Read an interesting postulate this morning. Basically, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is constant (give or take some weather/earthquake effects & the like). Way back when, plants converted CO2 to carbon (retained in the plant) and O2 (released to atmosphere). Burn the plant (or allow it to decay) and CO2 is created to go back to the atmosphere. But some plants, and animals feeding on that, were converted to coal or oil many eons ago, effectively trapping the carbon under the surface - it did not get converted back to CO2 in a short time cycle. So now we burn coal and oil and put CO2 back into the atmosphere. Point is - are we increasing the aboslute level of CO2 or just replenisihing the CO2 level which ahs been below "normal" for a few eons, waiting for us to burn the trapped carbon?

I don't claim credit for the idea and have not seen it in a scientific discussion report. It does make an interesting hypothesis.

That then says global warming is not due to CO2 increasing (since CO2 is held constant by the hypothesis), but does not eliminate other causes such as nitrous oxides, particulate emissions (including those from volcanoes) and so on.

• Global Warming !, KsKid, Wed, 4 Jul 2001 16:38:21
  • Some interesting graphs..., Sean(TCSp), Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:38:38
  • Re: Global Warming !, Jonathan, Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:12:36
  • Re: Global Warming !, C H Tay, Fri, 6 Jul 2001 01:50:01
    • Re: Global Warming !, John A., Fri, 6 Jul 2001 02:33:49
  • Therometer not calirbrated ha..it must be off a degree n/m, Ckpaden, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 19:33:25
  • Another devil's advocate view, Bill D, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 12:31:38 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: Another devil's advocate view, David R, Fri, 6 Jul 2001 06:57:31
      • Re: Another devil's advocate view, Bill D, Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:44:31
        • does this help?, Joh A., Fri, 6 Jul 2001 12:45:37
    • not exactly, saabaru, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:58:00
      • Re: not exactly - it's never exact, Bill D, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:19:27
        • you're right - atomic reactions, saabaru, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:02:30
        • at the very, least you're looking for scientific answers, John A., Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:50:35
      • ocean currents, John A., Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:18:01
  • Could be a normal cycle of warming and cooling. nm, Han, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:55:02
  • What caused the ice ages?, Richard P., Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:11:59
    • Re: What caused the ice ages?, JC, Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:27:21
    • a huge meteorite, crashed into the Yucatan area..., saabaru, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:29:03
      • Could the earth still be warming from this?, Richard P., Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:09:41
        • Sorry I said anything!, KsKid, Sat, 7 Jul 2001 12:52:04
          • run a comparison, John A., Sat, 7 Jul 2001 16:40:18
        • Do you mean, are we still recovering from this?, saabaru, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:40:29
          • I agree...I haven't seen data to support..., Richard P., Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:57:53
            • I didn't say I haven't seen data to support it..., saabaru, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 13:36:12
    • EdG's ancestors and baked beans. :-) n/m, Dave Westlake, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:23:52
      • Sorry for the double post. n/m, Dave Westlake, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:25:10
    • EdG's ancestors and baked beans. :-) n/m, Dave Westlake, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:23:47
  • A european point of view, PJ Cats, Thu, 5 Jul 2001 06:35:18
    • Re: A european point of view, JC, Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:25:51
      • Re: A european point of view, PJ Cats, Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:28:46
  • summer in OZ - sun is definately different- it bites!, sab, Wed, 4 Jul 2001 19:57:34
    • Re: summer in OZ - sun is definately different- it bites!, Doug, Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:34:16
      • i stand corrected! :) interesting point nonethelss! nm, sab, Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:46:59
    • this is CFC ozone layer depletion, John A., Wed, 4 Jul 2001 22:22:28

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