> nik.morgan wrote:

>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:14:31 +0100, Abo wrote
>> (in article news.albasani.net>):
>>

>>> nik.morgan wrote:
>>>

>>>> Just one, even a minor one, of your unscheduled co2 events has more
>>>> effect
>>>> than humans have ever had, yet somehow the planet adjusts exactly as it
>>>> has
>>>> since time began. If these natural cycles result in the demise of our
>>>> species
>>>> then there is nothing we can do about it, the scale of the forces
>>>> involved
>>>> make our efforts puny by comparison, if you think global climate change
>>>> is
>>>> man driven then you are delusional.

>>> Such as a volcanic eruption? The CO2 output due to eruptions is about
>>> 200 millions tons per year. Humans put out about 30 billion tons in
>>> comparison.
>>>
>>>

>>
>> Don't think so, how much by natural means? and by man? Man has only been
>> industrially active on a large scale for a few years, hardly enough to
>> scratch the surface of that which has gone before.

>
> I see what you're saying; if for arguements sake there has been an
> increase in CO2 due to man of 7.5%% per year since the beginning of the
> industrial revolution (which kind of puts us at the 30 billion tons we
> chuck out today) then it was only about 65 years ago we overtook the CO2
> output from volcanos. But in that 65 years or so we've put out the same
> amount of CO2 as nearly 2000 years of vulcanism. If you go forward with
> that same 7.5%% increase then in just ten years we've put out another
> 2000 years vulcanism equivalent. Yes; back of the fag packet maths, I know.
>
> Dunno what that 'proves'; maybe nothing? But IME we *do* put out a
> fuckload of CO2, and CO2 *is* a greenhouse gas. I agree with what has
> been said elsewherethough; whether it is enough to permanantly fuck up
> the climate is up for debate.
>
>