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2008-04-09 International-UN-NGOs

Nuclear War Would Solve Global Warming Crisis (The Science is Settled; Time to Act)

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Posted by phil_b 2008-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "100 Hirsohisma-type bombs" > Soo-o-o-o I take it we're NOT talking about the HADRON COLLIDER = LDC???

"There will be an ozone hole everywhere outside of the Tropics" > wow, so Guam-CNMI-Oceania get US MARINES RELOC + ANTI-WAR, PRO-HEALTH REFUGEES-ESCAPISTS???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-09 00:14|| 2008-04-09 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 There is a logical problem with the "ozone hole".

It is a "marginal" problem.

That is, when you look at the ozone layer in the atmosphere, it is both lateral to the Earth and has depth, so think of it as a thick layer. But even at its thickest, ozone only exists at a density of a few parts per million.

The problem exists at the poles, where there are "holes" in the ozone layer, that increase or decrease with the seasons. But those "holes" becoming wider than normal are the focus of the concern.

If somebody was to float a large balloon with just a few tons of frozen ozone (melting point of -192C, which is warmer than that of nitrogen, which melts at -210C (so you would pack your frozen ozone in frozen nitrogen)), even that small amount could significantly "fill in" the "edge" of the ozone hole.

With perhaps eight or ten floatings of the ozone spewing balloon, the ozone hole could actually be filled in more than normal. That is three tons of ozone would proportionally fill three million tons of ozone hole edge air.

In the atmosphere as a whole, that is just a tiny amount. But it is a significant portion of just the edge of the ozone hole.

If the balloon just went up and down in the ozone layer, spewing ozone (and nitrogen) as it melted, the rotation of the Earth would spread the ozone throughout the "edge of the hole", and disperse it to a typical density of between 1 and 3ppm.

From space, it would appear that the ozone hole would contract, and less radiation would penetrate to the higher latitudes.

So this is actually such a small, or marginal situation that people *could* impact.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-09 00:29|| 2008-04-09 00:29|| Front Page Top

#3 100 nukes?
Does this mean it's okay to launch the proposed Project Orion Spaceship halted by the Test Ban?

Whoo!

Posted by 3dc 2008-04-09 01:31|| 2008-04-09 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Did someone say 100 nukes?!

My goodness, I hardly know where to begin!

Posted by gorb 2008-04-09 03:28|| 2008-04-09 03:28|| Front Page Top

#5 The human health consequences would certainly be large increases in skin cancer and cataracts. The impacts could be greater on ecosystems.

Ah yes, cataracts. What we all fear should 100 nukes go off. LOL!

Posted by Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-04-09 06:44|| 2008-04-09 06:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Iran, Mecca, North Korea, Syria ... um, ... we still have warheads left.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-09 07:16|| 2008-04-09 07:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Darth, like any good pest control program, you need to reapply regularly to eliminate possible return of the infestation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-09 08:52|| 2008-04-09 08:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Ummm, "Bait" the mideast with Korans soaked in contact poison, whoever picks one up is safe, but if they turn the pages and read it, Death.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-09 15:08|| 2008-04-09 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 REDDIT > CELSIAS.com > GLOBAL WARMING IS OVER [NOT]! Despite periodic fluxes Global Temps still anticipated to gener detrimentally INCREASE???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-09 18:51|| 2008-04-09 18:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Someone mentioned Orion? Have I got a deal for you.

Nuclear Space, the pro-nuclear space movement.

Check out Rhys Taylor's amazing graphic of an Orion launch.

(Actually, we at Nuclear Space concentrate on more benign applications of nuclear power. We just keep the Orion stuff around to enrage visting eco-wackies.)

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-04-09 22:09|| 2008-04-09 22:09|| Front Page Top

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