Would you care to explain to me what the difference between man made CO2 and natural CO2 is? According to the USGS Kilauea alone is producing 3,650,000 tons of CO2 per year.
That is ONE volcano. And it has been doing it for 27 years. In addition it is producing 1,460,000 tons of SO2 which as a greenhouse gas is roughly 21 times more efficient than CO2. Then of course there is the water vapor being produced at the rate of 4000 gallons a minute.
Here is a little science lesson for you. Imagine a kilometer of atmosphere. The first 770 meters of that are made up of the inert gas Nitrogen. The second 210 meters are oxygen.
That adds up to 980 meters the last time I checked. The next 20 meters is the are that concerns us. It breaks down to the first 10 meters is water vapor, the next 9 meters is argon, the last 36 centimeters are CO2 and of that man only contributes 14 millimeters.
One other thing you should take into account is the simple fact that in CO2 concentrations less than 200ppm no plants grow. That's right bunky, drop the CO2 level down to the level that the AGW crowd wants and you get to starve! Why do you think farmers are allways adding carbon to their crops...to help them grow!
Don't believe a word I said but go out and ask a farmer why don't you! Try Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They have an excellent Ag Department there.
That is ONE volcano. And it has been doing it for 27 years. In addition it is producing 1,460,000 tons of SO2 which as a greenhouse gas is roughly 21 times more efficient than CO2. Then of course there is the water vapor being produced at the rate of 4000 gallons a minute.
Here is a little science lesson for you. Imagine a kilometer of atmosphere. The first 770 meters of that are made up of the inert gas Nitrogen. The second 210 meters are oxygen.
That adds up to 980 meters the last time I checked. The next 20 meters is the are that concerns us. It breaks down to the first 10 meters is water vapor, the next 9 meters is argon, the last 36 centimeters are CO2 and of that man only contributes 14 millimeters.
One other thing you should take into account is the simple fact that in CO2 concentrations less than 200ppm no plants grow. That's right bunky, drop the CO2 level down to the level that the AGW crowd wants and you get to starve! Why do you think farmers are allways adding carbon to their crops...to help them grow!
Don't believe a word I said but go out and ask a farmer why don't you! Try Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They have an excellent Ag Department there.
Boy you must live under a rock. Currently the estimates for the eruption are between 150,000 to 300,000 tons per day which on a volcanic scale is pretty minor. It is however the equivalent of the total output of CO2 for an average sized European country for that same day. A really large eruption (as has been going on in Hawaii ( Kīlauea)for the last 27 years) has pumped more CO2 and NO2 and H2S into the atmosphere than all of mans pollution for all of mans history.
At least get a basic level of knowledge before you spout your drivel.
the eruption is spewing carbon ash into the air which mean more Global Warming, right?
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Wrong, the ash is mostly silica. CO2 is vented, but its action is blunted by SO2 and the ash itself, which partially block light. As for the amount vented, it's trivial compared to the 60 million tons of CO2 emitted DAILY by man.
Really, now Westwall. A scientist? And you make a statement like that concerning the comparison of anthropogenic CO2 versus volcanic CO2?
Here is what real scientists of the USGS state concerning volcanic and anthropogenic CO2;
Volcanic Gases and Their Effects
Comparison of CO2 emissions from volcanoes vs. human activities.
Scientists have calculated that volcanoes emit between about 130-230 million tonnes (145-255 million tons) of CO2 into the atmosphere every year (Gerlach, 1991). This estimate includes both subaerial and submarine volcanoes, about in equal amounts. Emissions of CO2 by human activities, including fossil fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring, amount to about 27 billion tonnes per year (30 billion tons) [ ( Marland, et al., 2006) - The reference gives the amount of released carbon (C), rather than CO2, through 2003.]. Human activities release more than 130 times the amount of CO2 emitted by volcanoes--the equivalent of more than 8,000 additional volcanoes like Kilauea (Kilauea emits about 3.3 million tonnes/year)! (Gerlach et. al., 2002)