[pp.int.general] PPI Conf - closing airspace

[Charly J]

Wouldn't the effect of the ash only last as long as the particles are  
in the air? Once they dissapate, greenhouse gasses are still there.
On 15 Apr 2010, at 20:34, "Reinier Bakels" <r.bakels at planet.nl> wrote:

> Perhaps we should acknowledge potential far-reaching effects of the  
> present volcano cloud. Volcanic clouds in history have caused more  
> or less significant climate changes. The present cloud may well end,  
> of significantly delay global warming.
>
> Some people anyhow argued that global warming is a hysteria without  
> ground. Leaving aside whether they are right or wrong, reality is  
> that firms have discovered global waring as a major business  
> opportunity. Which was to be exploited by patents. I still remember  
> General Electric people making agressive statements with dollar  
> signs in their eyes in Geneva.
>
> If this business opportunity now collapses due to (yet another)  
> Islandic disaster, a new WW crisis is likely to occur. Like dying  
> stars, the patent system will grow to a red giant, killing all life  
> withing a trillion kilometers, before a white dwarf emerges.
>
> I still recall Christian Engström saying (in a slightly different co 
> ntext): I falling giant can cause a lot of damage ....
>
> reinier
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