Re: Off Topic: NMD/Environment was: (Re: Ada and the NMD)

[James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

Preben Randhol wrote:
> 
> This means that you will soon run out of CO2 in your atmosphere over
> there. Where did you read this? Rememember all living animals/humans,
> cars, coal/gas power plants, etc... produce CO2. If all this is used by
> the plants in USA it means that if you tomorrow stopped emmitting CO2
> then all your plants/woods would start dying. I think not.
> 
> That emmissions are dropping in the US can perhaps be because the price
> of petrol has increased.

No. Not even a chance this is a factor. The recent increase in price
of petrochemicals has NOT reduced miles driven in the US. 

It is also good to remember that we do not currently have an 
accurate global climate model. We do not know all the influences of
water vapor, CO2, O3, O2, N2, particulates, NOx, CO, S2O4, etc.

It is clear that CO2, in the absence of other factors, does lead to
increased temperatures. It is not clear just how water vapor 
interacts with CO2 levels. Some models simply assume no interaction.
Those models are clearly over simplified. Some models show that
water vapor and CO2 work to balance the temperature of the Earth.
As CO2 levels increase they cause more evaporation from the oceans.
This in turn results in more clouds, rain, and severe storms, which
tend to cool the atmosphere. The increased rains also tend to dissolve
large quantities of CO2 as carbonates. Those carbonates react with
rocks and soils, creating carbonate salts, which removes CO2 from
the atmosphere.

Scientists are only beginning to understand the role of lightening
on the climate. It now appears that lightening is one of the primary
forces in the atmosphere. It is apparently responsible for many
previously unexpected chemical changes in the atmosphere. It also
acts as an energy safety valve for the climate.

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA