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Growing ag and protecting the environment : Comments

By Michael Guerin, published 30/11/2017

Despite the tired old analogies about how many football fields are cleared every minute, the facts are that just 0.23 per cent of the total land area of Queensland was cleared in 2015/16.

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nicknamenick, you've got me. Tell us. What would happen? I'm curious, even though I think I know the answer, I would rather hear your take on it so I can better understand the point you are trying to make.
Posted by ALTRAV, Sunday, 3 December 2017 8:56:41 AM
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ALTRAV
With my small understanding of mechanics , blogs say that a choke changes fuel to air ratio . Throttle varies the amount of fuel-air that is burnt . Rich fuel-air starts an engine without complete burning and emits lots of smoke . So it's not "in tune". As with a small amount of fuel-air it will probably lose power and stop . Too much rich-mix causes flooded carbie and it stops.

The spark also reduces power if too late or too early and can stop the engine . So a normal engine produces a consistent , complete burn with flow of CO2 . The world has done this for years , feeding dinosaurs , making coal and oxygen from trees . We can only breathe because CO2 is steadily circulating into tree-leaves and out . CO2-air mixture normally doesn't vary much. Now the surplus amounts from industries go equally into air and sea and 70% above normal has been added to each . Like 5 meals a day instead of 3 . People get fat and hot .
Posted by nicknamenick, Sunday, 3 December 2017 4:47:02 PM
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You're right Nick, you don't know much about the workings of an internal combustion engine. Probably about as much as you know about the effect of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Posted by Hasbeen, Sunday, 3 December 2017 6:03:00 PM
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You're right . The quotes were from mechanical and climate engineers. So if you could correct the nonsense about choke , throttle and spark along with climate systems we can help the scientists get your advice.
Posted by nicknamenick, Sunday, 3 December 2017 7:08:48 PM
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Climate engineering can involve absolute nonsense. Previously a politician proposed shade cloth to cool the Great Barrier Reef. LOL

The latest is to make clouds more shiny over the GBR to cool coral. There is no mention of the GBR being 2,000 km long with persistent wind and clear sky most of the year. LOL
http://www.savingthegreatbarrierreef.org/cooling-the-reef
Posted by JF Aus, Monday, 4 December 2017 7:49:11 AM
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Shade cloth may protect surfers from sunburn... But the next step of cloud droplets seems more workable . Snow machines can be converted.

"These droplets are generated near the sea surface and are dispersed in the planetary layer by atmospheric turbulence. The planetary boundary layer lies closest to the surface of the Earth, and is typically 1 to 2 km thick. "

Prevailing winds along Qld coast are S to SE so the bulk of droplets will disperse along the reef from a limited number of nano-drop pumps.
Posted by nicknamenick, Monday, 4 December 2017 9:00:37 AM
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