To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thus, the unthinkable could be made real: the greenhouse gas theory of climate change may collapse in the face of empirical evidence that industrialization is shown to have no link to global warming.Very poorly written, but it doesn't appear to show that at all.
It shows varying concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere in different areas, but doesn't really show how or where it entered the atmosphere.
CO2 IS increasing. That's a fact. If industrialization and fossil fuels have nothing to do with the increase, what's the alternative mechanism?
To: Sherman Logan
You can rest easy and forget about Global Climate Change. The theory is dead and buried at this point.
The data shows Carbon Dioxide doesn’t cause global warming anyway.
8 posted on
11/28/2011 11:02:32 AM PST by
o2bfree
To: Sherman Logan
Higher usage of open wood fires and coal/wood burning stoves in undeveloped/non-industrialized areas?
9 posted on
11/28/2011 11:05:34 AM PST by
WayneS
(Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
To: Sherman Logan
“...CO2 IS increasing. That’s a fact. If industrialization and fossil fuels have nothing to do with the increase, what’s the alternative mechanism? ...”
Yup, that horrifying increase to almost 3 one hundredths of one percent is really hurting, isn’t it? After all, it’s responsible for our 10+ year cooling that we’re currently undegoing.
10 posted on
11/28/2011 11:06:10 AM PST by
Da Coyote
(Liberalism - when you absolutely, positively have no ability to produce wealth.)
To: Sherman Logan
Lots of natural mechanisms emit CO.
12 posted on
11/28/2011 11:08:27 AM PST by
meatloaf
(I've had it with recycling politicians in any way shape or form. Toss 'em out!)
To: Sherman Logan
CO2 IS increasing. That's a fact. If industrialization and fossil fuels have nothing to do with the increase, what's the alternative mechanism? Warmer water holds less carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is released from the oceans as they warm. The oceans warm due to increased solar activity.
Ice core data suppports this alternate mechanism - past history shows that the warming preceeds CO2 increases by about 800 years
15 posted on
11/28/2011 11:10:45 AM PST by
kidd
To: Sherman Logan
31 posted on
11/28/2011 12:40:55 PM PST by
BillM
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To: Sherman Logan
If industrialization and fossil fuels have nothing to do with the increase, what's the alternative mechanism?
There are a number of alternative mechanisms.
Here are several.
Increased temperature has a greater effect on catabolic processes (bacterial activity, oxidation, etc.) which release CO2 from dead plant material than photosynthesis (which fixes carbon in living plant material). During a constant temperature regime, a climax tropical forest (jungle) is pretty much in steady state as far as fixing and releasing carbon. With increased temperature, it should lose biomass (ultimately as CO2) until it arrives at a different steady state.
I would think that the oxidation of thawing tundra would release large quantities of CO2 also. Both processes above are probably not as important to atmospheric CO2 levels as increase ocean surface temperatures on the exchange of CO2, as mentioned elsewhere.
32 posted on
11/28/2011 1:17:22 PM PST by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: Sherman Logan
If industrialization and fossil fuels have nothing to do with the increase, what's the alternative mechanism?Blondes.
If not blondes, What?
Silly way to argue anything.
37 posted on
11/28/2011 11:42:41 PM PST by
Publius6961
(My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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