[LINK] Climate Change, The other point of View

[Tom Koltai]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Greg Taylor
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 12:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [LINK] Climate Change, The other point of View 
> 
> Balanced and fair reporting??
> 
> This is nothing more than a hoax email, full of false 
> information and unscientific claptrap.
> 
> Unworthy of Link, and unworthy of you, Tom. Shame on you.
> 
Thanks Greg. Possibly you didn't get to my tongue in cheek comment near
the end...
I think your funny bone may need a slight tune up.
I thought the philosophically advanced nature of Link would allow for
subtle discussions.

The statistics available would suggest that the Volcano argument is
nonsense. 

http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/septa1p1.xls
US Selected Electric Industry Summary Statistics by State, 2009 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions 	2,269,508,000 Metric Tons 
Nitrogen Oxide Emissions	2,395,000 Metric Tons 
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions	5,970,000 Metric Tons 

My actual writings on this topic for over eight years have supported a
Carbon Tax to offset human pollution.

> > 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