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Originally Posted by Casull
I agree with you 100% on that. I mean, it would be very neglegent to take our lack of evidence as proof that CO2 levels are not driving global warming and just start putting all the CO2 we want into the atmosphere. CO2 levels have risen about 280 parts per million, where they had held constant for thousands of years until about the mid 1800's when we began to see them rise, to 360 parts per million today. We need to be proactive and reduce our emissions so that we do not end up with a global problem hundreds of years down the road that could have been prevented.
I think it is cool that Richard Branson has issued a challenge and is going to reward anyone who can devise a way to extract CO2 from the atmosphere. I think that we need to be careful how we react to this issue however as to not take it too far to the extreme as our ecosystem does rely on CO2 to sustain itself just as much as we rely on oxygen. |
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is a freakin meteorologist!
Nah...seriously, you do sound like you know what you're talking about. This is not my area of expertise and I only discuss what I hear. You make very valid and excellent points. I think a lot more needs to go into research on global warming. I'm not one of those people who say "It won't happen in my lifetime, so I don't give a crap. Let our great grandkids deal w/ it."
Here's another situation for ya. You ever been to Los Angeles and seen the smog?...oh wait, they call it "fog" or "mist" that rolls in from the coast...:p Better yet, has anyone been to Mexico City and seen the smog there? Holy crap do those cities have nasty skies.
Should I metion the ozone, or would I be opening a can of worms...