Green House Gases

In a report by the EPA titled US Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks from 1990 to 2004 CO2 emissions rose 19.6%.

Methane actually shrank 9.9% over the same period. The decline was buffered by an increase in "manure management" with an increase of 26.4%, the feeding of our livestock on commercial feeding lots.

N2O also was in decline, giving a 2.1% decrease. "Manure management" increased over the same period of time 8.8% and human sewage emissions increased 24.2%.

HFC, PFCs and SFs discharge increased a whopping 57.5%.

All total the reports indicates there was a 21.1% increase of green house gas emmissions over the measured period of time. No comment is necessary as the facts speak for themselves.

Melting Glaciers

I love ice water! Especially with a little lemon. The rate the ice is melting in Greenland, is not to my like or to the scientists. For the near decade between 1988 and 1996 the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier moved at a rate of 3.1 and 3.7 miles a year. Its now moving at a rate of almost 9 miles an hour. What is contributing to the three fold in movement or melting? What is the effect on the surrounding seawater as all this new ice water flows out to sea? What will be the impact to the sea level is yet to be determined?

An yet many so called experts are telling us there is no such thing as global warming......

What does the real evidence and data support?

For one thing its way too much ice water for me even with a little lemon.

Al Gore

I've never been a fan of the technocrat Al Gore, but i must give him credit for his work on global warming. His recent documentary An Inconvenient Truth will receive the prestigious Humanitas Prize, which honors screenwriting that helps "liberate, enrich and unify society."

My congratulations to Al for his important work.

Carbon

Our hunger for carbon based food and fuels has gone beyond the capacity of our delicate ecosystem to absorb and compensate for the change. In the days to come we'll explore the effect of this on us and on future generations to come.