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• • 13 Apr 07
  • 9:17 am

  Kuya wrote: A buddy of mine (a chemistry teacher) recently brought up another question related to this that I had never heard of. It has to do with methane in deep ocean trenches which, he said, could be liberated into the atmosphere if oceanic temperatures were to elevate beyond some small amount. I have not yet taken the time to look up much about his concern, but one thing I’ll also have to check out is his assertion that methane holds much more heat per volume than carbon dioxide. Any chemists out there who can shed some light? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, that …

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• • 13 Apr 07
  • 10:02 am

  Just my 2p on the issue of GW: Considering car emissions, take Amsterdam (I live there) - one of the most bicycle friendly cities in the world. There is no reason for driving car here. You will arrive later than me on my bicycle (traffic is severe, the city is relatively old and does not have the convenient orthogonal shape of most American cities), you will pay a fortune for a parking place and you cannot have a beer. Where is the fun in that? I work 50 miles from A'dam and travel every day by train. The public transport network …

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• • 10 Nov 05
  • 5:44 am

  Thanks for the link Jay! It was very entertaining read. I have never seen so much nonsense in my whole life. Wait, maybe the party propaganda of the communist was as bad as this (I am an Eastern European) Amazing! I just do not have the time to make list with all misleading, speculations and lies in this "book". And these were only few pages. Are the views of the author shared by the American government or citizens? I hope not! My favorite bit : " World War II was good, despite the millions of deaths, the limitations on daily lives, …

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