Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 01/22/2009 7:24:13 AM PST by RogerFGay
Rasmussen: 44% Say Global Warming Due To Planetary Trends, Not People
Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters now say long-term planetary trends are the cause of global warming, compared to 41% who blame it on human activity.
Air Composition;
The sea-level composition of air (in percent by volume at the temperature of 15°C and the pressure of 101325 Pa) is given below.
Name -Symbol -Percent by Volume
Nitrogen -N2 -78.084 %
Oxygen -O2 -20.9476 %
Argon -Ar -0.934 %
Carbon
Dioxide -CO2 -0.0314 %
Neon -Ne -0.001818 %
Methane -CH4 -0.0002 %
Helium -He -0.000524 %
Krypton -Kr -0.000114 %
Hydrogen -H2 -0.00005 %
Xenon -Xe -0.0000087 %
Water vapor is a highly variable component of the atmosphere, ranging from less than 1% to more than 4% of the volume of a given amount of air, and is expressed as “relative humidity”.
Source:
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
by David R. Lide, Editor-in-Chief
1997 Edition
As is clearly obvious from the above, CO2 is a VERY small but highly important part of our atmosphere. Without it, plant life dies.
And of that very small part of the atmosphere that IS carbon dioxide, only a very tiny fraction of THAT is from anthropogenic sources. Easily absorbed by the growing green plants under sunshine, which are very close to starvation levels with some 300 parts per million CO2 levels.
Why is there a tree line on mountains? Not because there is no oxygen, but because the heavier CO2 molecule cannot rise in sufficient quantites to that altitude, to provide for adequate growth for trees to survive. In fact, most of the CO2 in the world is dissolved in that other substance that covers some 70% of the world’s surface, water. And much of that ends up as sedimentary rock, known as limestone.
And if you try to raise your voice to counteract the howling chorus of Greenies that are determined to shut down all civilization, does it have any more effect than a whiz by the seaside?
No.
>>And right now, the correct answer is “not very damned much”.<<
I think of it as the effect a mouse who is huddled in the corner of a high school gym has on the rooms temperature and CO2 content.
And the door is open.
Yup. As a chemist, I’m well aware of all of these facts.
Looks like I picked the wrong millenium to move from Arizona to Minneosota...
Cheers!
Suck on that, Al Gore.
Cheers!
Very good reply. Mind if I use it to educate some Enviro-Luddites?
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