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The corporations are the polluters. They produce the goods, they have the money, they make the decisions, so why do we have to hand over our independence to the UN because of global warming and the effects of it when we were not the cause?
Originally posted by ADUB77
One volcano eruption can match all co2 emissions in the last 200 years
One volcano eruption can match all co2 emissions in the last 200 years
Gas studies at volcanoes worldwide have helped volcanologists tally up a global volcanic CO2 budget in the same way that nations around the globe have cooperated to determine how much CO2 is released by human activity through the burning of fossil fuels. Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO2 annually.
This seems like a huge amount of CO2, but a visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) website (cdiac.ornl.gov...) helps anyone armed with a handheld calculator and a high school chemistry text put the volcanic CO2 tally into perspective. Because while 200 million tonnes of CO2 is large, the global fossil fuel CO2 emissions for 2003 tipped the scales at 26.8 billion tonnes. Thus, not only does volcanic CO2 not dwarf that of human activity, it actually comprises less than 1 percent of that value.
Human Emissions Also Dwarf Volcanoes in Carbon Dioxide Production
Originally posted by ADUB77
So what caused the previous planetary warming/cooling cycles if we are the cause of this one?