Re: Endless Oil?

From: Dan Bloomquist (EXTRApublic21_at_lakeweb.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 23:19:32 GMT

Harry Conover wrote:
>
> Fred, I'm still trying to grasp how suffient quantities of a
> relatively heavy molecule could diffuse into the upper atmosphere in
> quantities sufficient to cause even measurable damage to the ozone,
> let alone cause any damage of consequence. Recall, there is this
> factor called gravity.

Considering the mean velocity of the molecules in the atmosphere I don't
see how gravity can have any effect.

> Has anyone ever even bothered to document the
> relative abundance of gasses that exist in the atmosphere at sea
> level, 50,000-feet, 100,000-feet, etc.?

You mean like this?
http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm

>
> Perhaps it is time that someone raised the dramatic, adverse
> environmental impact that HAS resulted from the substitution of less
> effective and more dangerous refrigerants (such as R134) as
> replacements for F12 and F22. I don't want to even go into the
> enormous profit motivation that may have been the driving force behind
> this foolish and consumer costly bit of legislation that was largely
> based on junk science! :-(

Actually, the best solution, IMHO, would have been to move domestics to
propane. They are doing this in Europe.

>
> Harry C.

Best, Dan. 

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