1) Somehow I missed the "No technical content rule" for the title, but I
will adhere to it in the future.
2) My one liner (see thread below) was a very calculated sentence. You will
notice I used a good chemist "weasel" word - might. I was hoping to spark a
good technical discussion on global warming. This is something that could
affect us all in our jobs (technical) and in our daily lives with our
families. I have made the topic one of my hobbies and am trying to collect
as much information on the subject as possible. And since any human
activity, including the electronics industry, could be contributing to the
phenomena, I thought I would see what I could precipitate.
OK, let me see if I can jump start this again.
I am not even sure I believe in man-made global warming. How's that for a
provocative statement? However, if it does exist, I don't want to leave a
mess for my children and grandchildren. As a result I think we should act
responsibly and do our best to conserve and change our spendthrift ways.
Canada is, I think, the biggest offender on a per capita basis and yet here
we are trying to claim credit for the carbon sink of pre-existing trees!
So, to get to the technical part, assuming mankind can have an actual
effect on the whole process, how do you think that the electronics industry
is contributing, both good and ill to the situation? Diatribes,
suggestions, statements ,etc. gladly accepted, as long as it ties into the
electronics industry.
Let the games begin.
regards,
Bev Christian
Research in Motion
-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: May 4, 2001 5:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Salvage the Aged
Hey Bev,
There ain't no "might" about it according to this article below...ain't
nothing deadlier than a cow fart :^ {
-Steve Gregory-
3/24/00 Canadian Company Tries To Reduce Cattle Flatulence For Environment
CALGARY, Alberta (http://www.nandotimes.com) - It sounds like a joke, but a
Canadian electric company insists an agreement signed Thursday to reduce cow
flatulence - a source of one of the greenhouse gases that cause global
warming - is no laughing matter. TransAlta, Canada's largest private power
provider, said it has reached the multimillion-dollar agreement with Global
Livestock Group, a U.S. company, to produce a feed supplement for cattle in
Uganda that would reduce their belching and flatulence.
Sprayed on the cattle's hay and feed, the supplement would ease the animals'
digestion to minimize expulsions of methane gas and produce more and better
meat and milk, according to TransAlta. If successful, the decrease in
methane
gas expelled would be equivalent to 30 million tons of carbon dioxide,
company spokesman Tim Richter contended.
"People tend to snicker at the obvious joke, but when they look at the size
of the emissions we're talking about here, they say, `Wow, that's a lot,"'
Richter said from Vancouver, where the announcement was made at an
international environmental business conference.
Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in the
atmosphere and are believed to contribute to global warming. They are
largely
produced from burning oil, coal and gas.
TransAlta has pursued the deal as part of its strategy to reduce its
greenhouse gas emissions to a net equivalent of zero by 2024. Though the
company's plants will still produce gases, they will be offset by
eliminating
an equivalent amount of gases elsewhere through the Uganda deal and other
planned projects. TransAlta operates power plants in Alberta and has
holdings
in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
The agreement is the type envisioned by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an
international treaty for industrialized nations to reduce the amount of
greenhouse gas emissions to pre-1990 levels by the year 2012.
The protocol, which still requires ratification, includes a proposal
allowing
companies to continue producing a higher level of greenhouse gases by
gaining
"credits" through projects reducing emissions elsewhere. Environmental
groups
question the validity of the strategy.
> They also might contribute to global warming. :)
>
> Bev
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Engelmaier [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: May 4, 2001 4:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Salvage the Aged
>
>
> Hi Bernie, Brian, and other 'Old Farts" Collectively,
> Many of us are kicking quite well, thank you very much. I play golf 4
times
> a
> week and play tennis twice---if I am not too (much too busy for my taste)
> busy with work which lately I am. When my company down-sized, I grabbed
the
> opportunity of the Early Retirement package offered--the people too young
> for
> it felt discriminated against--and started consulting; surely one of my
> better decisions.
> Bernie, don't let those Senior Moments get to you.
> Brian, lay off the beans; besides the obvious effect, they also give you
> gout.
>
> Werner Engelmaier
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