I just wanted to quickly introduce this to you. It's a Map of the Global Ocean currents, and only the Major Major ones. El Nine and El Nino.. are not present here for example.People hear, " OMG ! the polar ice caps are melting!! run from the coast "... not exactly, but yes in way. However : as fresh water ice caps melt, and yes they are melting, the salinity of the water in that area changes, this in turn affects the density of such water. So cold sinking waters, are not warming as they once were, and warm waters are cooling. Odd weather patterns and wind patterns are occurring, related to this phenomenon.
I've always known that vehicle emissions were bad. This realization and the learning of it came ever so shocking from a friend of mine, who when we were younger, his Dad committed suicide by running a hose from his tailpipe, into the car window, then asphyxiating and killing himself in their garage. Tragic no doubt for my friend, but still a 'learned something new' experience for me, albeit morbid.
Time went on and occasionally I would hear of these 'types' of events. I learned about Carbon Monoxide Home Monitors, I took chemistry in college and learned about gases, I worked with H2S and SO2 and knew of and about people who were gassed or were in explosions...
Like the person in Ft. McMurray who was running his vehicle inside his closed garage, for whatever reason? However then gassing and killing somebody in the house as the Carbon Monoxide entered the house and asphyxiated an occupant. I believe it may have been two people ? I can't recall for sure...
So what happens when you run the fossil fuel powered vehicle, or Industrial sized Oil Sand plant 'outside' ? Are you aware of just what happens to the Carbon based emissions ?...
come on ? tell me ? where do the emissions go ? do you have any clue at all ?
They go into the atmosphere ? Ya ok, that's a start. Then what ?. They 'dissolve'.. uh no, they don't. They build up, and have been building up in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution began, which you may recall from your Grade 9 Social Studies class? So what's the big deal ?.... lets give an example ok.
Calcium carbonate is a form of skeletal structure in some of the planets oldest, and most primitive lifeforms. Seashells as you might know them ? Oysters etc ?.
CO2, ( Carbon Dioxide) in ever increasing amounts is being adsorbed by Ocean seawater, this is nothing new, but a balance is now breaking. ( IE: FAILED KYOTO )
When CO2 and H2O are combined they make up Carbonic Acid, some people know this as Acid Rain. My personal experience with Carbonic Acid involves operating and using a Natural Gas process system that specifically removes CO2 from the main Methane gas stream through processes involving Endothermic and Exothermic reaction. With the particular systems that salvaged the CO2 in our companies gas, the CO2 was released directly into the air at the Plant, via a Stack that was about 50 feet tall. I recall quite vividly how during heavy removal days, ( my days were always good because I was a damn good Operator ) the CO2 would meet the precipitation falling from the sky, and if the droplets landed in my hair, (sans hardhat) they would burn my scalp ever so tingly. As well, to the east of my gas plant, the trees under the prevailing winds were all being killed from the tops down. Like some sort of bleaching was occurring... it didn't really matter though because the trees were officially off our company property.
Back to the Seashells. As CO2 in ever increasing amounts is continually being adsorbed into the Ocean Waters, the water is changing in it's Ph value to that of Acidic, in the Ocean. This is happening to the point that the seashells are no longer able to form their shells, and are actually ceasing to exist, now. Currently there are very large areas of shallow Ocean water becoming devoid of any life, yes yes, including the coral and all that special stuff you see on TV. ...as they are not able to adapt as quickly as they need to.
Well doesn't the water and the tides wash it away ?... no. there is just too much. being released for the environment to adapt. Why would the CO2 not just 'boil' out ?. Well, it can at a specific pressure and temperature, this exchange is very natural. But as this only occurs at the surface of the water, the CO2 levels are becoming increasingly higher and higher directly on the water/ atmosphere interface surface. Cool stuff eh!
Basic lifeforms are now no longer surviving on Earth, due to our Anthropogenic ways.
This is not an opinion, it is Science, it is proven with fact, based on study. Upper levels of ocean water are becoming saturated with CO2 on parts of the earth, currently.
But wait ! All is not lost... how do we remove CO2, or wait, prevent CO2 from doing this ? Carbon Capture is one method, not a solution, but at least a method. What companies can you invest in that will be on the forefront of carbon capture in Canada ?... start looking.
anyways... I have much more rant available.
SUCH AS!!!. !!!! Your Grandchildren may never see a Glacier !!!!. Do you know how fast the Columbia Icefield is melting? I bet you don't... but you maybe will want to if you are a human with a conscience.
When I worked outside Ft. Mac the big tailing pond was 80km square, now it's apperantly 130 km square... That's a pretty big pile of nasty shit. In other news, a Russian Sub surfaced through Canadian Ice at the North Pole where a soldier got out and planted a Russian flag there. Apparently, Russia has 'Stated' they will have a Russian paratrooper drop there next year. War for Oil ?. On our doorstep ? You bet.

