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Geoff Layhe <[log in to unmask]>
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> From:         Dieselberg, Ron[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     TechNet E-Mail Forum.;Dieselberg, Ron
> Sent:         15 March 2000 13:14
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [TN] VOC legislation
>
> Same as speed of light only less bright (brite)!
> Or -186,000 ft/sec whichever you like.
>
> Q. Which is more important, the Sun or the Moon?
> A. If you said Sun you were wrong. The Moon is more important 'cuz it
> shines
> at night when it is dark, whereas the Sun shines in the daytime when it is
> light anyway.
> Ron Dieselberg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ingemar Hernefjord (EMW)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 06:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
>
>
> However, THIS is a very severe question to you guys: all speak about the
> speed of light. And all know what, even the man with the hanging tongue
> and
> Noble Prize. But nobody speak about the speed of dark! So, what's speed of
> dark?
>
> Ingemar
>
>
> Subject: Re: [TN] VOC legislation
>
>
> Yes, but it makes life more interesting :-)
>
> "Ingemar Hernefjord (EMW)" wrote:
>
> > I like the way TechNet members can camouflage electronic technical
> questions..he-he
> > Ingemar
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > I'm not sure what exactly is the biggest contributor of CH4, there are
> so
> many large sources.
> > Whereas the termite is one, I doubt whether it is even one of the
> largest.
> I suspect that it may
> > be the myriad leaks along HP natural gas pipelines, but in terms of
> nature, I'll plump for the
> > anaerobic decomposition of vegetable matter, esp. in wetlands, stagnant
> water, rainforest floors,
> > etc. In fact this includes the termite: as he chews the wood, he digests
> a
> very small percentage
> > of it and the rest passes out where it decomposes to produce the stuff.
> Similarly, much kelp and
> > other sea vegetation decomposes on the sea bed. Interestingly, studies
> have shown that, when the
> > Amazonian rainforest is slashed and burnt and then converted to cattle
> farming, the methane
> > production per hectare actually increases. This is because only a small
> percentage of the cycle of
> > vegetation decomposes anaerobically -  most of it is destroyed
> aerobically
> by microfungi,
> > producing essentially CO2 and H2O.
> >
> > As for the contribution to global warming by canned baked beans ...
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Michael Fenner wrote:
> >
> > > Well, thank you for that thought...
> > >
> > > I understand though that the biggest contributor of methane to the
> world
> is the humble termite
> > > on account of the fact that there are so many of them.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > > So yes, Mike, we must never forget that a large proportion of VOCs
> can
> > > > be from natural causes.....animal farts...
> > > >
> > > > ....ammonia from pig farms and other animal breeding not to forget..
> imagine what tens of
> > > millions of those animals generate each hour...latest reports say
> ammonia is a real O3
> > > killer....//Ingemar
> > >
> >
>
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