[BITList] Climate Change

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*Professor Ian Plimer could not have said it better!
If you've read his book you will agree, this is a good summary. *
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Are you sitting down? *
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Okay, here's the bombshell.  The volcanic eruption in Iceland, since its 
first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY 
SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 
emissions on our planet, all of you.*
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Of course you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to 
suppress, that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live 
and grow, and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans, and all animal life.*
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I know, it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon 
emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience 
and expense of: driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, 
sitting up till midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" 
science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, 
using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet 
tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home 
instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, 
replacing all of your 50 cents light bulbs with $10.00 light 
bulbs...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the 
tubes in just four days.*
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The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - 
yes - FOUR DAYS ONLY by that volcano in Iceland, has totally erased 
every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon.  And 
there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this 
crud any one time - EVERY DAY.*
*I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should 
mention that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 
1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the 
entire human race had emitted in its entire YEARS on earth.  Yes folks, 
Mt Pinatubo was active for over one year, think about it.**Of course I 
shouldn't spoil this touchy-feely tree-hugging moment and mention the 
effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year 
global heating and cooling cycle, which keep happening, despite our 
completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.**And I do 
wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud but the fact of 
the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and 
Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in 
our world for the next two to three years.  And it happens every 
year.**Just remember that your (Australian) government just promised you 
by the middle of 2011 a whopping carbon tax on the basis of the bogus 
''human-caused'' climate change scenario.**Hey, isn't it interesting how 
they don't mention ''Global Warming'' any more, but just ''Climate 
Change'' - you know why?  It's because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 
degrees in the past century and these global warming bull artists got 
caught with their pants down.**And just keep in mind that you might yet 
have an Emissions Trading Scheme (that whopping new tax)**imposed on 
you, that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer.  It 
won't stop any volcanoes from erupting, that's for sure.**But hey, 
relax, give the world a hug and have a nice day!**PS: I wonder if 
Iceland is buying carbon offsets?*



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