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Very interesting topic, weather change, I have two points to add to the mixture of considerations.
1) Dr Charles Hapgood theories, Frankly many I have read most of his theories…which i frankly believe to be correct but against the conventional….acceptance of earth history. If he is correct which, I believe…than to make old Wanka happy PARTY on….
2)I think also: Human activity daily burns approx. 90 plus million barrels of oil per day.. The energy in one barrel of oil contains about six gigajoules of energy. That’s six billion joules or 1667 kilowatt-hours. Ok…let’s think about the equivalent. I am certain this may give you a better picture , maybe
Sit a reasonably healthy male adult – let’s call him a young Frostbite – on an exercise bike wired to an efficient generator, and he can produce 100 watts for you an hour. So after Frosty has pedaled an hour he’s produced 100 watt hours of energy, or 1/10 of a kw-hour.
Still confused?
Frosty, likes working , so let’s ask him to pedal long enough to produce the same energy as that in a barrel of oil, 1667 kw-hours. Easy to figure. 1667 divided by 1/10, or to say it another way, 1,667 X 10, or 16,667 hours of pedaling. That’s 417 weeks. Frosty, loved pedaling that bike, because he never takes a vacation. Frosty will have pedaled enough to produce the energy in a barrel of oil in 417 weeks divided by 52 = 8.01 years. Congress has cooperated with you during this entire adventure and kept the minimum wage stable at $10.00 per hour, ( slave wages but I did not say i would do this for free, smile)) so your energy equivalent from a very tried Frosty will cost you only $10 X 16,667 = $166,670.
Start to see the big picture…..when this stuff is all gone….we all go back to horse and ox?
So what does this have to do with weather, or the global environment? Heat and CO2 and MORE
Another reality… Oil accounts for 33 percent of all the energy consumed in the world in 2013. Globally, oil demand is about 91.3 million bpd….think about this….
Maddog mentioned starting an SUV…one human one SUV…how many humans are needed to …you all think about that.
Secondly there are how many humans enjoying “above ground life” daily? My reference states about 7.3 billion. This number is open to review. In 1350 after the black death there was approx. 370 million. Just windows to look through….because the energy era was just recent in the big picture.
Another point, natural activity of a volcano ..I am certain someone will mention this too.
My point…..to suggest that we as a collective are not changing or adding to “something” would be naive…
Will it really matter is the best question? What if you go full circle with Charlie’s idea of pole change…
In conclusion not to make this too long to read….I would suggest just being a good global citizen is the best anyone can achieve . Government cannot achieves this, you, as one can only do this well. I am certain i lost most back when i was pedaling, grin.
Additionally….Wanka…when you were not well…I actually prayed for you…you old buzzard. LOL
For those questioning young Frosty….evidently a Olympian can do 250 watt hour but not for long…GRIN
old frosty would be steady has he goes…