[opendtv] Re: A Station Group with a Future
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:26:52 -0500
At 3:15 PM -0800 2/5/07, Dale Kelly wrote:
Therefore, we shouldn't ignore, as irrelevant, the human activity induced
CO2 sources*. As small as they may or may not be, relative to the big
picture, it is the only source that we have any ability to control. If we
learn someday that the human sources were insignificant, we can live with
that, but if it is significant and ignored, we may not live at all.
How about the human activity reduction in COs
sources? We now used controlled burns in forests
and fight major wars against wildfires each year.
Does anyone know how much of a reduction in CO2
emissions this amounts to?
If the politicians were truly concerned about CO2
emissions, why are major polution countires
exempted? China and India plan to bring online
775 coal powered plants by 2012 ( 72 more in the
U.S.)
China is the dominant player. The country is on
track to add 562 coal-fired plants - nearly half
the world total of plants expected to come online
in the next eight years. India could add 213 such
plants; the US, 72.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1223/p01s04-sten.html
* This includes the deforestation of the planet, which in itself has a
doubly negative impact on the earth?s ecology by reducing its ability to
convert CO2 into oxygen.
Can you provide some evidence that deforestation actually exists?
Here is an excerpt from a web page citing a U.N report:
http://www.hfienberg.com/clips/wwftcs.htm
Will deforestation leave us with no trees? Data
from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
show a relatively consistent trend line from
1948 to the mid-nineties, with about 30 percent
of the planet's land surface covered by forest.
I believe that in the U.S. we have actually had
an increase in percentage of land area covered
with forests. And when some forests are cleared
for plantations of trees, the human management of
this resource actually increases the consumption
of atmospheric CO2 producing more oxygen.
Rather than worrying about the cyclic nature of
climate change, perhaps we should be using the
scientific method to become even BETTER stewards
of the Earth's resources.
Oh wait...we have been doing that for the past
half century, with dramatic improvements in the
environment in the U.S.
Take a look at the top polluters in the world.
For the most part they are current/former
communist nations and current socialist nations.
Somehow, it seems bass ackwards to punish those
who are responsible while encouraging
irresponsibility by those who are "less
fortunate."
Regards
Craig
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