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Old 05-10-2013, 04:04 PM   #523
Lamplighter
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Now, with the US stock market topping 15,000, we've set enough records for this week.

National Geographic News
Robert Kunzig
May 9, 2013
Climate Milestone: Earth’s CO2 Level Passes 400 ppm
Greenhouse gas highest since the Pliocene,
when sea levels were higher and the Earth was warmer.

Quote:
An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii has
recorded a long-awaited climate milestone: the amount of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere there has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time
in 55 years of measurement—and probably more than 3 million years of Earth history.

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The fracking natural-gas industry is advertising LNG (methane) as the "cleanest burning fuel"
It burns to almost pure CO2, so:

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLIMATE WARMER

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