Proof humans have wrecked air quality

[burnitdown]

Air over some parts of the open southern oceans may be the last vestiges of almost pre-industrial skies. The only pollutants in that air are sea salt, a little mineral dust, a faint whiff of brimstone from volcanoes and a smidgen of smoke from wildfires.

It's not that someone is hoping to bottle the virgin air and sell it. Rather, the air is needed to understand how much dust was around to trigger cloud formation and rainfall before humans started inadvertently tinkering with the system.

http://www.realitynews.com/archive/334.html

[Corlyss_D]

I didn't know there was serious scientific debate about human degratation of air quality.

[burnitdown]

I didn't know there was serious scientific debate about human degratation of air quality.

Yeah, as far as I know, most scientists take it as fact

[Conservativemaestro]

Air over some parts of the open southern oceans may be the last vestiges of almost pre-industrial skies. The only pollutants in that air are sea salt, a little mineral dust, a faint whiff of brimstone from volcanoes and a smidgen of smoke from wildfires.

It's not that someone is hoping to bottle the virgin air and sell it. Rather, the air is needed to understand how much dust was around to trigger cloud formation and rainfall before humans started inadvertently tinkering with the system.

http://www.realitynews.com/archive/334.html

Yeah there's pollution in certain area, whatcha gonna do? This country is not by far the worst in pollution, some of the Asian countries for instance China, have terrible pollution. Well, I think a lot of these global warming warnings, are scare tactics waged by the far left - President Clinton vetoed a bill to drill in the ANWR in Alaska for oil. Oh that's right, we don't want to hurt that Caribou mating cycle, so as a result we continue importing and supporting terrorists by giving them money for oil. The oil imported from the Middle East, is shipped on these ocean tankers, which are far less environmentally friendly than drilling in the ANWR.

[Ted]

Considering that humans and other animals inhale oxygen and vent Co2 into the atmosphere we pollute the air by virtue of our very existence

[Fugu]

Air over some parts of the open southern oceans may be the last vestiges of almost pre-industrial skies. The only pollutants in that air are sea salt, a little mineral dust, a faint whiff of brimstone from volcanoes and a smidgen of smoke from wildfires.

It's not that someone is hoping to bottle the virgin air and sell it. Rather, the air is needed to understand how much dust was around to trigger cloud formation and rainfall before humans started inadvertently tinkering with the system.

http://www.realitynews.com/archive/334.html

Yeah there's pollution in certain area, whatcha gonna do? This country is not by far the worst in pollution, some of the Asian countries for instance China, have terrible pollution. Well, I think a lot of these global warming warnings, are scare tactics waged by the far left - President Clinton vetoed a bill to drill in the ANWR in Alaska for oil. Oh that's right, we don't want to hurt that Caribou mating cycle, so as a result we continue importing and supporting terrorists by giving them money for oil. The oil imported from the Middle East, is shipped on these ocean tankers, which are far less environmentally friendly than drilling in the ANWR.

What an absolutely assinine viewpoint. This is not the time to point fingers at who is "the worst in pollution." The thread title was humans have wrecked air quality and there is no question of that. Quit putting on the right-wing blinders

[Conservativemaestro]

Continue with the scare tactics, I'm going to go buy a big SUV.

[Fugu]

Continue with the scare tactics, I'm going to go buy a big SUV.

And you, together with the other gas-guzzling swine, continue to ruin our planet with an attitude that reminds us all of the ostrich who buries his head in the sand.

[keaggy220]

From what I've read (sorry, this is by memory and I can't site sources) the scientific community is not united at all on how to reverse the effects of modern human activity without going back to the days of Johnny Appleseed.

Personally, as long as I don't have to start cutting the grass year-round, I'll enjoy the mild winters.

[anasazi]

Air over some parts of the open southern oceans may be the last vestiges of almost pre-industrial skies. The only pollutants in that air are sea salt, a little mineral dust, a faint whiff of brimstone from volcanoes and a smidgen of smoke from wildfires.

It's not that someone is hoping to bottle the virgin air and sell it. Rather, the air is needed to understand how much dust was around to trigger cloud formation and rainfall before humans started inadvertently tinkering with the system.

http://www.realitynews.com/archive/334.html

Yeah there's pollution in certain area, whatcha gonna do? This country is not by far the worst in pollution, some of the Asian countries for instance China, have terrible pollution. Well, I think a lot of these global warming warnings, are scare tactics waged by the far left - President Clinton vetoed a bill to drill in the ANWR in Alaska for oil. Oh that's right, we don't want to hurt that Caribou mating cycle, so as a result we continue importing and supporting terrorists by giving them money for oil. The oil imported from the Middle East, is shipped on these ocean tankers, which are far less environmentally friendly than drilling in the ANWR.

Actually, there are lots of things we could do, but right now there is not a national consensus, so until that happens, probably nothing.

I did want to respond to the ANWR drilling issue however. It seems that whenever this issue comes up, there is confusion. Don't you realize that this oil will be delivered by ocean tankers? Also, it will likely be sold to foreign nations, say Japan or Korea. That is after all a whole lot cheaper for the producers than shipping it to the U.S. East Coast for instance. Then also, even if we decide to go and see if the oil is there, it is at least 10 years into the future before it will be available and until we build more oil refineries, it may not even be of any use to us. Even then, I read that there is likely no more than a years worth or oil. It just seems like a last ditch stop-gap measure when we should really be trying to find a long term solution.

But then we see resistance from the left when anybody sugests nuclear energy. I'm all for wind power and thermal power too, but I don't see that as enough to keep us going in our current lifestyle.

The sooner we face that fact that oil is a limited resource, the sooner we can begin working on something better.

As for global warming, I do think it is happening. I don't think anyone yet knows the repercusions - how it will effect us. It worries me, but I'm not seeing the same feelings from many others. I'm sure that the longer that we wait, the more difficult it will be to turn around it's effects. But I have no idea if it's already too late or if there is still plenty of time.

Also, by all that I have read, the USA is still the worst polluter. Although China likely will eventually take over that label. Probably fairly soon.

[burnitdown]

From what I've read (sorry, this is by memory and I can't site sources) the scientific community is not united at all on how to reverse the effects of modern human activity without going back to the days of Johnny Appleseed.

Actually, it's fairly simple

[keaggy220]

From what I've read (sorry, this is by memory and I can't site sources) the scientific community is not united at all on how to reverse the effects of modern human activity without going back to the days of Johnny Appleseed.

Actually, it's fairly simple

We all turn Amish?