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Readers split on global warming
While a slight
majority of
the 200 or so
respondents
to our climate
change poll
insisted the
very notion of large-scale world
climate shifts was little more than a
hoax, the split between readers was
dramatized in their commentary.
"One volcano belching like
a redneck at the saloon on a
Saturday night puts more sulfur
dioxide, ash and carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere than all the
internal combustion engines on
the planet," wrote Henry Frapp.
"Not only that, but even if 'global
warming' exists, it's only a part of
the earth's natural climactic cycles,
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and humans have no effect."
Another commenter countered
the notion with a link to a report
from the American Geophysical
It's real, and we need
Union. The report's headline:
to cut emissions as
fast as possible
"Human activities emit way more
to combat it
carbon dioxide than do volcanoes."
It's a hoax
Annual volcanic carbon dioxide
It's real, but
burning fossil
emissions were estimated to be
fuels isn't the
a small fraction of the humanprimary cause
produced emissions in 2010,
about 35 billion metric tons.
I don't
I'm uncertain/
Even super-eruptions – the last
care
don't know
of which is estimated to have
This poll followed news from Capitol Hill
occurred in Indonesia 74,000
about a potential carbon tax. The report
years ago – are estimated by scisuggested those involved in fossil fuelentists to emit slightly less or an
intensive industries such as trucking could
equivalent amount of greenhouse be hit hard by a carbon tax. One proposed
offset was an income tax cut. Search
gases into the atmosphere com"carbon tax" on OverdriveOnline.com to
pared to annual human-activitysee the story and access a Congressional
Budget Office report on the subject.
borne CO2.
How do you view
climate change?
17%
55%
2%
24%
2%
Sharing highway delay info
Where's Overdrive's audience? Midmorning CT May 17, drivers responding
to a post on Facebook asking simply for
a 10-20 were all over the map, as you
can see by these locations they shared.
We'd like you to help us improve national coverage of traffic tie-ups beyond
expected rush-hour traffic to include situations such as emergencies and ongoing
construction.
See something worth sharing widely? Get to
a safe spot and let us know via facebook.com/
OverdriveTrucking or the @OverdriveUpdate Twitter
feed. Include detail, such as route, milemarker and
state. Scan the QR to pull up our Facebook page and
check for updates.
Watch for our Hot Button questions and have your political voice heard at:
"Paper mill in Panama City, Fla. Sitting here
with about 200 other log trucks. Going to be a
loooonnnng Friday!"
– Casey Sanders, in response to our May 17
Facebook query, "10-20, drivers?"
Facebook.com/OverdriveTrucking
@OverdriveUpdate
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