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Old April 25th 05, 10:11 AM
Fred J. McCall
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"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:

:A number of volcanic eruptions will result in a large quantity of material
:in the atmosphere. This material will reflect some energy from the sun back
:into space resulting in a global reduction of temperature. Essentially the
:same process referred to as "Nuclear Winter" except with a natural
:initiation process instead of "Nuclear Doomsday".

'Nuclear Winter', of course, being essentially a fraud (the numbers
used were fudged by an order of magnitude to make it come out the way
the proponents wanted it to).

Given that, it's going to take a hell of a lot of volcanoes to get a
change of more than a degree or two lasting more than a year or two
(which I think is pretty much the record for volcanic effects to
date).


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Old April 25th 05, 04:11 PM
Ralph Nesbitt
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"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:

:A number of volcanic eruptions will result in a large quantity of

material
:in the atmosphere. This material will reflect some energy from the sun

back
:into space resulting in a global reduction of temperature. Essentially

the
:same process referred to as "Nuclear Winter" except with a natural
:initiation process instead of "Nuclear Doomsday".

'Nuclear Winter', of course, being essentially a fraud (the numbers
used were fudged by an order of magnitude to make it come out the way
the proponents wanted it to).

Given that, it's going to take a hell of a lot of volcanoes to get a
change of more than a degree or two lasting more than a year or two
(which I think is pretty much the record for volcanic effects to
date).

I used the "Nuclear Winter" analogy because it is a commonly known
phenomena.

A volcanic event with a VEI of 6, 7, or 8 will most likely affect world wide
weather conditions. See:
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/eruption_scale.html
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truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
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Ralph Nesbitt


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Old May 2nd 05, 03:52 PM
Fred J. McCall
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"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:

:
:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
.. .
: "Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:
:
: :A number of volcanic eruptions will result in a large quantity of
:material
: :in the atmosphere. This material will reflect some energy from the sun back
: :into space resulting in a global reduction of temperature. Essentially the
: :same process referred to as "Nuclear Winter" except with a natural
: :initiation process instead of "Nuclear Doomsday".
:
: 'Nuclear Winter', of course, being essentially a fraud (the numbers
: used were fudged by an order of magnitude to make it come out the way
: the proponents wanted it to).
:
: Given that, it's going to take a hell of a lot of volcanoes to get a
: change of more than a degree or two lasting more than a year or two
: (which I think is pretty much the record for volcanic effects to
: date).
:
:I used the "Nuclear Winter" analogy because it is a commonly known
henomena.
:
:A volcanic event with a VEI of 6, 7, or 8 will most likely affect world wide
:weather conditions. See:
:http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/eruption_scale.html

Nothing there that talks about weather effects. It merely defines the
scale.

Since there have been 6 and 7 eruptions in recorded history, whatever
effect they have on "world wide weather conditions" is known, minor,
and transient.

All the nuclear weapons in the world are not enough to create 'Nuclear
Winter', by the way. The authors cheated the numbers.

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"Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
-- Thomas Jefferson
 




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