Ohhhh, Boyyyy! Where's this going to go next. "Solar wind wipes out entire
planetary system?"
Personally, I subscribe to the large meteorite theory (large meteorite, not
large theory) - I can't think of a better explanation for why in the frozen
wastes of the North, mamoths, etc, have been found deep frozen with fresh
food in their mouths, and the frozen plant life being that only found in
tropical or temperate zones. Something very catastrophic happened to push
these places from tropical/temperate zones into arctic and antarctic
regions, suddenly enough to deep freeze mamoths in mid-lunch, and a huge
meteorite (for which there is geological evidence) seems the most
plausible. If it broke through the earth's crust, the effect would be
similar to that of throwing a large rock into a pool of water - the strong
ripples from the outward dissipation of energy would push anything on the
surface (islands, continents, etc.) to new locations from those they
occupied pre-splash.
Nothing to do with electronics technology, of course, but a diversion.
Pete Duncan
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"Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:
> 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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