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Earth Releasing More CO2 Than Originally Thought
grqb writes "A new study out of the UK suggests that terrestrial sinks across the planet are mopping up much less carbon than predicted, on balance, and so the planet may warm at an even faster rate than expected. The study focused on the carbon content in soil at 6000 sites in the UK between 1978 and 2003 and found that the soil released the equivalent of 8% of the UK's total 1990 carbon dioxide emissions. These emissions are more than the entire reduction in emissions the UK has achieved between 1990 and 2002 as part of its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. This would effectively cancel out the UK's recent successes in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and would have wider global implications as well."
I'm buying land in warm, sunny Alaska.
Well... it'll be sunny and warm by the time I retire.
... but I'm not going to hold my breath to save it!
Maybe the Earth wants CO2 to be released, so it is upping the CO2 in soil. Or the Earth wants to kill us by ridding us of precious O2.
1) Plant a tree. ...
2)
3) Profit.
This ofcourse assumes you don't burn them later on.
- These characters were randomly selected.
Obviously the climate change is due to God's anger with various countries allowing gay marriages.
I firmly believe this can be stopped by giving tax cuts to the wealthy.
I want to walk the Earth and kick ass where needed, like Cain from the TV show Kung-Fu.
No, instead they require a direct line-of-sight to a nuclear fusion reactor. One that uses 4 million tons of fuel per second. Do you call that efficient ?!?
Just because you don't have to foot the energy bill doesn't mean that someone doesn't have to - but I'm sure that in your socialist utopia Sun would be no one's private property and sunlight free to all...
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
Slashdottings contribute to .023% increase in CO2 emmissions due to increased power consumption.
However, the sedentary nature of its readers cancels out this effect.
You know, you probably already know about this website, but if not, I think you would appreciate it....
http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/misc/destroy.html
Hope it gives you a laugh!
Cheers,
Although your theory deserves attention, I'd like to suggest that equal consideration be given to Pastafarianism.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster faith teaches us us directly about the causes of global warming, and how they are directly related to shrinking numbers of pirates in the world.
We can argue about CO2 reduction all day; increasing piracy, however, is something that we can all start immediately. Give pirates a chance!
If your comment title says 'Re: Foo', I'm not likely to read it.
Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina proves to me without a doubt, that the man is a serial killer.
Evidence:
1. Lots of executions in Texas.
2. World Trade Center (somehow it is just too convenient).
3. The b.s. war on terror, and Iraq.
4. Delay of 6 days before allowing any aid in.
I seriously doubt he gives a damn about the planet in any way. I think he would like it if more people died.
So there's nothing we can do we are all doomed by the whack job who runs the US government.
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Technically, we are beyond survival.
Dirty farts?