Kyoto is needed for Volcanos...


 


The worst polluter has been discovered. That is not a true statement. The worst polluter is reported. There, that is better and the environmental wackos need to go stop this now. SUV's? Nope, sorry. Man is general is the worst, right? Um, sorry wrong answer. Volcanos:
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) -- Kilauea volcano, one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions, is also by far the state's worst air polluter. Researchers now are trying to determine if that also makes it one of the state's biggest health risks.

Since it began erupting on Jan. 3, 1983, the volcano has been sending an average of 1,000 metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere each day, according to the Hawaii chapter of the American Lung Association.

This is 6,000 times the amount emitted by a major industrial polluter on the mainland, making Kilauea the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide.

The sulfur dioxide from Kilauea reacts with other chemicals in the air to form a hazy, naturally occurring pollution known locally as "vog," or volcanic smog. When the lava enters the ocean, concentrations of hydrochloric acid are also formed...

To think we cause anything near the "pollution" of one volcano, not to mention all of them that are erupting all the time, is just not looking at the facts. The environmentalist are always blaming us, people, when in fact nature, the earth, is a far bigger "polluter" than humans will ever be. And don't get me started on forest fires.

I do like the term 'vog' though.

Posted: Monday - May 16, 2005 at 16:35          

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