Sunday, November 29, 2009

ol' sara p. has been examining the 'heat up of the globe' since we used many meteorologists in the past trying to figure smelter emission correlations with particulates in Tucson & Phoenix. Turned out that the best correlation was "double stamp day"! you youngsters probably don't remember that green stamp marketing effort. anyway, double stamp day was tuesday in tucson & tours in phoenix. accordingly, that was the period particulate emissions was highest for each city, respectively. the particulate source was autos; not copper smelters. we won the science but lost the war and shut all the smelters down.
which brings ol' sara to the 'global warming' debate. if some of you have the time (10 minutes), google "unstoppable solar cycles' on youtube. not all the answers, but something to THINK about rather than RANT about.

2 comments:

Baxter said...

It is amazing how a bunch of amateurs want to argue with the scientific community. The skeptics complaints are political, not scientific. One guy uses the word "trick" in an email and look what follows. It exposes the right wing as a bunch of hungry sharks just waiting for even the smallest drop of blood in the water.

I am not going to argue the science - I am not qualified (just like my co-bloggers).

terry said...

Table 1. Emissions from Copper Smelting
(milligrams per normal cubic meter)
Parameter Maximum value
Sulfur dioxide 1,000
Arsenic 0.5
Cadmium 0.05
Copper 1
Lead 0.2
Mercury 0.05
Particulates, smelter 20
Particulates, other sources 50

I don't know the science but just looked this up, doesn't look like it's nothing