The effects of Climate Change on the earth

[Woodznutz]

Acid rain is normal since it is normally acidic between 5.5 to 6.5 ph.

So anything below that is abnormal, such as around many major cities?

What Are the Worst US Cities for Acid Rain?

When acid rains down from the sky, the damage can be severe, and yet some cities still have an acid rain problem. Find out where.

www.groundworks.com

We have successfully reduced acid rain by limiting sulfur dioxide and other emissions via the Clean Air Act. Why couldn't we attack global warming the same way?

We have also successfully limited damage to the ozone by eliminating cfc's.

This shows that we can successfully tinker with the atmosphere if needed. In that regard who opposed addressing acid rain and the ozone layer when science proposed those solutions?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We have successfully reduced acid rain by limiting sulfur dioxide and other emissions via the Clean Air Act. Why couldn't we attack global warming the same way?

Why would we want to reduce CO2?

 

[boedicca]

What other problems are just nature doing its thing? Is acid rain manmade or natural? Was the ozone layer depletion natural or manmade? If man caused those problems why not global warming?

There is a difference between POLLUTION, natural cycles of the ozone layer, and Climate Change.


The SUN has a major impact on the ozone layer - should we snuff it out?

As for acid rain, nobody is arguing that we shouldn't control pollution. Want clean energy? Let's build more nuclear power plants like THE FRENCH.

And finally, Man-made climate change is just a fear-mongering religion that is used to scare the hell out of vulnerable people. That is why the data is faked and bogus graphs are used. It's not science.

 

[Woodznutz]

Why would we want to reduce CO2?

We should bring it down to earth in the form of vegetable matter.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We should bring it down to earth in the form of vegetable matter.

Vegetables grow better with more CO2.

 

[Woodznutz]

There is a difference between POLLUTION, natural cycles of the ozone layer, and Climate Change.

Don't you think pollution affects both?

The SUN has a major impact on the ozone layer - should we snuff it out?

No.

As for acid rain, nobody is arguing that we should control pollution. Want clean energy? Let's build more nuclear power plants like THE FRENCH.

Why stop at acid rain? Let attack our part of global warming. I agree that we should build more nuclear power plants.

And finally, Man-made climate change is just a fear-mongering religion that is used to scare the hell out of vulnerable people. That is why the data is faked and bogus graphs are used. It's not science.

That's a lot of scientists signed on to the conspiracy.

 

[Woodznutz]

Vegetables grow better with more CO2.

That's my point (although a balance of other nutrients is also needed). Why send the carbon into the air when we can sequester it down here?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

That's my point (although a balance of other nutrients is also needed). Why send the carbon into the air when we can sequester it down here?

Because burning cheap, reliable fossil fuel releases CO2.

 

[Woodznutz]

Because burning cheap, reliable fossil fuel releases CO2.

We should burn more biomass and leave some of that fossil fuel in the ground.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

We should burn more biomass and leave some of that fossil fuel in the ground.

Not very efficient. Dirtier.

 

[Woodznutz]

Not very efficient. Dirtier.

Less efficient perhaps but much cleaner than burning coal. Wood can be gassified and burned cleanly, leaving charcoal as a byproduct, great for grilling out.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Dirtier than burning coal?

Potentially.

 

[Woodznutz]

Potentially.

Here's some info on gassification of biomass.

How Gasification Works

Gasification could represent a second chance for coal. Will this old technology, which can run on coal or biomass, get a new life as one of the most important energy alternatives of the future?

science.howstuffworks.com