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發表於 2010-2-16 18:39
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Environment Dihydrogen Monoxide_ the Forgotten Greenhouse Gas
| What about the other greenhouse gases? There are others. Who worries about them? What about all the dihydrogen monoxide from burning fossil fuels? For every ton of carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels, eight hundred to sixteen hundred pounds of dihydrogen monoxide are emitted. Pound-for-pound, dihydrogen monoxide is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, its emission is entirely unregulated. Dihydrogen monoxide is a hazardous compound. The Centers for Disease Control report over four thousand deaths due to dihydrogen monoxide ingestion every year. (None are reported for ingestion of the more regulated carbon dioxide.) It’s found in malignant cancer cells, and in acid rain. Visit for a more complete list of health and environmental issues dihydrogen monoxide is involved in. After years of unregulated release, dihydrogen monoxide has spread throughout the environment. It permeates our soils. It saturates our rivers and streams. Millions of tons of it are dissolved in the planet’s oceans. The biosphere teems with dihydrogen monoxide. Our food supply is contaminated with it. Still dihydrogen monoxide remains unregulated. What will you do to reduce your own “hydrogen footprint”? Yes, dihydrogen monoxide, AKA water, is a potent greenhouse gas. It’s a greenhouse gas and a whole lot more. It makes clouds and rain and snow. It controls our weather. Our incomplete understanding of the physics of water in the atmosphere is the biggest flaw in computer models making carbon dioxide the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. (We cannot predict how carbon dioxide perturbations would affect cloud formation.) Carbon dioxide or not, it’s getting to be time for dinner. Remember, you can always reduce your “hydrogen footprint” by substituting red wine for the dihydrogen monoxide called for in tonight's recipe. |
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遊客 發表於 2010-3-11 20:23