From: Loran <loran@invalid.net>
Newsgroups: can.politics,sci.environment,alt.global-warming
Subject: Re: Argentina's Cold May
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:21:41 -0600
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Dhu on Gate wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:12:09 -0600, Loran wrote:
>
>> Dhu on Gate wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:58:07 -0600, Loran wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Why? Sulfur is bad for jet engines. In the combustion chamber sulfuric
>>>> compounds become sulfuric acid (similar to how some cities used to get
>>>> acid rain). That extremely hot acid is then flung against the 1st
>>>> stage turbine stator and 1st stage turbine wheel (aka some of the most
>>>> expensive parts in a modern turbine engine).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> They're moving to composite ceramics instead of metals in jet engines,
>>
>> The bulk of the commercail aviation fleet is still traditional engines.
>>
>>> and anyways there's as much energy in sulphur as in carbon ;-)
>>>
>>> Dhu (goodbye, Carbon Monoxide, hello, sulphur dioxide! The air ., ., .,
>>> is everywhere!)
>>
>> So2 is bad news bro.
>>
>> They're going to exacerbate the next ice age (already in progress) and
>> kill lots of lung tissue off:
>>
>> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27565714/
>>
>> Inhalation of high concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) affects the
>> lungs and can be immediately dangerous to life. We examined the
>> development of acute and long-term effects after exposure of SO2 in
>> Sprague-Dawley rats, in particular inflammatory responses, airway
>> hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and lung fibrosis. Animals were subjected to a
>> single exposure of 2200ppm SO2 during 10min and treated with a single
>> dose of the anti-inflammatory corticosteroid dexamethasone 1h following
>> exposure. Exposed rats showed labored breathing, decreased body-weight
>> and an acute inflammation with neutrophil and macrophage airway
>> infiltrates 5h post exposure. The acute effects were characterized by
>> bronchial damage restricted to the larger bronchi with widespread
>> injured mucosal epithelial lining. Rats displayed hyperreactive airways
>> 24h after exposure as indicated by increased methacholine-induced
>> respiratory resistance. The inflammatory infiltrates remained in lung
>> tissue for at least 14 days but at the late time-point the dominating
>> granulocyte types had changed from neutrophils to eosinophils.
>
> The quantities needed to effect solar reflection in the UPPER ATMOSPHERE
> are _vastly_lower_ than what comes outta Kilauea on a good day.
>
> Dhu
>
>
One forcing reaches the dreaded "tipping point" the ice will win out.