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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] News Flash: I'm reversing at least SOME of my position on this issue. As it turns out, volcanoes generally release about 110 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. But, according to World Almanac (one of my favorite fact sources,) human activity generates around 5 BILLION metric tons of CO2 a year. So I'd have to say that human creation of CO2 IS significant. How MUCH human production of CO2 effects the environment is still somewhat uncertain, as World almanac says that the forests of the US alone can absorb some 200 million metric tons of CO2 a year. As I said before, though, Volcanoes also release significant amounts of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) into the air, which is apparently a de-greenhouse gas, which is why massive volcanic eruptions often cause COLDER weather. And water vapor is a greenhouse gas that both plants and evaporation produce. And much CO2 is created by tilling soil. You know, agriculture, that stuff we need to do so we can FEED everybody. See, the problem is that everybody wants to clean the air, but nobody knows how. Nobody wants to give up their heat and a/c and car and all their electric appliances, which is what we use electricity for which is what we burn all the dirty stuff for. It's A/C that's going to cause a new crunch in CA this summer. You want to clean up the air? Turn off your central air! BTW, it was on the news today that CA is going to try to find a way AROUND the federal pollution standards, by getting an 'exemption' or some such in order to keep plants online this summer when the power demands get high... So much for leading the nation in environmentalism. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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