[Coral-List] Two news stories about coral reefs

Paul Sammarco psammarco at lumcon.edu
Tue Aug 23 16:39:21 EDT 2016


Dear Ruben,

 

Thanks for that.  Do you have the percentages for power plants?  

 

Cheers,

 

Paul

 

Paul W. Sammarco, Ph.D.

Professor

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Chauvin, LA  70344-2110

 

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From: Ruben van Hooidonk [mailto:ruben.van.hooidonk at noaa.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 1:47 PM
To: psammarco at lumcon.edu
Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Two news stories about coral reefs

 





To put things in perspective:

The contribution of aircraft to global CO2 emissions has been estimated at around 2%, the cement industry at 5%. Meat and dairy production at 18%. 









http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviation/index.htm

 

http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/09/emissions-from-the-cement-industry/

 

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/climatechange/doc/FAO%20report%20executive%20summary.pdf

 


On Aug 23, 2016, at 11:23, Paul Sammarco <psammarco at lumcon.edu <mailto:psammarco at lumcon.edu> > wrote:

Dear Folks,

This is basically correct.  One of the largest consumers and combusters of
petroleum hydrocarbons is our jet fleets throughout the world.  The CO2
mentioned below is released primarily in the upper atmosphere - at
25,000-35,000 ft or so.  

Cheers, 

Paul

Paul W. Sammarco, Ph.D.
Professor
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
8124 Hwy. 56
Chauvin, LA  70344-2110

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Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Two news stories about coral reefs

Number 1 should be, stop flying in commercial jets from all over the world,
emitting tonnes of co2 to see the reef.



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On Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com <mailto:douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> >, 18 Aug 2016 19:24 wrote:

Five things we can do right now to save the Great Barrier Reef

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2016/jun/13/five-th
ings-we-can-do-right-now-to-save-the-great-barrier-reef

The coral die-off crisis is a climate crime, and Exxon fired the gun.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/17/the-
coral-die-off-crisis-is-a-climate-and-exxon-fired-the-gun?CMP=share_btn_tw


Cheers,  Doug


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