgaria, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland, according to this list, which relates to 2005.
Experts stressed that the volcano contributed just a tiny amount -- less than a third of one percentage point -- of global emissions of greenhouse gases.
Total emissions by six heat-trapping gases in 2005 were more than 36 thousand million tonnes (36 gigatonnes) as measured in CO2, according to the WRI index.
"It's not of any significance compared to the anthropogenic [manmade] budget," said Kjetil Toerseth, director of regional and global pollution at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research.
Specialists cautioned those who believe the eruption is good for climate change as carbon-emitting jetliners are unable to take to the skies.
According to the European Environment Agency (EAA), daily emissions from the aviation sector in the 27 nations of the European Union are around 440,000 tonnes per day."
What a load of BS. Do you gusy even do a check your facts or why bother lets just state some non-sense that some other dumb guy stated.
Its stupidity like this that just defeats the real cause and gets the real conservatives branded as extreme.
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