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| Economic Slump, Not The Sun, To Blame For Global Cooling |
| 2008-10-08 |
| A slowdown in the world economy may give the planet a breather from the excessively high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions responsible for climate change, a Nobel Prize winning scientist said on Tuesday. Atmospheric scientist Paul J Crutzen, who has in the past floated the possibility of blitzing the stratosphere with sulfur particles to cool the earth, said clouds gathering over the world economy could ease the earth's environmental burden. Slower economic growth worldwide could help slow growth of carbon dioxide emissions and trigger more careful use of energy resources, though the global economic turmoil may also divert focus from efforts to counter climate change, said Crutzen, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the depletion of the ozone layer. "It's a cruel thing to say ... but if we are looking at a slowdown in the economy, there will be less fossil fuels burning, so for the climate it could be an advantage," Crutzen told Reuters in an interview. "We could have a much slower increase of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere ... people will start saving (on energy use) ... but things may get worse if there is less money available for research and that would be serious." "But give us money anyway." |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 Remember: PROSPERITY = BAD |
| Posted by: The Left 2008-10-08 22:37 |
| #8 Many Perts are still forecasting Year 2012-2014 to a period of very intense = active Solar Activities, and despite "24"!? IOW, IFF ISLAMORANIAN OR NOKOR NUKES DON'T BURN US, THE SUN WILL. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-08 19:35 |
| #7 The SUN having anything to do with man-made (trademark pending) global Signed, Unhinged Citizen of the World |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-10-08 17:05 |
| #6 It still works out that the current Sunspot cycle has been on the VERY low end of sunspot activity, and the average temperature this year here in Colorado Springs has been about two degrees below the seasonal average. If you want to keep track of it for yourself, go here. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-10-08 16:46 |
| #5 submit buttons. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-08 13:47 |
| #4 I don't know anything about lag rates but I'm damn good with |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-08 13:47 |
| #3 I accidentally hit the submit button...and the application to climate change. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-10-08 12:43 |
| #2 As an Atmospheric Scientist, I am constantly amazed at what seemly rational people will definitively state about climate change...a subject that absolutely no knowledge. It's pretty obvious he does not understand thermodynamics and the concept of heat sinks and lag coefficients. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-10-08 12:41 |
| #1 blitzing the stratosphere with sulfur particles to cool the earth So the Chinese get the credit for stopping global warming in it's tracks. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-08 11:34 |