So it took here a whole bus trip to figure this out? Her CPU must be in the range of an 8088 wich we all know couldn't possibly process anything near the information available on the web, even if her fancy bus was equiped with internet access.
Let's get serious about global warmaing and see if we can help Ms. Crow come up with some better ideas.
Here's the idea that I came up with in a little over a few minutes using the interent.
See According to Scientists in Paris: (source: Environmental News service:
WWW/link]
"Levels of the potent greenhouse gas methane are on the rise and could accelerate global warming...Although methane is nowhere near as prevalent or long-lasting as carbon dioxide, it is a far more powerful greenhouse gas with 20 times the heat-trapping effect."
According to "Facts On Farts" by Brenna Lorenz [link="http://www.heptune.com/farts.html"]WWW:
"The composition of fart gas is highly variable...chemical reactions between stomach acit and intestianl fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which is also a componete of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane....But the relative proports of these gases that emergy from our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swalled, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines...a nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through their digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because the body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen....most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being produces as well...However [speaking of genetics] all methane in any farts come from bacterial action and not from human cells."
See where I'm going with this?
Here's the solution that I'd like to propose to Ms. Crow:
1. Identify the 1/3 of the world population that produce methane.
2. Identify the bacteria in their systems that make them produce methane.
3. Develop antibiotics that target these bacteria
4. Simultaneously develop a diet plan that would reduce the methane produced.
5. Require the 1/3 to follow the diet plan and measure methane output. If the reduction is not adequate, or the person refuses to follow the diet move on to the next step
4. Require those for whom the diet is ineffective, or undersirable to use the antibiotics
5. If either of the above plans do not adequately reduce the production of methane gas that these humans are contributing to the global warming 'crisis,' then they along with their offspring must be put to death.
Another element of this program would require that offspring of methane producers be tested at birth. Better yet before birth through the use of genetic screenings and selective abortions. Those children that slip through the screening process and are born would be required to follow the above plan.
I'll admit that this plan is a bit more complicted than Ms. Crow's suggestion, but I bet it would have a much greater impact on global warming. Do I have any supporters?
