BBC overheats CO2 demo
06/12/09 22:09 Filed in: Personal
I don't know if you are like me, but I'm always amused by the BBC's almost zealous attempts to push the CO2 Climate Agenda.
Todays little experiment is how the gas CO2 can increase temperatures in an atmosphere.
The link to the video is here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8394168.stm
In the experiment a 3 litre of bottle has it's atmospheric gases replaced by CO2. The outcome, increase in temperatures. Which is all well and good. But to put this in context, CO2 levels as a percentage of Earth's atmosphere is 0.038%.
As the experiment carries on I'm guessing that a good 20-30% of the atmospheric gases in the bottle are being replaced by CO2.
In other words, that would mean our atmosphere would need to be 30%+ CO2.
And she's worried about the temperatures! How about the fact we'd likely die of Oxygen starvation! CO2 is a heavier gas, so the 30% would likely be hanging around all the LIVING areas of the planet. I'm guessing about a few thousand feet here! Everything on land that breathed oxygen would die!
If you put that into context, the temperature issue would be a minor consideration. Talk about not getting your ideas in prospective.
The fact is, this is both a divisive and stupid demo. For climate deniers (not sceptics mind) it's a red flag and to everybody with 1/2 a brain it's the most stupid example of how to con the public. The BBC should be ashamed.
Todays little experiment is how the gas CO2 can increase temperatures in an atmosphere.
The link to the video is here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8394168.stm
In the experiment a 3 litre of bottle has it's atmospheric gases replaced by CO2. The outcome, increase in temperatures. Which is all well and good. But to put this in context, CO2 levels as a percentage of Earth's atmosphere is 0.038%.
As the experiment carries on I'm guessing that a good 20-30% of the atmospheric gases in the bottle are being replaced by CO2.
In other words, that would mean our atmosphere would need to be 30%+ CO2.
And she's worried about the temperatures! How about the fact we'd likely die of Oxygen starvation! CO2 is a heavier gas, so the 30% would likely be hanging around all the LIVING areas of the planet. I'm guessing about a few thousand feet here! Everything on land that breathed oxygen would die!
If you put that into context, the temperature issue would be a minor consideration. Talk about not getting your ideas in prospective.
The fact is, this is both a divisive and stupid demo. For climate deniers (not sceptics mind) it's a red flag and to everybody with 1/2 a brain it's the most stupid example of how to con the public. The BBC should be ashamed.
