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Nitrous oxide emissions could double by 2050: UNEP
Reuters ^ | Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:16am EST | Nina Chestney

Posted on 11/22/2013 9:01:49 AM PST by Olog-hai

Nitrous oxide (N20) emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Program (UNEP) said on Thursday.

Commonly known as the “laughing gas”, nitrous oxide exists naturally in the atmosphere in trace amounts. However, it is the third most potent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane due to human activities such as agriculture, fossil fuel combustion, wastewater management and industrial processes. …

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; doomage; globalwarminghoax; nitrousoxide; unep
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1 posted on 11/22/2013 9:01:49 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s no laughing matter.


2 posted on 11/22/2013 9:04:00 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Olog-hai

LMAO


3 posted on 11/22/2013 9:04:48 AM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Olog-hai

The CO2 train has gone off the rails so I guess this is the next vehicle to keep the scam rolling. All aboard!


4 posted on 11/22/2013 9:05:13 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s hilarious!


5 posted on 11/22/2013 9:06:44 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Veto!

Went to a Halloween party 40 years ago. Guy giving the party was a dental student. He had a big tank right inside the front door. When you went in, he filled a garbage bag full of gas and handed it to you! Best party ever!


6 posted on 11/22/2013 9:08:29 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Olog-hai

These global warming clowns are a laugh a minute.


7 posted on 11/22/2013 9:08:37 AM PST by Westbrook ()Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Safetgiver

Sedation dentistry now not covered.


8 posted on 11/22/2013 9:08:42 AM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: Olog-hai

If nitrous oxide is such a good greenhouse gas why don’t they use it for insulation between glass windows?


9 posted on 11/22/2013 9:10:14 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Olog-hai

We need to get rid of all the dirt on Earth, that’s the big problem!


10 posted on 11/22/2013 9:12:12 AM PST by isthisnickcool (NO MORE IRS!)
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To: isthisnickcool

Ah, all those pesky volcanoes spitting new dirtmaking compounds . . . what to do?


11 posted on 11/22/2013 9:13:18 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

LOL.


12 posted on 11/22/2013 9:14:17 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Olog-hai

are we all going to die again


13 posted on 11/22/2013 9:15:44 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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14 posted on 11/22/2013 9:20:04 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Olog-hai

Liberals just seting up an excuse for why people are laughing at Obama?


15 posted on 11/22/2013 9:21:24 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: Olog-hai

This is not bad. The way things are going we’ll need a few laughs.


16 posted on 11/22/2013 9:21:47 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Olog-hai
However, it is the third most potent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and methane...

B.S. The most potent greenhouse gas which dwarfs all the others is the gaseous form of Dihydrogen Monoxide.

17 posted on 11/22/2013 9:22:10 AM PST by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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To: Olog-hai

even if I would still be alive then (over 100) I couldn’t care less. I’ll just laugh it off


18 posted on 11/22/2013 9:26:52 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Olog-hai

We’re all gonna die laughing!


19 posted on 11/22/2013 9:30:56 AM PST by stboz
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To: Olog-hai

The most potent greenhouse gas is dihydrogen oxide vapor. We must eliminate this now!!


20 posted on 11/22/2013 9:31:16 AM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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