The Power of Nature

How many carbon credits do will the protelariat be forced to purchase to render this one explosion ‘carbon neutral’??

BTW – that is one hell of a photo!

“Pumping out more pollutants than all the cars on the planet, the Chaiten volcano in Chile puts on quite a show!” — Mikes America

And it is not the only one, either!

Nyiragongo, an African volcano, isn’t even erupting yet, which is a good thing for the thousands who live on or near it. But what does the NOVA documentary Volcano Under the City say about it?

NARRATOR: And Nyiragongo is producing more [Sulfur Dioxide (alleged "cause" of "acid rain"] than any place in the world, up to 50,000 tons per day. That’s more than the amount produced by all power plants, factories and cars in the United States.

It’s so incredibly arrogant of humanity to think we could be the cause of such problems, and the height of arrogance to think we could in any way control them. When they can stop a hurricane by blowing against the wind, then I may take them seriously. Till then, fuggetaboutit!

Awesome photo, M.A.!

As i was trying to think of something witty to post, i lost my mind. That was an amazing photo, very pretty, and magical. So i was wondering if they are going to fine the Chilian government for pollution, toxins in the air, that kind of crap.

That is an incredible photo on several levels; thanks for sharing it Mike. Talk about a combination of power and beauty! Since my teen years I’ve always been fascinated by lightning, and this tops almost any storm I’ve ever witnessed. The amount of ash and carbon dioxide pumped into the air by this one volcano does indeed boggle the mind. Were any of our readers here close enough to Mount St. Helens when it blew to feel some of its direct effects I wonder?

“Were any of our readers here close enough to Mount St. Helens when it blew to feel some of its direct effects I wonder?..”

Yeah, I’ve lived in the liberal wonderland of Portland, Oregon for 41 years. I was 14 when Mt St Helens blew. It was a beautiful May 18th, 1980 day — ironically, this May has been one of the coldest and cloudiest I’ve ever felt — and all you could see to the north was a mass of ash. Almost all the ejecta and ash went north, which spared Portland any real damage. You could feel some serious tremors, though. That was pretty cool.

If any one gets a chance, go up and see the National Monument. It’s amazing what kind of damage such a relatively small eruption can do.

Great photo! Very cool.

But you are wrong. Not only is this false, it couldn’t possibly be true given the CO2 record from any of the dozens of sampling stations around the globe. If it were true that individual volcanic eruptions dominated human emissions and were causing the rise in CO2 concentrations, then these CO2 records would be full of spikes — one for each eruption. Instead, such records show a smooth and regular trend.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Carbon_Dioxide_Gallery

The fact of the matter is, the sum total of all CO2 out-gassed by active volcanoes amounts to about 1/150th of anthropogenic emissions.

You all need to get over making this a conservative/liberal battle. It’s not. It’s pure survival. If you are wrong, then we are totally screwed and there is not going “oops”.

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane” – Marcus Aurelius

Poor Jim.

Smacked down with the facts again:

Global Warming Petition Project

“There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the forseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.”

31,072 American scientists have signed this petition,
including 9,021 with PhDs

4,000 Scientists Sign the Heidelberg Appeal

U.S. Senate Report: Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man-Made Global Warming Claims in 2007

Senate Report Debunks “Consensus”

“There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition.”
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT

It’s a choice between highly educated, experienced, and able scientists and “Jim” the uninformed occasional “sky is falling” commentator here at Flopping Aces.

So, who am I going to believe?

Not difficult to choose wisely here.