Subj : Re: Katrina's real name
To   : Finnigann
From : richardw
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 10:52 am

  Re: Re: Katrina's real name
  By: Finnigann to richardw on Thu Sep 08 2005 09:48 pm

 >  >  > It's not that we have no influence... but what we do is countered by t
 >  >  > environment.  If we produce more carbon dioxide, the trees breathe bet
 >  >  > and produce a greater output of oxygen.  I feel like we've not done an
 >  >  > DAMAGE per se.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > If you think about it, there was an asteroid hit this planet big enoug
 >  >  > 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 co
 >  >
 >  > 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. 
 >  > 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 bloa
 > piece of writing (and you claim I'm a hack writer) Mixed with bad or incomle
 > 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.

Well... then you're not qualified to pass judgement.

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