We know for an absolute fact that burning coal warms the planet. We have been told this by everyone from the Big 0 to Old Rocks. Now, however, we find that the reason the global isn't warming is that China is burning coal.
Shut the front door!
If Americans burn coal, it warms the planet so we cannot use the most plentiful resource in our ground to produce energy since Warming the Global is the worst catastrophe that can be imagined. So we've been told.
Now we are told that the reason that the Global isn't Warming is BECAUSE too much coal is being burned. I see... Warming causes too much snow, too much rain, drought, floods, warming, cooling, rising seas that never rise and global famine while there is more food than ever before. Warming the Global is obviously freaky.
Now we find out that the reason we cannot burn coal because of warming is the reason the Global isn't Warming because of the Coal burning. Again: Freaky.
Makes me wonder if the big increase in temperatures since the early 20th Century might be due to the relative absence of coal burning, Globaly, that is.
Add to the list of things to worry about dogs sleeping with cats, the condition known as hot dog fingers and anal seepage.
The Energy Challenge - Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow - NYTimes.com
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But the cooling effect from sulfur is short-lived. By contrast, the carbon dioxide emanating from Chinese coal plants will last for decades, with a cumulative warming effect that will eventually overwhelm the cooling from sulfur and deliver another large kick to global warming, climate scientists say.
A warmer climate could lead to rising sea levels,
the spread of tropical diseases in previously temperate climes,
crop failures in some regions and
the extinction of many plant and animal species, especially those in polar or alpine areas.
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Shut the front door!
If Americans burn coal, it warms the planet so we cannot use the most plentiful resource in our ground to produce energy since Warming the Global is the worst catastrophe that can be imagined. So we've been told.
Now we are told that the reason that the Global isn't Warming is BECAUSE too much coal is being burned. I see... Warming causes too much snow, too much rain, drought, floods, warming, cooling, rising seas that never rise and global famine while there is more food than ever before. Warming the Global is obviously freaky.
Now we find out that the reason we cannot burn coal because of warming is the reason the Global isn't Warming because of the Coal burning. Again: Freaky.
Makes me wonder if the big increase in temperatures since the early 20th Century might be due to the relative absence of coal burning, Globaly, that is.
Add to the list of things to worry about dogs sleeping with cats, the condition known as hot dog fingers and anal seepage.
The Energy Challenge - Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow - NYTimes.com
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But the cooling effect from sulfur is short-lived. By contrast, the carbon dioxide emanating from Chinese coal plants will last for decades, with a cumulative warming effect that will eventually overwhelm the cooling from sulfur and deliver another large kick to global warming, climate scientists say.
A warmer climate could lead to rising sea levels,
the spread of tropical diseases in previously temperate climes,
crop failures in some regions and
the extinction of many plant and animal species, especially those in polar or alpine areas.
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