the only solution to global warming is....read on
carlos barcode "aka" steve withington | 01.08.2007 13:08 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Ecology | London | Sheffield
Just a quick thought about global warming. The current orthodoxy states that human carbon emissions are causing global warming. We should all reduce our carbon emissions to prevent catastrophe.
Reduction of carbon emissions is not the same as reversal. The excess carbon released into the atmosphere over the last two centuries will not dissipate significantly over the next few centuries. Surely, if the greenhouse theory is correct, reduction in carbon emissions from fossil fuel will only delay global warming. It won't halt it. What if the entire world reduced its carbon emissions to 50% of today's levels? Then the critical atmospheric carbon levels would simply take twice as long to attain.
If only a cessation or reversal of emissions will ultimately save the planet then we've fucked it - only a global nuclear war will save the planet.
Nuclear power doesn't contribute significantly to global warming. And nuclear war may cause a total cessation of human-made carbon emissions.
There would be a very neat symmetry if oil wars ever led to nuclear wars.
It's no wonder some people say that the global warming orthodoxy is propogated by the nuclear industry.
Reduction of carbon emissions is not the same as reversal. The excess carbon released into the atmosphere over the last two centuries will not dissipate significantly over the next few centuries. Surely, if the greenhouse theory is correct, reduction in carbon emissions from fossil fuel will only delay global warming. It won't halt it. What if the entire world reduced its carbon emissions to 50% of today's levels? Then the critical atmospheric carbon levels would simply take twice as long to attain.
If only a cessation or reversal of emissions will ultimately save the planet then we've fucked it - only a global nuclear war will save the planet.
Nuclear power doesn't contribute significantly to global warming. And nuclear war may cause a total cessation of human-made carbon emissions.
There would be a very neat symmetry if oil wars ever led to nuclear wars.
It's no wonder some people say that the global warming orthodoxy is propogated by the nuclear industry.
carlos barcode "aka" steve withington
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back to school!
01.08.2007 15:24
Was your contribution to Indymedia some sort of joke? Do you think your contribution will be taken seriously?
ologist
sorry
01.08.2007 17:46
but nuclear power does produce CO2 in the mining, transport of waste, construction of new plants etc etc.
and the uranium will also run out eventually- in fact not that long in the future
we still haven't sorted the problem of waste disposal for our current waste- let alone tonnes more
new nulear power stations would take 15-20 years to build- too late by then i'm afraid if we carry on as we are now
and nuclear only produces electricity- it does nothing to solve the other sectors that produce masses of CO2, like transport, construction and farming/food production.
for some good figures on nuclear, see paul mobbs research. his book energy beyond oil should get you moving in the right direction.
katy
I BLAME HAIRY 60'S 70'S BLOKES FOR GLOBAL WARMING
01.08.2007 18:05
THE BLOODY GREAT SPACE SHIP OF THEIRS THEY USED IN 1978 TO CIRCLE AROUND WEMBLEY ARENA OR WAS IT THE EMPIRE POOL WEMBLEY I FORGET.
HOW MUCH CO2 DID THAT BUGGER PRODUCE.
AUDAL HERIE
Correct!
01.08.2007 18:33
For the record, the first people with the news that 'only Osama could be responsible' were 'aviation experts' that worked for Janes' Information Group, then owners of 'Spearhead' - organisers of the DSEi. This vested interest was not made clear to the global audience - they had re-runs of collapsing towers to watch, making each and every one of them a zombie. Had some analysis of the 'Osama' story been made the threats made to 'disarm the arms-traders' might have been made.
To quote Max Planck:
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it”
The same applies to 'historical truths'. The current generation of 'zombies' will die never understanding 9/11 and a future generation will come along, wondering what the difficulty was with the self-evident. They will understand how a small insurrectionary-anarchist group forced the hand of the world - either revolution or war. They will also appreciate the lengths the 'zombies' went to in order to not get found out for being completely out of line: giving up all meaningful government and no longer caring about rational spending of the public purse.
Clearly the current situation is hopeless for the 'zombies' trapped with their silly little 9/11 'al-qaeda' beliefs. Maybe it is best they nuke themselves before they gas themselves with their silly little cars? It does not matter really, people determined to believe that Osama bin Laden is responsible for pulling down the Twin Towers (instead of some really clever anarchists) are as relevant to history as the people that thought Catholics burned London to the ground in 1666. People that support witch-hunts offer nothing positive to the bigger historical narrative. Their stupidity is proportionate to how long they were fooled for, if this is lifelong their lives will not have been worth living. The 9/11 light is best seen, even if it is a s-c-a-r-y truth, with responsibilities for those in the know, now including you!
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