From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Jul 28 2002 - 17:00:28 MDT
CurtAdams@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/25/02 14:20:07, mlorrey@yahoo.com writes:
>
> >Actually, particulate pollution may be a hidden
> >blessing. Particulates serve a highly useful function
> >in the global warming equation as a coolant,
> >reflecting vast quantities of sunlight away from
> >earth. The recent drifting smoke from forest fires in
> >northern Quebec that smothered the east coast
> >essentially doused a blistering heat wave, dropping
> >temperatures from 95-97 down to the mid 70's in one
> >day.
>
> Particulate pollution kills lots of people. It's not worth
> cooling things off a bit.
Particulate emissions certainly may kill off lots of people (which is
debatable, since there is no demonstrated differences in mortality rates
between those living in homes heated by firewood and those electrically
heated, furthermore, stratospheric particulates certainly kills nobody.)
but only in certain concentrations.
What particular sorts of particulates are involved certainly is
important as well, however, all of this is beyond the point being
discussed. The point is that unrestrained wildfires have been an
important part of global climatological regulation for hundreds of
millions of years. Over the period in question, the 20th century, there
has been a concerted and generally global effort to supress wildfires,
resulting in a distinctive reduction in atmospheric particulate levels
on a global scale, which I have not heard has ever been taken into
effect by the climatological models of the catastrophic proponents.
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