tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086848.post5392551183010757537..comments2023-11-20T13:45:09.865-05:00Comments on Oil, be Seeing You: Global Dimming, Global Warming & Peak OilRichard Embletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17461790218807222949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086848.post-7764113642538542252007-09-10T11:41:00.000-04:002007-09-10T11:41:00.000-04:00Excellent summary. I had seen the BBC film and a s...Excellent summary. I had seen the BBC film and a search then led me to your blog. I am putting your link up so my college students can read the story. In the BBC film, I thought the famine in Ethiopia killed 50 million instead of just hundreds of thousands; a small point to us, but significant to them. Thanks for your excellent Post. Dick DaltonDick Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277763609117133859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086848.post-6667665225066697062007-06-09T13:24:00.000-04:002007-06-09T13:24:00.000-04:00It seems to me that diffused lighting causing enha...It seems to me that diffused lighting causing enhanced sub-canopy photosynthesis is not going to affect fully-exposed crops by varying, as the light input for these crops should remain constant at ground level. Or do I have this wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086848.post-84511915972769530622007-06-01T06:06:00.000-04:002007-06-01T06:06:00.000-04:00Bonjour everybody,Well, I did write an article abo...Bonjour everybody,<BR/><BR/>Well, I did write an article about "global dimming". However, yours is by far more complete. Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>GeorgGeorghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31086848.post-57483793110093950952007-05-19T12:59:00.000-04:002007-05-19T12:59:00.000-04:00I have read about global dimming in the past. In ...I have read about global dimming in the past. In 1816 the earth experienced “the year with no summer”. Ash from volcanic activity the previous year cooled the atmosphere to the point that there was snow in June and crops failed. It was a mini disaster for the people alive at that time. It may sound ridiculous to suggest that humans might be able to control the earth’s temperature but is it possible that we could use airplanes to carry manmade “ash” up to high altitude and inject it into the atmosphere as a way of defeating global warming? I realize that it would take millions (maybe billions of tons) to have any affect but our very survival may be at stake. The payload of a 747 is 140 tons so it would take a large fleet and years of effort. Maybe science could come up with artificial ash that would be more affective than the real stuff so it wouldn’t take as much to do the job. Maybe the artificial ash could be designed to benefit the soil when it falls to the earth like the dust that blows from the Sahara desert and fertilizes the Amazon each year. If all the countries in the world shared in the effort it would spread the cost and create a lot of new jobs. We might need a new discipline in our universities, “Climate Control Engineering”.galewhitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659071647209447583noreply@blogger.com