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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05 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 18:27:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B98227B.EEFA4336@worldnet.att.net> From: James Rogers X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; 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> <3B97EEC5.B9109D9F@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 01:27:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.86.34.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 999826027 12.86.34.75 (Fri, 07 Sep 2001 01:27:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 01:27:07 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12857 Date: 2001-09-07T01:27:07+00:00 List-Id: 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