[Terrapreta] Catalyst: Carbon Bigfoot

[Duane Pendergast]

Sean, Lou

 

If it turns out CO2 has little influence on climate change, then what limits
on atmospheric concentration would we look at next?

 

I read and hear expressions of impending climate catastrophe as a result of
CO2 emissions incessantly. Most of the loudest voices know very little about
climate change and are just repeating and even expanding on the
exaggerations of others. It's arousing my skepticism and I suspect that of
many others. The over-inflated hype will not likely be taken seriously.
Little of significance will be done. Isn't that the story of the boy and the
wolf? 

 

Duane

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean K. Barry [mailto:sean.barry at juno.com] 
Sent: December 8, 2007 3:54 PM
To: still.thinking at computare.org; 'lou gold'
Cc: 'Terrapreta'
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Catalyst: Carbon Bigfoot

 

Hi Duane,

 

You say:

 

One point that is rarely brought out is that if all the estimated quantities
of fossil fuel were to be burned, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere would
be increased only a few times - and would be far below the amount considered
to be a direct health hazard. 

 

Well, I think this is a pointless and specious argument.  There is a
magnitudes higher concentration of CO2 in every breath you exhale, than even
1000 parts per million (that is ~3 times the current atmospheric CO2
concentration).  That is not even DIRECTLY hazardous to human health!  If
you think the health concern is personal (and direct) death by asphyxiation
from too high of CO2 concentrations in the air, then you missed the message
on what the real danger of CO2 and other GHG in the Earth's atmosphere is.
The indirect effects on Global Climate caused increased GHG concentrations
effect the living ecology for all living things on the planet (not just
humans or animals, but plants too!).

 

 

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