Exactly that. Mankind operates on a useful life cycle of "about" 60 years, so anything that takes longer than that is out of his scale of comprehension. Yet present day man is so ego centric as to believe he really has influence on nature.
Earth cycles are on a much longer scale. Measured in centuries or eons rather than weeks. Solar flair cycles effect earth temp, and the sun is presently [measured in years] in a "high" cycle. Volcanic events spew millions of tons of various materials and gases into the atmosphere. Saddam burning all the oil wells in Kuait for months equaled the combined hydrocarbon emissions of Europe and USA combined for 10 years. China is building 5 new coal fired power plants each week.... so getting your knickers in a twist over not enough new bike paths or a few hundred electric cars doesn't make a damn, in the big picture... Set back, enjoy your double expresso latte` and chill... the sky isn't going to fall in your lifetime or the next. If it does, you will simply die like all the rest of extinct speci that didn't make it to this point... Earth is what? 200 billion years old? Man has been around maybe 2 million? Modern "pollution" has only been around maybe 100 yrs of that? Get real. It takes longer than that to erode a new river basin. Want to do something? Stop building housing developments in flood plains, or over earthquake fault lines or under volcanos. Want to stop Tsunami damage, don't build on the beach. Want to cure greenhouse gasses.. stop cutting down trees to make enough paper to print more government regulations or build cities and start planting farms. Or... you could just take any Psudo-scientific BS that is being pumped at face value and believe it is "fact".... after all AL Gore has made millions pushing exactly that while his personal electric bill ran over $20,000 a month to heat and cool his little modest mansion... and others like him wrote government grants for billions more.. .. they "must be right".... ya think? On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:43 PM, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > So if mankind disappeared from the planet overnight along with all our > greenhouse gas emitting activities, are you saying the polar ice caps would > continue to melt, ocean levels would continue to rise, and average > temperatures would continue their inexorable upward momentum for the next > 50 to 100 years because of Mt. Pinatubo and other natural disasters? > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I heard the stats for Kilauea once. I wish I could remember, but is an > > incredible amount. When Mt. Penetubo blew, I heard that stats on that > one. > > I think it was something like in one day, that volcano emitted more > > sulphur, ash, lead, etc. (you pick the pollutant) than the total > emissions > > of every vehicle ever made. > > > > > > > > > > > > Volcan Tungurahua in Ecuador is erupting again. We stayed > >> in Banos (actually up on the slope of the volcano, at Luna > >> Runtun, at the base of the volcano, at Christmas 2 years > >> ago. It was venting a bit when we were there. Banos and > >> other towns in the vicinity are being evacuated. It is a > >> beautiful area, with lots of excitement! The people there > >> seem to roll with it, even though it periodically wipes out > >> their farms and towns. > >> > >> (The) "eruption of Tungurahua volcano created large clouds > >> of gas and ash above the summit and it's directed towards > >> the southeast and the west, near city of Banos. Ash cloud up > >> to 4 kilometers in the sky and pyroclastic flows > >> approximately one kilometer down the volcano flank could be > >> seen on Tuesday." > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/< > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com< > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
