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[Gerald Brittell <gabrittell AT gmail.com>]

rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

>
> Since when do you get the idea that CO2 is the only greenhouse gas, or
> pollutant.


Never once had that idea.


> If that's the case, well our solution is to merely quit breathing.
>
> You go first.
>
> I'll watch, and make sure you get it right...
>

Where in the world do you get the information that a single eruption of Mt
Pinatubo releases more greenhouse gases of any kind than mankind has ever
released in his entire history, including sulfur dioxide, water vapor,
hydrogen sulfide, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrofluoric
acid, and other trace gases and volatile metals?

Yes, if it is not already too late. If all humans stopped breathing, climate
change caused by our burning of hydrocarbons might adjust again within quite
a few centuries. Good observation. Somehow I don't think many will go for
that option, including me.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Brittell <gabrittell AT gmail.com>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 10:27 am
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Climate-Gate
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:
> >
>  (snip).....Now, this isn't to say we can't do a better job of stewardship.
>  We can, and should. However, when Mount Pinotubo (sic) spews forth more
>  greenhouse gases in a single eruption than mankind has in his entire
>  history, ......
>
> Dr. Ray,
> The U.S. Geological survey estimates that the CO2 emissions from the
> ruption of Mt. Pinatubo as 42 Mt (million tons). The total CO2 from all
> olcanic activity worldwide is about 130 Mt per year. Emissions from human
> ctivity from the U.S. alone are about 6 Gt (billion tons).
> or this:
> Gerlach (1991) estimated a total global release of 3-4 x 10E12 mol/yr from
> olcanoes. While this is a conservative estimate, man-made (anthropogenic)
> O2 emissions overwhelm this estimate by at least 150 times."
> ttp://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/gases/man.html
> Where in the world did you get this idea?
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