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Global tourism's carbon footprint is four times bigger than thought, study says
cnn.com ^ | 5/7/2018 | Susan Scutti

Posted on 05/07/2018 9:22:58 AM PDT by rktman

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To: JudgemAll

“Some gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in the atmosphere, producing a “greenhouse effect,” and so make the planet warmer.”

In the 1970-80’s trapping carbon in the atmosphere led to a cooler planet.


21 posted on 05/07/2018 9:59:08 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (What is a Blue City? First world cities run by third world politicians.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Once again I reiterate. CO2 IS PLANT FOOD DAGNABBIT!


22 posted on 05/07/2018 10:03:32 AM PDT by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Fact is that actual green houses burn gas to generate CO2, but it is to feed the plants, not for greenhousing purposes which the clear plastic is already doing.

It is the cloud cover which creates green house effect, not CO2.

Fill a giant green house with O2 and one with CO2 or methane, no temperature difference would show.

What happens is that ice traps dissolved CO2 and is why icecubes are blurry. So when the polar caps melt because the Earth is closer to the sun, CO2 is released.

The carroting in the South Pole indicate that as plant life grew during warmer period , the CO2 was on the increase too despite plants trapping carbon. The reason is the system allows plants to develop by releasing all its atmospheric materials when the ice melts

I am sill to be that the teams working with the Soviets at Vostok observed this and in bad faith decided to say that CO2 causes warming when it was warming which causes CO2 levels to rise. This is direct Soviet propaganda


23 posted on 05/07/2018 10:03:35 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So those luxury passengers on Emirates and the like who practically have a private room are where on that scale?

9 times the carbon footprint of coach. The only time I've flown first class internationally was a short hop from Phuket to Bangkok on 747. I got a free upgrade somehow.

It was only an hour, but it was great!


24 posted on 05/07/2018 10:06:47 AM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: Simon Green

I was thinking “business class” meant three hops instead of one non-stop flight.

Something I like to think about once in a while for grins:

There are at least 500,000 people flying RIGHT NOW.

https://www.quora.com/How-many-people-are-in-the-air-flying-at-any-given-time


25 posted on 05/07/2018 10:14:55 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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”… four times more than previously believed, new research says."

Since they got politically correct global warming badly wrong the first time, who cares what they say now?

26 posted on 05/07/2018 10:16:40 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: rktman

I wonder when these fools will go after CO2 shielded arc welding.


27 posted on 05/07/2018 10:17:32 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: existentially_kuffer

Soda pop? Beer?


28 posted on 05/07/2018 10:20:15 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Next big Liberal push, banning meat! After all cattle farts are a major source of Methane. These worthless turds would probably kill all animals if they had a chance, when all they really need to do to “save the planet,” is kill themselves!


29 posted on 05/07/2018 10:27:05 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: rktman

OK, then. Stop traveling and giving your money to these people in other countries. Also, no more foreign aid or military aid.. I hope they’d like that. Losers.


30 posted on 05/07/2018 10:27:49 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: rktman

Yup! The stupidity of purity!


31 posted on 05/07/2018 10:33:37 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: vette6387
Next big Liberal push, banning meat!

Here Comes the Meat Tax

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/12/should-meat-cost-more-than-gold/548264/

...The person who eats 400 pounds of animal meat every year is treading on the environment for others, and so a meat tax could be implemented as a matter of protecting personal liberty. Eating that way wouldn’t be illegal, but people who choose to do it would have to pay for the imposition of their choices on others.

32 posted on 05/07/2018 10:43:20 AM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: rktman

Gee what about the carbon footprint of the mass migrations of illegal immigrants?


33 posted on 05/07/2018 10:43:29 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: rktman

I get a tickle out of those complaining about the bottle water on a cruise ship.


34 posted on 05/07/2018 11:12:15 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: DugwayDuke
We used to make our own fresh water when I was in the Navy. 😹
35 posted on 05/07/2018 11:17:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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rktman wrote: "We used to make our own fresh water when I was in the Navy. 😹" Many people often question the quality of the water on a cruise ship because "it's recycled". I truly enjoy the look on their face when I point out all water is 'recycled'.
36 posted on 05/07/2018 11:26:45 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: DugwayDuke

Where do the add the salt for ocean water?


37 posted on 05/07/2018 11:30:42 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

“...study says....”. “...research says...”
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Blah....blah....blah....blah. Same old, same old.


38 posted on 05/07/2018 11:39:51 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: rktman

Well let’s keep the mexicans out...


39 posted on 05/07/2018 11:40:20 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: rktman

Good. Don’t let any more educ. visas and H-1Bs into the country.


40 posted on 05/07/2018 12:11:04 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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