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Nitrous oxide emissions could double by 2050: UNEP
Reuters ^
| Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:16am EST
| Nina Chestney
Posted on 11/22/2013 9:01:49 AM PST by Olog-hai
Nitrous oxide (N20) emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Program (UNEP) said on Thursday.
Commonly known as the “laughing gas”, nitrous oxide exists naturally in the atmosphere in trace amounts. However, it is the third most potent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane due to human activities such as agriculture, fossil fuel combustion, wastewater management and industrial processes. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; doomage; globalwarminghoax; nitrousoxide; unep
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:01:49 AM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
That’s no laughing matter.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:04:00 AM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:04:48 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: Olog-hai
The CO2 train has gone off the rails so I guess this is the next vehicle to keep the scam rolling. All aboard!
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:05:13 AM PST
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:06:44 AM PST
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Veto!
Went to a Halloween party 40 years ago. Guy giving the party was a dental student. He had a big tank right inside the front door. When you went in, he filled a garbage bag full of gas and handed it to you! Best party ever!
To: Olog-hai
These global warming clowns are a laugh a minute.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:08:37 AM PST
by
Westbrook
()Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Safetgiver
Sedation dentistry now not covered.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:08:42 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
To: Olog-hai
If nitrous oxide is such a good greenhouse gas why don’t they use it for insulation between glass windows?
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:10:14 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Olog-hai
We need to get rid of all the dirt on Earth, that’s the big problem!
To: isthisnickcool
Ah, all those pesky volcanoes spitting new dirtmaking compounds . . . what to do?
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:13:18 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:14:17 AM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Olog-hai
are we all going to die again
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:20:04 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: Olog-hai
Liberals just seting up an excuse for why people are laughing at Obama?
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:21:24 AM PST
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Olog-hai
This is not bad. The way things are going we’ll need a few laughs.
To: Olog-hai
However, it is the third most potent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane... B.S. The most potent greenhouse gas which dwarfs all the others is the gaseous form of Dihydrogen Monoxide.
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:22:10 AM PST
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: Olog-hai
even if I would still be alive then (over 100) I couldn’t care less. I’ll just laugh it off
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:26:52 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Olog-hai
We’re all gonna die laughing!
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:30:56 AM PST
by
stboz
To: Olog-hai
The most potent greenhouse gas is dihydrogen oxide vapor. We must eliminate this now!!
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posted on
11/22/2013 9:31:16 AM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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