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| Emissions of CO2 Set for Best Drop in 40 Years |
| 2009-09-23 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/ Look at the chart for the Mauna Loa CO2 levels. The economic downturn has severely slashed human CO2 production around the world. However, CO2 levels follow exactly the same pattern they have for years, of marginal year to year increase. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-09-23 16:51 |
| #8 co2 is still 80% of greenhouse effect gases but quickly coming up are the supergreenhouse gases that are now used a refrigerants (ironically these replace the ozone depletion gases used previously for that function) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-09-23 15:23 |
| #7 policy changes? Bullshit. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-23 15:03 |
| #6 for definitions of real world that mean "fantasy world" , yup. Anyway, the OP did not make a clain in either direction on that, so why not just make your own thread on that. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2009-09-23 14:21 |
| #5 we can probably manage to keep this as the global economy recovers Ignoring for the moment the fact that CO2 seems to have little effect on climate in the real world. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-23 13:54 |
| #4 it was in many countries not just US, and it was beyond that expected for economic conditions. It was the fruit of policy changes, oil price increases, and corporate shifts to green. If we take stronger policy changes, we can probably manage to keep this as the global economy recovers |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2009-09-23 13:22 |
| #3 Get ready for record famine & starvation in developing countries... Of course, we'll have to pay for that, too. |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2009-09-23 07:27 |
| #2 I wouldn't use the word "best" when it is accompanied by the greatest destruction of wealth since 1929. But then human needs are low on the Greenies list of priorities. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-23 06:26 |
| #1 One reason is because one of the coolest summers in recent history in the Northeastern Corridor and Chicago. Chicago had ONE day over 90 in August. A lot of summer time "peaker" power plants that normally run to provide air conditioning during summer scorchers were not running this year. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-09-23 04:42 |