[opendtv] Re: A Station Group with a Future
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:14:45 -0800
Craig wrote:
> 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?
Since a good number of the very large fires are man made, at least in the
west, your proposed credit is cancelled - particularly when you factor in
the loss of a forest, which damages the eco systems CO2 recovery
capabilities.
> 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.)
I don't recall any discussion of political will, at least in my post. The
fact that something is happening doesn't necessarily make it right; lets
stop obfuscating the issue. To continue a damaging practice simply because
we don't fully understand every aspects of related issues and because others
are doing it anyway, is disingenuous, at the very least.>
China and India were purposely given a free pass on this issue and
globalization has taken advantage by moving huge amounts of manufacturing
capability to those countries; all by plan IMO.
Your arguments below defy the facts and the total solution simply should not
be to rely upon future scientific advancements which may, or may not occur
in a reasonable time frame. A combination of science and prevention seem the
best solution.
> 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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