I was only poking fun at Thomas, Nick. But for every 12 tons of Carbon in Fossil Fuels oxidized there are 44 tons of CO2 going into the atmosphere. Multiply that by billions of tons annually worldwide, and it's not hard to figure that terrestrial or marine biomass CO2 "sequestering" isn't keeping up with it.
Fred > [Original Message] > From: Nick Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Vortex-L <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Date: 3/14/2006 7:02:28 AM > Subject: Re: a meteorologist speaks on climate change > > Fred, the only thing I have against Thomas is that he tends to be one of the > "I heard a man say on the radio" types - it's the "men on the radio" that I > was a having a go against... > > Nick >