An enormous amount of CO2 was sequestered in the Proterozoic and Paleozoic in the form of marine deposited carbonate rocks (limestone CaCO3) and most of the worlds coal was deposited in the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. The burning of fossil fuels is only circumvention of the carbon cycle, where these carbon sinks would otherwise be subducted and released through volcanic activity this process of recycling has been going on for millions of years. The sum total of ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY is akin to a few more active volcanoes on the world. The CO2 emissions according to this site http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_ wa rming/page.cfm?pageID=965
For the last 245 years for the top 20 industrialized countries are roughly half of the CO2 emissions of the 12 most currently active volcanoes
9581925304 M tons in 245 years - volcanoes 4960020000-M tons in 245 years -Industrial Countries
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"There has never been a greater amount of CO2 in the enviroment than right at this point of time."
This is complete bullshit! The current CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are on the order of 12%. Global climate predictive models (calibrated with painfully short term datasets) deal with CO2 or "double CO2" concentrations. An examination of geologic evidence indicates that CO2 concentrations have been historically as high as 60% during the Cambrian (ended 540 mya) and CO2 concentrations were this high until the carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) when land plants began to cover the globe.
"This outpouring of uncontrolled CO2 started with the industrial revolution and hasn't slowed since."
An enormous amount of CO2 was sequestered in the Proterozoic and Paleozoic in the form of marine deposited carbonate rocks (limestone CaCO3) and most of the worlds coal was deposited in the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. The burning of fossil fuels is only circumvention of the carbon cycle, where these carbon sinks would otherwise be subducted and released through volcanic activity this process of recycling has been going on for millions of years. The sum total of ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY is akin to a few more active volcanoes on the world.
The CO2 emissions according to this site
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_wa rming/page.cfm?pageID=965
For the last 245 years for the top 20 industrialized countries are roughly half of the CO2 emissions of the 12 most currently active volcanoes
9581925304 M tons in 245 years - volcanoes
4960020000-M tons in 245 years -Industrial Countries
http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/geochem/co2.html
As it can be seen Baseline volcanic activity exceeds Industrial activity this is without consideration of all of the large volcanic eruptions in the last 245 years.
According to geologic record in reference to glaciation and ice ages, before the most recent 3.5 million years of ICE ages the earths average temperature was estimated to be warmer than it is now (Based on fossil locations that point to climatic conditions for given locations) there were also interglacial periods where the average temperature of the earth was warmer than it is now. There is every bit of geologic indication that the earth should be warming as it is. Even fluctuations in solar intensity (released from the sun) coincide with warming and cooling periods.
The real problem is that in the case of climate research there is far less funding for the people that are pointing out that ITS ALL PART OF THE RIDE, than the people that want to scream that we are all going to die!
My old man flew F-4 phsntoms in Kansas, the phantom carried around 6,000 to 10,000 lbs (around 1300 gallons) of fuel, this lasted about an hour, with the burners lit that fuel burns in under 5 minuts, most heavy take off missions involve air-air refueling shortly after takeoff to fill the tanks for emptied on takeoff.
500 gallons in 15 mins. sounds like old jet age efficiency to me...
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An enormous amount of CO2 was sequestered in the Proterozoic and Paleozoic in the form of marine deposited carbonate rocks (limestone CaCO3) and most of the worlds coal was deposited in the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. The burning of fossil fuels is only circumvention of the carbon cycle, where these carbon sinks would otherwise be subducted and released through volcanic activity this process of recycling has been going on for millions of years. The sum total of ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY is akin to a few more active volcanoes on the world._ wa rming/page.cfm?pageID=965
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The CO2 emissions according to this site
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global
For the last 245 years for the top 20 industrialized countries are roughly half of the CO2 emissions of the 12 most currently active volcanoes
9581925304 M tons in 245 years - volcanoes
4960020000-M tons in 245 years -Industrial Countries
http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/geochem/co2.ht
"There has never been a greater amount of CO2 in the enviroment than right at this point of time."
a rming/page.cfm?pageID=965
For the last 245 years for the top 20 industrialized countries are roughly half of the CO2 emissions of the 12 most currently active volcanoes
This is complete bullshit! The current CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are on the order of 12%. Global climate predictive models (calibrated with painfully short term datasets) deal with CO2 or "double CO2" concentrations. An examination of geologic evidence indicates that CO2 concentrations have been historically as high as 60% during the Cambrian (ended 540 mya) and CO2 concentrations were this high until the carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) when land plants began to cover the globe.
"This outpouring of uncontrolled CO2 started with the industrial revolution and hasn't slowed since."
An enormous amount of CO2 was sequestered in the Proterozoic and Paleozoic in the form of marine deposited carbonate rocks (limestone CaCO3) and most of the worlds coal was deposited in the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. The burning of fossil fuels is only circumvention of the carbon cycle, where these carbon sinks would otherwise be subducted and released through volcanic activity this process of recycling has been going on for millions of years. The sum total of ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY is akin to a few more active volcanoes on the world.
The CO2 emissions according to this site http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_w
9581925304 M tons in 245 years - volcanoes 4960020000-M tons in 245 years -Industrial Countries
http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/geochem/co2.html
As it can be seen Baseline volcanic activity exceeds Industrial activity this is without consideration of all of the large volcanic eruptions in the last 245 years.
According to geologic record in reference to glaciation and ice ages, before the most recent 3.5 million years of ICE ages the earths average temperature was estimated to be warmer than it is now (Based on fossil locations that point to climatic conditions for given locations) there were also interglacial periods where the average temperature of the earth was warmer than it is now. There is every bit of geologic indication that the earth should be warming as it is. Even fluctuations in solar intensity (released from the sun) coincide with warming and cooling periods.
The real problem is that in the case of climate research there is far less funding for the people that are pointing out that ITS ALL PART OF THE RIDE, than the people that want to scream that we are all going to die!
My old man flew F-4 phsntoms in Kansas, the phantom carried around 6,000 to 10,000 lbs (around 1300 gallons) of fuel, this lasted about an hour, with the burners lit that fuel burns in under 5 minuts, most heavy take off missions involve air-air refueling shortly after takeoff to fill the tanks for emptied on takeoff. 500 gallons in 15 mins. sounds like old jet age efficiency to me...