Terry Blanton wrote:
On 4/24/07, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wrote:
>This reminds me of the idiotic comment by Michael Crichton that
>Terry Blanton quoted here in 2005:
By the way, I wasn't suggesting that we should hold Terry responsible
for Crichton's comments. Not unless Terry is a ghostwriter and
Crighton pays him royalties . . .
Crichton has a PhD in medicine. If you haven't read it, you should
read his autobiography "Travels". Quite interesting. He abandoned
his medical career because:
1) He learned that he could not really "cure" people of their
afflictions because they all had a reason for why they were sick; and,
2) He made a killing on "Andromeda Strain" and did not need the money.
In comparison, Venus:
Composition: ~96.5% Carbon dioxide
~3.5% Nitrogen
.015% Sulphur dioxide
.007% Argon
.002% Water vapor
.0017% Carbon monoxide
.0012% Helium
.0007% Neon
trace Carbonyl sulfide
trace Hydrogen chloride
trace Hydrogen fluoride
I don't think we will be melting lead any time soon on Earth. ;-)
Earth is not Venus. Climatological Earth records show that whenever the level of
CO2 rose above 300ppm an ice age inevitably follows.
Regards,
Paul Lowrance
