Re: OT: Wild Weather

From: Mark Jones (abuse_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 19:05:50 -0500

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John Woodgate wrote:

| I read in sci.electronics.design that Richard the Dreaded Liberal
| <eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote (in <pan.2005.01.07.21.22.16.442969@
| doubleclick.net>) about 'OT: Wild Weather', on Fri, 7 Jan 2005:
|
|
|>There may be a trend, which may or may not be accounted for by the fact
|>that the thermometers are in the centers of cities, but anyone who
|>claims that humans should change their ways, because throwing a couple
|>of steaks on the barbie is going to submerge New York and Los Angeles,
|>is a fool.
|
|
| Of course, but the *UK* carbon emission allocation under the EU carbon
| trading scheme is 756 million tonnes per year. Put like that, its
| significance can be seen in a somewhat different light. This doesn't
| include the exhalations from both ends of ruminants.
|
| The ratio of 756 megatonnes to the total mass of CO2 in the atmosphere
| is left as an exercise for the student.
|
| This 'carbon trading scheme' is partly modelled on the US 'sulfur
| dioxide trading scheme', which has been reported as a success in
| reducing acid rain considerably.

~ Side thought: imagine a planet with polar temperatures of -79.0°C and
megatons of solid CO2 precipitated there. If enough greenhouse gasses
were released to cause a global temperaure shift of +1 degree... would
it lead to thermal runaway?

~ Venus is an interesting place. They say it's Earth's sister planet,
albeit with "real" acid rain and much more CO2 in the atmosphere. It
boasts a 900°F surface temperature - yeeeow.

~ The Earth does an amazing job of protecting us.

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