Comments on: Cows, climate change and the high court http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/04/19/cows-climate-change-and-the-high-court/ Global environmental challenges Fri, 24 May 2013 05:55:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: coyotle http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/04/19/cows-climate-change-and-the-high-court/comment-page-1/#comment-348146 coyotle Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:45:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=19756#comment-348146 The only load is the garbage coming out of Justice Scalia's mouth. It would be interesting to see our Supreme court Justice's investment portfolios. Cows and humans are living beings, power plants are not. Burning fossil fuels are not the only way to generate power. JDoddsGW, you have hit on the truth of the matter. Greenhouse gases absorb and retain light(radiation) from the Sun. The Earth's atmosphere can only absorb so much light energy(photons)in any given time period. At some point available light energy for photosynthesis diminishes as agriculture and greenhouse gases increase in the biosphere. The result is climate change/ global warming. An increase in human population means an increase in livestock production and power generation. As most power generation comes from burning fossil fuels it becomes clear that we are producing a double whammy. More livestock generates more methane and CO2. More gas and coal fired electric generators more CO2. The only load is the garbage coming out of Justice Scalia’s mouth. It would be interesting to see our Supreme court Justice’s investment portfolios. Cows and humans are living beings, power plants are not. Burning fossil fuels are not the only way to generate power.

JDoddsGW, you have hit on the truth of the matter. Greenhouse gases absorb and retain light(radiation) from the Sun. The Earth’s atmosphere can only absorb so much light energy(photons)in any given time period. At some point available light energy for photosynthesis diminishes as agriculture and greenhouse gases increase in the biosphere. The result is climate change/ global warming.

An increase in human population means an increase in livestock production and power generation. As most power generation comes from burning fossil fuels it becomes clear that we are producing a double whammy. More livestock generates more methane and CO2. More gas and coal fired electric generators more CO2.

]]> By: primemus http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/04/19/cows-climate-change-and-the-high-court/comment-page-1/#comment-347970 primemus Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:19:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=19756#comment-347970 Wow that sounds like a....www.technocon.org ...Heavy load.. Wow that sounds like a….www.technocon.org …Heavy load..

]]> By: JDoddsGW http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/04/19/cows-climate-change-and-the-high-court/comment-page-1/#comment-347948 JDoddsGW Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:34:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=19756#comment-347948 Grenhouse gases do NOT cause global warming. It is the added energy photon ib the greenhouse effect that causes the warming. Mother Nature adds teh photon. Man doesn't. Grenhouse gases do NOT cause global warming. It is the added energy photon ib the greenhouse effect that causes the warming. Mother Nature adds teh photon. Man doesn’t.

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