Hi Bob.

03-Apr-04 04:32:20, Bob Lawrence wrote to All


 BL> Hi all, I'm confused.

 BL> I thought the planet's greatest pollution problem was carbon
 BL> dioxide in the atmosphere, global warming, rising ocean levels,
 BL> violent weather, constant drought, and failing crops. What we
 BL> need, is a cheap way to lock carbon up, to replace the coal and
 BL> oil we dig up and burn. It's no good switching over to trees...
 BL> they're carbon too. When they rot, they release methane. We need
 BL> to bury the carbon for a thousand years.

yeah, or better turn it into something that won't rot - like charcoal.
and then bury it.

 BL> Now the greens say that we use a billion plastic bags every year,
 BL> which clog up the landfill for a thousand years, so we have to ban
 BL> plastic bags.

 BL> I'm confused. Aren't plastic bags hydrocarbon (plastic) most of
 BL> which is carbon (by weight)?

:) and they won't rot ... it's a start :)

 -=> Bye <=-

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