Carbon Dioxide Sources

[sheepdog 10]

Environmentalists would like to blame all the evils on the planet on us greedy humans. But I just got an interesting email written by an Australian geologist Professor Ian Plimer with an extensive education and numerous degrees and author of numerous scientific papers and books, in other words, someone with an education to back up their statements. It seems that all our efforts to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions for the past 5 years, has literally gone up in smoke from 4 days of volcanic eruption in Iceland. Yup, just 4 days! All those dim, expensive and toxic light bulbs we have been coerced into spending a fortune on, all our hybrid cars and switching to reusable cloth shopping bags, riding your bicycle, using biodegradable cleaners that don't work half as good as the old fashion one, all of that, all those supposed sacrifices have not reduced the amount of carbon dioxide as what the volcano just put in our atmosphere in a mere 4 days.

Then of course, there is the idea from our beloved government to put carbon emission taxes on companys and any one else who emits carbon dioxide, including the farmers who's cow's have the audacity to fart in some sort of feeble attempt to reduce emissions, when in fact, all that will do is make us human broke and the government more bloated than it already is, and since money isn't going to stop anything when it is in the hands of the government, it's just an excuse to tax us even more and give the government more power and control over us.

The professor goes so far as to claim that when the volcano in Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines it dumped more greenhouse gasses into our atmosphere than the human race has since it's existence on earth began!

All in all, a lot to think about and a very interesting email.

[k_nitin_r 8]

I blame the increase in carbon dioxide on property development firms - they just don't plan for space to grow plants. Even if they were to get potted plants for the terrace, that would be a step forward.

Hybrid cars and riding bicycles seems to be a way for the government to spend less on fuel subsidies and to avoid going sluuurp on our fuel sources. It's more about money and oil availability there and less about carbon dioxide. Plant more trees, get more plants, create new laws requiring property developers and owners to grow plants, require abandoned property to have some kind of vegetation (grass or weeds) or to allocate space for potted plants. Penalties for overgrown grass simply encourages people to pour a truck load of concrete over it.

[sheepdog 10]

Every time I try to reply to this post the message refuses to post.

[k_nitin_r 8]

Looks like it finally did post to the forum.

 

BTW, I haven't seen any new posts from you in a while. Is it spring already? Here, we've got pretty unpredictable weather - cloudy on one day, bright and sunny the other. Occasionally it drizzles or we have hail. We even had sand storms (nothing like Mission Impossible - they made that one up).