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[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <jbd30g$crs$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, glen herrmannsfeldt
<gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes: 

> > One thing about the cows, though.  While what you say is tru for CO2, it 
> > is NOT true for methane.  The farting and belching of cows is a major
> > source of atmospheric methane, and methane is a much stronger greenhouse 
> > gas than is CO2 (though there is more CO2 in the atmosphere than 
> > methane).
> 
> This is true, but methane eventually gets oxidized (to CO2).

Yes.  However, the relevant question is whether cows (or whatever) 
significantly raises the average amount in the atmosphere.  If I have a 
bathtub with water running in and water running out the drain, so that 
the level is constant, then everything coming in eventually goes out.  
However, this equilibrium can exist at various levels.