There is no way to predict the effects that a climate change will have on the population. While it's likely that an increase in global temperature will result in significant property damage in some areas, it's difficult to predict what would really happen to the population. However, preventing global warming will require cuts in CO2 levels by far more than the 5-10% cuts in the Kyoto agreement. According to the EPA, the U.S. emitted 1487.9 million metric tons of carbon equivalents in 1997. At the same time the carbon sink was 208.6 million metric tons of carbon equivalents. Therefore, in order to stop increasing the level of CO2 in the atmosphere, the U.S. would need to reduce emissions to less than 1/7 of the current levels. Such a reduction would not only devastate the U.S. economy, but could threaten our ability to feed our population (and the populations of the many countrys to which we currently export food). Therefore, while we should do what we can to reduce emissions, we must also weigh the true costs of such reductions.
>>What we'll have to wait and see is how long it takes before the levels of CFC's drops to a tolerable level, and I think that's going to be nigh on impossible to predict.
> Hmm, maybe you should stay on a road and wait
> till the mass-momentum passes a tolerable level.
>Maybe take a look at Australia, they probably don't find a further reduction of the ozone layer tolerable.
And your proposal to prevent further reduction of the ozone layer is... ? We've already reduced emissions of CFC's, there's not much more we can do but wait. It's not like we can send up a giant vacuum cleaner and suck up all the CFC's already up there.
CH4 (Methane) is far more worse than CFC. (Meat, anyone?)
You have no idea what you're talking about. CH4 is not an ozone-killer. It's the Chlorine and Fluorine in CFC's that catalyze Ozone depletion. CH4 has no chlorine or fluorine and has little if any effect on Ozone.
Perhaps you are confusing Ozone depletion with the greenhouse effect. CH4 is a greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming.
Society has created an environment where our ego supresses our id.
Actually, I believe it is our super-ego that supresses our ego and our id. Our super-ego is the part of us that desires to conform to the morals of society. The ego is the part that seeks after our own self-interest and the id churns deep in our subconscious reacting to our basic needs and urges and producing feelings which are acted upon by our egos and super-egos.
Games give us a chance to give our id some much needed excercise.
Possibly true, since games allow us to experience feelings of excitement and suspense in socially acceptable situations.
Get a life all you dual band whiners! Dual band just means that the phone can work in two frequency bands. The 9210 works in the 900 MHz & 1800 MHz bands which are standard in Europe. In the U.S. the standard frequencies for GSM are 800 MHz, and 1900 MHz, so the 9210 won't work in the U.S. However, there are dual band phones (GSM, CDMA, and TDMA) that work on the U.S. frequencies (800 MHz & 1900 MHz). A tri-band phon (800/1800/1900) is usually needed to work in both the U.S. and Europe).
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There is no way to predict the effects that a climate change will have on the population. While it's likely that an increase in global temperature will result in significant property damage in some areas, it's difficult to predict what would really happen to the population. However, preventing global warming will require cuts in CO2 levels by far more than the 5-10% cuts in the Kyoto agreement. According to the EPA, the U.S. emitted 1487.9 million metric tons of carbon equivalents in 1997. At the same time the carbon sink was 208.6 million metric tons of carbon equivalents. Therefore, in order to stop increasing the level of CO2 in the atmosphere, the U.S. would need to reduce emissions to less than 1/7 of the current levels. Such a reduction would not only devastate the U.S. economy, but could threaten our ability to feed our population (and the populations of the many countrys to which we currently export food). Therefore, while we should do what we can to reduce emissions, we must also weigh the true costs of such reductions.
>>What we'll have to wait and see is how long it takes before the levels of CFC's drops to a tolerable level, and I think that's going to be nigh on impossible to predict.
> Hmm, maybe you should stay on a road and wait > till the mass-momentum passes a tolerable level.
>Maybe take a look at Australia, they probably don't find a further reduction of the ozone layer tolerable.
And your proposal to prevent further reduction of the ozone layer is... ? We've already reduced emissions of CFC's, there's not much more we can do but wait. It's not like we can send up a giant vacuum cleaner and suck up all the CFC's already up there.
CH4 (Methane) is far more worse than CFC. (Meat, anyone?)
You have no idea what you're talking about. CH4 is not an ozone-killer. It's the Chlorine and Fluorine in CFC's that catalyze Ozone depletion. CH4 has no chlorine or fluorine and has little if any effect on Ozone.
Perhaps you are confusing Ozone depletion with the greenhouse effect. CH4 is a greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming.
Society has created an environment where our ego supresses our id.
Actually, I believe it is our super-ego that supresses our ego and our id. Our super-ego is the part of us that desires to conform to the morals of society. The ego is the part that seeks after our own self-interest and the id churns deep in our subconscious reacting to our basic needs and urges and producing feelings which are acted upon by our egos and super-egos.
Games give us a chance to give our id some much needed excercise.
Possibly true, since games allow us to experience feelings of excitement and suspense in socially acceptable situations.
While your at it check out Motorola's answer: The Accompli 009 which is due out in early 2001 both in the U.S. and Europe.
Here's another link: from cnn
Get a life all you dual band whiners! Dual band just means that the phone can work in two frequency bands. The 9210 works in the 900 MHz & 1800 MHz bands which are standard in Europe. In the U.S. the standard frequencies for GSM are 800 MHz, and 1900 MHz, so the 9210 won't work in the U.S. However, there are dual band phones (GSM, CDMA, and TDMA) that work on the U.S. frequencies (800 MHz & 1900 MHz). A tri-band phon (800/1800/1900) is usually needed to work in both the U.S. and Europe).