A couple of deisel tidbits....
08-02-2006, 11:16 PM
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Re: A couple of deisel tidbits....
Originally Posted by cmutt
A common myth by the "global warming is a myth crowd" is that volcanoes produce more CO2 than artificial, human-created means. The fact couldn't be further from the truth. On average, per year, the sum of all vocanoes produce about 1/150th of all of the human-created CO2 output.
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
Manmade emissions = 24 billion tons
Here's nifty link to our own usgs:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/Wh...as/volgas.html
Personally, I think there is far too little data to conclude that global warming is or isn't real. I do believe that you could make a good case for man doing harm upon the planet - I mean the stuff has to have some negative effects, wouldn't you think? 24 billion tons is by no means an inconsequential amount - and that number only grows larger, year after year.
Something to think about anyways..
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
Manmade emissions = 24 billion tons
Here's nifty link to our own usgs:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/Wh...as/volgas.html
Personally, I think there is far too little data to conclude that global warming is or isn't real. I do believe that you could make a good case for man doing harm upon the planet - I mean the stuff has to have some negative effects, wouldn't you think? 24 billion tons is by no means an inconsequential amount - and that number only grows larger, year after year.
Something to think about anyways..
and only the very naive are saying there is no global warming. the thing is, we have already had one ice age that we know of. that happened way before humans started adding to it. i know pollution needs to be cut down but we really need to stop focusing on cars and try to cut down on bigger polluters. for instance start using nuclear power.
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08-03-2006, 07:59 AM
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Re: A couple of deisel tidbits....
Originally Posted by cmutt
A common myth by the "global warming is a myth crowd" is that volcanoes produce more CO2 than artificial, human-created means. The fact couldn't be further from the truth. On average, per year, the sum of all vocanoes produce about 1/150th of all of the human-created CO2 output.
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
Manmade emissions = 24 billion tons
Here's nifty link to our own usgs:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/Wh...as/volgas.html
Personally, I think there is far too little data to conclude that global warming is or isn't real. I do believe that you could make a good case for man doing harm upon the planet - I mean the stuff has to have some negative effects, wouldn't you think? 24 billion tons is by no means an inconsequential amount - and that number only grows larger, year after year.
Something to think about anyways..
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
Manmade emissions = 24 billion tons
Here's nifty link to our own usgs:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/Wh...as/volgas.html
Personally, I think there is far too little data to conclude that global warming is or isn't real. I do believe that you could make a good case for man doing harm upon the planet - I mean the stuff has to have some negative effects, wouldn't you think? 24 billion tons is by no means an inconsequential amount - and that number only grows larger, year after year.
Something to think about anyways..
08-03-2006, 08:13 AM
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Re: A couple of deisel tidbits....
Originally Posted by cmutt
A common myth by the "global warming is a myth crowd" is that volcanoes produce more CO2 than artificial, human-created means. The fact couldn't be further from the truth. On average, per year, the sum of all vocanoes produce about 1/150th of all of the human-created CO2 output.
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
The scorecard:
Volcanos = 145-255 million tons
08-03-2006, 11:10 AM
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Re: A couple of deisel tidbits....
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
And does that include the massive explosions that come once every few years? Like Mt. Saint Helen? I didn't think so. That only considers semi-dormant continuously erupting volcanoes like the ones in Hawaii.
I agree, that link compares average yearly outputs. Human output is linear, while volcano output would change dramatically based on the number and size of explosions.
Still interesting to see just how much we pollute on average compared to volcanoes. (It was something new to me)
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