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Originally Posted by paul nolan
simply, that Man-Made CO2 is such a small percentage of the worlds CO2 let alone the Greenhouse gasses, I can't believe that it can affect the earths "biology" so much..
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What so there's been an increase of ~38% since before the industrial revolution and you think that makes man made CO2 a "small percentage". Perhaps a maths class in in order.
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As of January 2007, the earth's atmospheric CO2 concentration is about 0.0383% by volume (383 ppmv) or 0.0582% by weight.[5] This represents about 2.996Ãâ€â€1012 tonnes, and is estimated to be 105 ppm (37.77%) above the pre-industrial average.[6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_..._concentration
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BBC News has learned the latest data shows CO2 levels now stand at 381 parts per million (ppm) - 100ppm above the pre-industrial average.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4803460.stm
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Originally Posted by meld51
According to the people I spoke to last night, the possibility of a commercial fusion reactor as about 30 years away,
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Fusion's always been 30 years away - that's it's motto.
Personally I can't see why the government can't introduce some of the green taxes they're on about and ring fence the money and pump it into providing solar hot water panels, solar electricity panels and wind turbines for every house in the country over the next ten year. They could also provide insulation and work with the fuel companys further on developing renualbe sources of energy (i.e. ethanol fuel).
All this would cut our CO2 emissions immensely as well as show the public that the government are really worried about climate change and not just money making.
I can see additional benefits with this also as these things will need building, servicing and replacing - I think many thousands could be employed in this new industry.
Even if people don't believe in CC I think there's still a good argument for getting this country off it's dependency on gas and oil for a sustainable future should the things on the world stage take a further turn for the worse and we loose our imports.