Subj : Re: Katrina's real name
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 09:48 pm

-=> richardw wrote to Deuce <=-

 ri>   Re: Re: Katrina's real name
 ri>   By: Deuce to richardw on Thu Sep 08 2005 03:19 pm

 >  > It's not that we have no influence... but what we do is countered by the
 >  > environment.  If we produce more carbon dioxide, the trees breathe better
 >  > and produce a greater output of oxygen.  I feel like we've not done any
 >  > DAMAGE per se.
 >  >
 >  > If you think about it, there was an asteroid hit this planet big enough t
 >  > create the gulf of mexico, but the planet went on with producing life.
 >  > Admittedly, I don't know if mankind would have survived such an event,
 >  > I'd like to think we would as a race, but the planet itself is self corre
 >
 > Of course, if we produce more CO2 *and* chop down 1/3rd of the plants...
 > *shrug*

 ri> Another politically motivated myth...
 ri> http://www.cfact.org/IssueArchive/rainforest.bp.197.txt

 > Remember, that asteroid had serious consequences for life on the planet.  I'
 > not saying mankind is likely to destroy all life (or even that they could)..
 > and I doubt any environmentalist will tell you that either.

 ri> Really?  I see the entire global warming thing as "Oh My God we're all
 ri> gonna die!"  At least that's what the politicians want us to think.
 ri> (Think about the poor innocent babies!  Your children won't be able to
 ri> go outside!)  It's all nonsense really.

Well your interpertation of it is.


I must appologize, I read down about an inch (on the slider bar) What a bloat
piece of writing (and you claim I'm a hack writer) Mixed with bad or incomlete
science (just in the first inch, on the slider bar)

From the article:

     [Side note:  One last area of benefit of tropical rainforests
often cited concerns its natural impact on climate and flood and
erosion control.  Forests obviously have a great influence on
holding soil in place.  Forests also have "sponge effect" that act
to soak up some rain and prevent flooding during heavy rain season. 
But further, Myers (and others) argue that as the green band around
the equator becomes more "bald," there will be an increase in the
"shininess" or reflectivity of the earth's surface, causing an
"albedo effect" that could influence convection currents, wind
patters, and rainfall regimes throughout the tropical zone. The


But the green house gases (if you concede that they exist) will capture the
radiant heat and that's the problem. The net gain of heat on the planet.


other area is global warming (fossil fuel emissions account for 5
billion tons of carbon annually while forest burning allegedly
accounts for 2 billion).  But this is a topic for another day since
there are many, many serious questions about the whole premise of
global warming.  Finally is talk about the rainforests supposedly
being the "lungs" of the planet, even though 70% of our oxygen is
thought to come from algae.]

This algae adds disolved O2 and does nothing for the atmospheric levels. 

At this point I lost interest.

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