NATURAL GAS - A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE and JAMES E TAYLOR ECO-TERRORIST

THE EPA AND THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY CLAIM 1 TO 3% RATES OF LEAKAGE
President Obama and his environmental advisers touted natural gas as a "bridge energy source far cleaner than coal" and readily available in the shale formations in the US as the answer to the problem of weaning us off of Oil and Coal into a future of solar, wind, biomass, geo thermal, and hydrogen energy sources. This optimism spawned a massive upsurge in drilling and fracking for natural gas.

IMAGE of the UNITA BASIN Fracking Sites

The caution in this has been tied to the proposition that natural gas or methane would be contained and not allowed to leak into the atmosphere in amounts under 3% of the total gas being trapped and put into the nationwide system of pipes and transfer stations ending up at the consumers residence or business. The EPA has "guessed" from mainly using industry information, that the leakage total was less than 2%. That estimate is now seriously in question.

This weeks edition of YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY Episode 6 shows the actual testing for leaks in Colorado, Utah and Los Angeles and gives us an up front first hand view of leakage from 11% in Colorado to 17% in Los Angeles.

The Level of CO2 in the Atmosphere is Increasing

CHARTING THE RISE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.

There are many sources of Carbon Dioxide. It is a gas that occurs naturally - always has. But the burning of fossil fuels produces a Carbon Dioxide that is identifiable as different from say human exhalation.  The systems of the Earth are adept at dealing with the exhalation of Carbon Dioxide and other natural sources - Foliage drinks in CO2 and emits oxygen.  We all know this. We should also know that there are scientific methods of measuring the content of the atmosphere and discriminating between different sources of Carbon Dioxide. 

So is there an increase in CO2 in the Earth's Atmosphere?  Well there should be - there are many more people breathing it out and there are less trees to absorb it - right? More asphalt and buildings where green foliage once existed?  We can see through GOOGLE EARTH the massive clear-cutting in major areas of forest across the planet.  It's interesting to download Google Earth and "fly over" to see for yourself these areas that were once massive forests or jungles now 50% and more decimated by clear-cutting.

North of Vancouver 

Environment 2014 May

by Barry Bozeman

Start here with one of those absolutely BRILLIANT - MUST SEE 10 minutes - that should provide certainty. Concise yet thorough - our skillful models are now revealing undeniable TRUTH.




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Greenland Ice Sheets 

COMMON FACTORS - GREENLAND ICE MELT  2012

The GOOGLE EARTH snipped images below are huge areas - you can do this for yourself - just download GOOGLE EARTH if you don't have it and take your own world journey. These changes can be seen from near Earth orbit. Every tree that is cut diminishes oxygen creation, every tree that is burned contributes to the Carbon pollution, every square mile of white ice that goes diminishes reflection and increases absorption of warmth.   We are in an era where the Earth should be cooling given the Sun cycles and volcanic activity - but we continue to warm as CO2 emissions rise. The only mapping that fits the change is the rise of carbon in the atmosphere and that comes from Man.   97% of Climate Scientists agree this is fact.

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