by steam_cannon » Sun 30 Mar 2008, 00:06:26
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '4'). Curb aviation to long distance only - ban internal & short haul flights
- do as the Germans do & replace the plane by a train (Frankfurt to
Munich read Manchester to London)
Great idea, though I'm worried any such actions will accelerate
climate change. Would you like to guess what happened when
all the planes in the US were grounded after 9/11? Scroll down to
find out.
Lesson 2 - Global Dimming
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')lobal dimming
The human being underestimated the speed in which the climate
changed and it may be too late to overcome to that. We call it
global dimming and it's different from global warming but
contributes to it. You can check the definition of global dimming on
wikipedia here :
"Global dimming is a term describing the gradual reduction in the
amount of sunlight observed reaching the Earth's surface since the
1950s. The effect varies by location but globally is of the order of a
5% reduction over the three decades 1960-1990; the trend has
reversed during the past decade. Global dimming creates a cooling
effect that may have led scientists to underestimate the effect of
greenhouse gases on global warming."
The tools used to measure sun's radiations are based on water
evaporation to measure if there has been a possible change with
incadescence of the light. In 40 years space there has been a
serious reduction sunlight from 20% all over the world but the
change of the light does not justify the global temperature (9%
Antartica, 10% USA, 15% in Europe, 30% in Russia): that's called global dimming.
http://politiquesusa.blogspot.com/2005/ ... mming.html $this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', 'P')resently the water droplets and soot from industry are blocking
10 - 30% of the sun over much of the planet...
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BBC News', 'B')ut perhaps the most alarming aspect of global dimming is that it
greenhouse effect.
atmosphere by the extra carbon dioxide we have placed there.
resulted in a temperature rise of just 0.6 degree Celsius.
temperature rise of six degrees Celsius.
pollutants have been canceling each other out.
greenhouse effect than previously thought.