Comments on: Sometimes the 99% are wrong

By: Richard Gill

Richard Gill — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:34:10 +0000

Bravo!

By: Richard Gill

Richard Gill — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:34:10 +0000

Bravo!

By: Brian John Thomas

Brian John Thomas — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:31:59 +0000

Don't acknowledge that CO2 is a poisonous gas. It's not. It's relative proportion in the atmosphere has been far higher at times than anywhere it's predicted to go to if we carry on burning stuff. It's a ruse, a simplification and a deceitful trick to even consider it.

By: Svietka Rivilis

Svietka Rivilis — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:16:55 +0000

man-respect:)

By: Daniel Yahalom

Daniel Yahalom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:07:36 +0000

Why guess when people have actually measured these things?
http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcanoes-co2-people-emissions-climate-110627.html
In case you don't want to read the article, here is the key quote: "In fact, humans release roughly 135 times more carbon dioxide annually than volcanoes do, on average, according a new analysis. Put another way, humans emit in under three days the amount that volcanoes typically release in a year, according to the best estimates of volcanic emissions."

By: Rob Davis

Rob Davis — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:01:08 +0000

Agreed. And these days, the major culprits are the media, who will back anything that is populist, regardless of any intrinsic merit. Case in point – Climate Change. You seem to have some serious academic clout, which admittedly, I lack. But my reasoning is simpler. There may well be climate change, and we may be heading for an Ice Age or Global Warming. Or both. But I don't think we cause it. My guess is that one Mount St. Helens puts out more CO2 in a couple of days than all the factories in China in a year. And there a lot of volcanoes in the world. One of them put out a floating island of pumice covering hundreds or maybe thousands of square kilometers this year – and we didn't even know which undersea eruption caused it! So, while I agree that we should be good stewards of the earth, reduce pollution, cut down on waste, and all those good things, I am not convinced that our puny efforts can really change the whole climate of our planet.