[LINK] Climate Change, The other point of View

Gordon Keith gordonkeith at acslink.net.au
Tue Jun 21 11:33:50 AEST 2011


http://www.factcheck.org/2010/06/eruption-corruption/
has a brief look at the numbers.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:15:12 AM Tom Koltai wrote:
> Dear Linkers,
> I received this in an email this morning. It is replicated here to
> ensure balanced and fair reporting. (see comments at end)
> 
> Quote/
> Professor Ian Plimer (a member of the School of Earth and Environmental
> Sciences <http://www.ees.adelaide.edu.au/>  at the University of
> Adelaide. He is also a joint member of the School of Civil,
> Environmental and Mining Engineering <http://www.ecms..adelaide.edu.au/>
> ) could not have said it better!
> If you've read his book you will agree, this is a good summary.
> 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, 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 kid's "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 cents 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 ONLY 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 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 its entire 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 keep 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.
> Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping
> carbon tax on you on the basis of the bogus ''human-caused'' climate
> change scenario.
> Hey, isn't it interesting how they don't mention ''Global Warming'' any
> more, 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.
> But hey, relax, give the world a hug and have a nice day!
> PS: I wonder if Iceland is buying carbon offsets?
> /Quote
> 
> Of course whilst his simplified analysis is patently accurate, the
> author doesn't concern himself with rampant on-going pulmonary disease
> issues (caused by cumulative effects, not one offs like a volcano
> eruption) nor does he concern himself with the reality that economic
> infrastructure, whether it be a $10.00 lightbulb or a massive solar
> panel/wind farm rollout is necessary for the ongoing relationship
> between Government and her citizens.
> 
> Let's face it, money talks.
> Our traditional potential nuclear winter cohorts;
> the evil Russian Empire and the Sino Empire are now our commercial
> confederates.
> Therefore the Arms race concept needs replacing with some other equally
> demanding financial imperative. If we remove war amongst the planets
> inhabitants as an economic enhancer, we are left with either UFO's or
> climate change as the potential arch enemy to facilitate a methodology
> of economic progress measurement.
> I don't know about you guys, but just in case UFO's turn out to be real,
> I'm kinda leaning towards the climate as being the bad boy that all we
> need to rally to fight against.
> The only victim, a few carbon atoms.
> 
> Err, Koltai, aren't we made of Carbon ?
> That's okay, in the future you will be able to buy some offsets to fix
> that problem...
> 
> TomK
> 
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