On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:47:44 -0500, the infamous "J. Clarke"
scrawled the following:

Leon wrote:
"Chris Friesen" wrote in message
el...
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But every one was burning then not so now, actually few by contrast.

Before we were burning trees, now we burn oil, coal, and gas.

With less polution. I have no polution control device on my
fireplace and I doubt way back when there were any such devices
either. Ther is all kind of polution control devices on oil, coal,
gas, and gasoline burning machines.

None of which affect CO2 emissions in the slightest.

Au contraire, mon ami. I used to do smogs in the Republik of
Kalifornia. Emissions tuning was for more CO2 and less NOX.
Production of sulfur dioxide was a lovely side-effect of catalytic
converters.


From 1850 to 2000, the total energy consumption of the USA
increased by a factor of 50. Of course a large amount of that is
due to population increase, but the per-capita energy consumption
has increased roughly 4x over that period.

So.. much cleaner energy consumption compared to way back when.

Cleaner in what sense? As the US switched from agrarian to modern it
uses 4x as much energy per person. How is that cleaner overall?

what,,,,, 4 times more people using cleaner burning fuels than
wood.....

Cleaner in what sense?

Particulates, CO2, and other toxic gases. Fireplaces are filthy, like
coal, which is the only emitter of radioactivity in the USA.

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