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Is it worthwhile tryintg to be green?
Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?
Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!
If you've read his book you will agree, this is a good summary.
PLIMER: "Okay, here's the bombshell. The volcanic eruption in Iceland .
Since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED
EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2
emissions on our planet - all of you.
Of course, you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to
suppress - it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to
live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal
life.
I know....it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon
emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience
and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting
up till midnight to finish your kids "The Green Revolution" science
project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only
two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet
tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat,
vacationing at home instead of abroad. Nearly getting hit every day on
your bicycle, replacing all of your 50 cent light bulbs with $10.00 light
bulbs.....well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the
tubes in just four days.
The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days -
yes, FOUR DAYS - by that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every
single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there
are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any
one time - EVERY DAY.
I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention
that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it
spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human
race had emitted in all its years on earth. Yes, folks, Mt Pinatubo was
active for over One year - think about it.
Of course, I shouldn't spoil this 'touchy-feely tree-hugging' moment and
mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized
800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keeps happening despite
our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.
And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud, but the
fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and
Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our
world for the next two to three years. And it happens every year.
Hey, isn’t it interesting how they don’t mention
'Global Warming' anymore, but just'Climate Change'- you know why? It’s
because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these
global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.
And, just keep in mind that you might yet have an
Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you that
will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won’t stop any
volcanoes from erupting, that’s for sure.
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