From: "Robert Comer" 

> That's low-hanging fruit for the alarmists Geo., As in, "We can't control
> volcanoes but we have a responsibility to rein in our man-made
> equivalents," all the while conveniently ignoring your actual query...
>  ill-effects>

And what query would that be?  This one "> Do we really know that
it is increasing?"

I answered that message before I read this one.

On the Mt. St. Helens, yes we also know that one wasn't as bad as man made
CO2, but there are volcanoes capable of more, just not ever increasing CO2
like what we are doing. (until oil runs out that is)

--
Bob Comer


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> "Geo"  wrote in message
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>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote
>> in
>> message news:43945909$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>> & the degree to which this is increasing. I find some of
the stats put
>>> out by the oil comps interesting e.g. that we will burn the same amount
>>> of oil etc in the next 30 years as we have up until now.
>>
>> Do we really know that it is increasing? I mean the samples they use and
>> the
>> methods to detect change are good over thousands of years but can they
>> tell
>> the difference between 1920 and 2000?
>>
>> You look at the exhaust from all the cars and trucks across the US, ok
>> now
>> look at the films from Mt Saint Helens and tell me which is more
>> significant
>> because I sure as hell can't tell and never seen anyone do a comparison
>> of
>> auto exhaust vs natural events like that so that we can gauge just how
>> much
>> of an effect we may be having.
>
> That's low-hanging fruit for the alarmists Geo., As in, "We can't control
> volcanoes but we have a responsibility to rein in our man-made
> equivalents," all the while conveniently ignoring your actual query...
>  ill-effects>
>

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