All hail the Cater-Piller

dvaey said :

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks. Just because its of no use to you, it doesnt mean its of no use. Also, you dont have to ‘pump it full of CO2’, the human body produces it naturally, so I guess in a way every breath we take is polluting the atmosphere.

Really? Stick a tree in a room full of CO2 and see what it thinks? I can tell you it won’t like it.

Anyone with an elementary understanding of botany will tell you almost all plants need oxygen in the atmosphere and around their roots for resperation like you or me. CO2 is used in photosynthesis to provide energy for the plant. They don’t ‘breathe’ it.

Wow, picking on an 11 year olds spelling and understanding of mechanics/thermodynamics. I’m starting to get a sense of why kids today have no respect for the know it all “grown ups”.

If no-one else wants to say it, Congratulations Ayami. Let’s hope you don’t cave in to the criticism and negativity and keep thinking outside the box.

HenryBG said :

Thumper said :

Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

Mind sharing any of your tertiary qualifications Henry?

Luckily, I’m not out on a limb contradicting the relevant subject-matter experts by trying to share kook opinions about that laws of physics, so my qualifications aren’t relevant.

It’s very simple: CO2 is more opaque to radiation in certain wavelengths.
Those wavelengths happen to match the wavelengths of solar radiation that is bouncing back off the earth and radiating back out towards space.
CO2 therefore captures heat that would otherwise leave our planet.
This is what we call a “greenhouse gas”.
More “greenhouse gas” means more heat.
More heat means changing climate, melting ice and elevated sea levels.

You don’t need a degree to understand that. I’m sure even high school drop-outs wouldn’t have too much trouble with it. Begs the question though, what’s wrong with Dvaey and Thumper, to name just two.

You can get onto the CSIRO and BoM websites and find all this stuff out for yourselves instead of believing the crap you read in the paper.

So I take it that your answer is, well, none?

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I think this is Jim Jones’ cue for his line,

Let me get this straight – You don’t want to call CO2 “pollution”, therefore global warming isn’t happening?

Thumper said :

Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

Mind sharing any of your tertiary qualifications Henry?

Luckily, I’m not out on a limb contradicting the relevant subject-matter experts by trying to share kook opinions about that laws of physics, so my qualifications aren’t relevant.

It’s very simple: CO2 is more opaque to radiation in certain wavelengths.
Those wavelengths happen to match the wavelengths of solar radiation that is bouncing back off the earth and radiating back out towards space.
CO2 therefore captures heat that would otherwise leave our planet.
This is what we call a “greenhouse gas”.
More “greenhouse gas” means more heat.
More heat means changing climate, melting ice and elevated sea levels.

You don’t need a degree to understand that. I’m sure even high school drop-outs wouldn’t have too much trouble with it. Begs the question though, what’s wrong with Dvaey and Thumper, to name just two.

You can get onto the CSIRO and BoM websites and find all this stuff out for yourselves instead of believing the crap you read in the paper.

jase! said :

that kid is going to be sad when they learn about the laws of thermodynamics. wheels that generate power? roflcopter

She might be referring to regenerative braking.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-parts/brakes/brake-types/regenerative-braking.htm

poetix said :

SnapperJack said :

Gee, the shoving of green propaganda down the throats of schoolkids is working. A pity they’re not teaching spelling anymore (“inshore”).

Ayami is eleven years old and has lots of time to learn how to spell ensure (or insure). At least this shows it was the student’s own work. There is clearly imagination and original thought behind this illustration.

Despite shoving propaganda down their throats, they’re still capable of original thought. It’s even worse than we feared! It must be stopped!

Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

Mind sharing any of your tertiary qualifications Henry?

dvaey said :

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks.

I’d say a species that has evolved in an environment with around 290ppm CO2 would be fairly upset if you inflicted a vastly increased concentration of CO2 on it.

Do I detect in your comment that you have the strange idea that this might not be the case?
Mind sharing with us what your qualifications in chemistry and/or biology might be, and where we might find your funny ideas published so we can check that the ideas you are trying to spread here have some sort of firm base in fact?

that kid is going to be sad when they learn about the laws of thermodynamics. wheels that generate power? roflcopter

How ’bout that air condishing?

poetix said :

I wonder if it converts to a butterfly when necessary? The detail is impressive; note the antennae allow for free wifi. It’s great that it will be on the back of a bus too.

Buses in NZL already have free wifi on their buses. We are so behind.

Lazy I said :

Jethro said :

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Interesting way to define pollution.

Go stand in an airtight room and fill it with water.

The point was anything that exists in excessive amounts so as to throw out the natural balance is pollution.

Jethro said :

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Put a tree in there and see what it thinks. Just because its of no use to you, it doesnt mean its of no use. Also, you dont have to ‘pump it full of CO2’, the human body produces it naturally, so I guess in a way every breath we take is polluting the atmosphere.

Jethro said :

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

Interesting way to define pollution.

Go stand in an airtight room and fill it with water.

shauno said :

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

I’ll tell you want. Go stand in an airtight room and pump it full of CO2. Then let me know how you feel about your statement.

I (genuinely) wish I could draw that well.

It has a fish wind sock.

Therefore it is totally awesome.

HenryBG said :

Lazy I said :

Looks like the relentless ‘green’ indoctrination in our school system is coming up with results!

Yeah, what’s not to love about pollution?

Yeah but CO2 is not pollution remember that or do you believe the spin.

It’s great to see that the Cater-Piller has wi-fi. Hopefully it is free.