From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 14:47:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!news.voicenet.com!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-east.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B97EEC5.B9109D9F@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Off Topic: NMD/Environment was: (Re: Ada and the NMD) References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> <3B9795E1.54B12E70@worldnet.att.net> <9n882d$rsh$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B97C5D4.2AFBAEDF@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 21:46:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.165.20.112 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 999812807 24.165.20.112 (Thu, 06 Sep 2001 14:46:47 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 14:46:47 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12846 Date: 2001-09-06T21:46:47+00:00 List-Id: > > Err, do you have a cite for this? Everything I've read shows north > > america as being a net consumer of CO2, not a producer. > You must be joking, right? What is it that consumes CO2 and what is it > turned into? Uh, forests? And it turns into wood? Krebs cycle, anyone? Where do you think the CO2 in petrochemicals came from in the first place? I.e., our emissions (i've read) are so relatively clean and we have industrialized such relatively high amounts of open space that we (i.e., north america, including all inhabitants mammilian and otherwise) are turning CO2 into plants faster than burning plants is releasing the CO2 back again. Hmmm... Now, where *should* followups be redirected? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.