Very interesting view, Ken. Thanks for sharing.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Totally OT - Climate Change
> Sunspot cycles play a pretty big role in global climate too. We've just
> gone
> through a substantially long and deep solar minimum. Now that the sun is
> starting to wake up again, we'll see a revitalization of the warming
> trends.
>
> Back when I was a pre-teen tyke, there was an engineer in our church, and
> close friend of my dad, who worked for a major chemical company. His
> specialty was in controling emissions. He built scale models and had years
> of research to back up his claims and designs. His research was very
> evident
> that when you remove the particulate matter from the smoke, the gasses
> became debonded and were free to go up into the atmosphere. In the case of
> CO2, he showed that the gas stayed in contact with the particulate until
> coming in contact with a solvent--a solvent even as mild as water.
>
> So, when the smoke is cleansed by a water or solvent method, the gas is
> freed. If the smoke is allowed to disperse naturally, the particulate will
> return to earth, some of it coming in contact with dry ground, other with
> surface water. When in contact with surface water, the CO2 is absorbed
> into
> the water. When in contact with the ground, raindrops and natural
> processes
> will either absorb the CO2 into the ground or regenerate it into oxegen.
>
> He predicted that with the use of any form of scrubber, either mechanical,
> solvent or electrostatic, which caused the decoupling of the gasses from
> the
> particulate, that the gasses would greatly increase in the atmosphere
> unimpeded as the gasses do not absorb naturally into water particles
> unless
> bonded to another particle. The gasses would not naturally cross the
> membrane. He even presented these findings at hearings back in the early
> '70s when new regulations were being debated. Of course, since he
> represented one of the biggest chemical companies in the country, whatever
> he said was totally dismissed. All that mattered was no visible black
> clouds
> coming from the factories.
>
> If you look at where the hockey-stick really took a turn, you'll see that
> it
> coincides with the massive reduction in particulate emissions.
>
> AG
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