Re: Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Harm Ocean Life

From: Captain Compassion (res0mp8t_at_NOSPAMverizon.net)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:07:15 GMT

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 06:00:53 GMT, Angelo Campanella
<a.campanella@att.net> wrote:

>Ian St. John wrote:
>> Yes. And the observation is that we are putting X gigatons of carbon in the
>> air from fossil fuels each year where about X/2 remains in the air the next
>> year. We know that this increase is coming from the fossil fuels due to
>> isotopic composition. The 'old' carbon from stored hydrocarbons are combiend
>> with 'new' oxygen. This is distinctive and cannot be confused with 'new
>> carbon/new oxygen' from burning plant matter.
>
> Today, more than ever, the Unites States produces a greater percentage
>of its electricity from coal. every time you flip on a light switch, run
>an appliance, run you A/C or turn on a computer, think of that. You are
>among the guilty, if you condemn the emission of CO2. Look in the
>mirror. You can blame the environmentalists and the politicians for the
>fact that only about 20% of the electricity we use in the US comes from
>nuclear power.
>
>FACTS: Percentage of electric power generated by which fuels:
>
> Coal Nuclear Petroleum
>1976 46% 9% 16%
>
>2002 51% 20% 2%
>
>Coal alone produced 2,000 billion KWH in 2002.
>(1,000 billion KWH by coal in 1976)
>
>In 2002:
>The state of Wyoming was the largest coal producer
>(373.5 million tons)
>
>The state of Texas was the greatest consumer of coal
>( 99 million tons)
>
>[Reference: "ASTM Standardization News, July, 2004, page 24.]
>
> Check your monthly electric bill. I venture than more than half of you
>use twice the electricity as I do in my house. My electric consumption
>monthly averages about 500 KWH. Many of my peers use twice that much.
>How much do you use?
>
> Angelo Campanella

Good. less dependence on Saudi oil.

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