From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Biden's Electric Car Fiasco Is Already Causing An Economic "Bloodbath"
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 14:43:50 -0600
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:14:09 -0800, Alan says...
> Fossil fuels are UNBALANCED CO2 emissions.
Are there fewer or more termites now, since we humans started building houses out of wood?
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Termite Gas Exceeds Smokestack Pollution - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/31/us/termite-gas-exceeds-smokestack-pollution.html
Oct 31, 1982The new estimate for termites is 150 tons. A version of this article appears in print on , Section 1 , Page 25 of the National edition
with the headline: TERMITE GAS EXCEEDS SMOKESTACK POLLUTION .
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Termites Emit 2xs More Co2 Than Humans. Soil Emits 9xs More. Termite ...
https://iowaclimate.org/2018/12/17/termites-emit-2xs-more-co2-than-humans-soil-emits-9xs-more-termite-numbers-soil-area-are-growing/
o CO2 emissions from termites are more than double human emissions from fossil fuels. Image sources: New York Times, 1982, Zimmerman et al., 1982 o
Termite populations have been observed expanding rapidly in recent decades. Image Source: Grace, 2006 Image Source: Buczkowski and Bertelsmeier, 2017
o CO2 emissions from soil is 9 times greater than human CO2?
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A Century Of Human Detritus, Visualized - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/science/biomass-garbage-construction.html
7 days ago - One figure widely quoted by pest control companies: There are 1,000 pounds of termites for every human on Earth. If you like big
numbers, the 2018 report is delicious reading.
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American Cities Face Mass Termite Invasion, Scientists Warn
https://www.newsweek.com/termites-invasive-species-climate-change-american-cities-1895995
May 1, 2024 - Stock image of termites. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "A solitary termite colony, nestled within a small piece of wood, could
clandestinely voyage from the West Indies to your Cannes apartment.
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Termites Love Global Warming So Much That They May Make ... - Sciencealert
https://www.sciencealert.com/termites-love-global-warming-so-much-that-they-may-make-it-worse-says-study
To put this in context, termite activity meant wood blocks near tropical Darwin at the northern edge of Australia decayed more than ten times faster
than those in temperate Tasmania. Our analyses also showed termite consumption of the wood blocks was highest in warm areas with low to intermediate
mean annual rainfall.
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Global Impact Of Termites On The Carbon Cycle And ... - Springer
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-017-3223-9_19
Termites have high biomass in many tropical ecosystems and emit the greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4. They are also recognized as ecosystem engineers,
mediating decomposition and other aspects of soil function. ... Climate changes and land use intensification may cause minor modifications of the
overall distribution of termites, but a more serious ...
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How Much Methane Do Termites Emit? - Pestwhisperer.Com
https://pestwhisperer.com/termites/how-much-methane-do-termites-emit/
Termites are a major source of methane, one of the greenhouse gases, which traps 34-times more heat than carbon dioxide over a century. In recent
years, the contribution of termites to the global methane budget has increased significantly. ... we do not know how much methane termites emit, and
the long-term implications for the global warming ...
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Termites Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Coal Plants
https://garydemar.com/termites-emit-greenhouse-gases-coal-plants/
Termites Emit More Greenhouse Gases than Coal Plants Gary DeMar 2014-12-24. 24 Dec 2014 Gary DeMar. Total ...
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Termites Emit 2xs More Co2 Than Humans. Soil Emits 9xs More. Termite ...
https://notrickszone.com/2018/12/17/termites-emit-2xs-more-co2-than-humans-soil-emits-9xs-more-termite-numbers-soil-area-are-growing/
More termites, more termite wars. I did not know termites were warriors too. the termite overshoot has happened, now termites move to invade new
digs. Nature at work in the termite world increases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, humans are blamed and then become the victims. That's the way
it goes moving west. Life is not fair.
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Firearms-Related Homicides: Democratic vs. Republican Affiliation
THIS IS AN OLD ARTICLE, SO DEMOCRAT GUN CRIME IS MANY TIMES WORSE NOW.
By: Robert Farago
TTAG reader RN writes:
Gun control is a huge American political issue right now (especially right after the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida). Democrats are all about
infringing on Second Amendment rights because of school shootings, gun-related homicides, firearm deaths, and crime rates.
They claim that Republicans and NRA members are mainly responsible for "gun violence", (even when it's DEMOCRATS doing most of the shooting and
klil;ling) and are the reason why "common sense gun reform" laws need to be enacted to restrict firearm ownership.
Like everyone else on TTAG, I had my doubts about their gun deaths claims and decided to crunch some numbers to see which political party's members
commit more firearms murders in the United States.
I began by finding the most recent number of firearms murders (strictly murders, this doesn't include suicides or justifiable homicides).
The .gov source I used: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WISQARS website. I chose the most recent year they had available (2014).
According to the CDC, there were 10,945 murders involving firearms in 2014.
Next, I needed to find an accurate source for murder rates by race. This violent crime stat needs to be broken down by race because each race will
have different murder rates and voting rates, which is important for getting an final product based on political affiliation. The source I used was
the US Department of Justice's homicide report published in 2011. The information contained in this report was averaged from 1980 to 2008. Here are
the murder rates that can be found on the third page of the report:
52.5% were black perpetrators
45.3% were white perpetrators
2.2% were perpetrators of other races
Lastly, I needed to find the political affiliation for these races. The source I used was Cornell University. I chose to use information from the
last presidential election (2012). Here are the voting rates for the Democrats broken down by race:
93% of blacks voted Democrat
39% of whites voted Democrat
67% of everyone else (average of all races other than black/white) voted Democrat
With numbers in hand, I began my calculations. First up was calculating the number of firearms murders by race. There are a few assumptions in this
calculation. For on thing, it assumes that the murder rate from the 1980 to 2008 time period is somewhat correct for 2014 (the year I'm using for
firearm murders). It also assumes that there is a 1:1 victim to perpetrator ratio (we all know that this isn't always true, i.e. mass murders by one
perpetrator, but this is the easiest way to compute this information). Here are my calculations for 2014 firearm murders by race:
5,746.12 firearms murders by blacks (10,945 x.525)