What’s Kevin Rudd going to do about Eyjafjallajokull!

Pete says:

08:44am | 20/04/10

very witty Super D…ties the volcano in nicely with global warming….not

Dave Sag says:

09:21am | 20/04/10

You may be amused by this graph - Volcano vs Planes - of the emissions saved due to the grounding of all those flights.

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/planes-or-volcano/

Randal says:

10:07am | 20/04/10

Outstanding graph Dave Sag, and what I liked most was the * next to the volcano emissions figure and then the below update:

“More new info and some shame for us. According to leading geologists, Eyjafjallajoekull is emitting between “150,000 and 300,000? tons of CO2 a day (source). Despite the attentions of the Icelandic vulcanologists and detailed research, our calculations were apparently off by a factor to 10. Many apologies for this error. The volcano *is* belching huge gobs of CO2 into the atmos. Arguably, still less than the amount that would’ve been emitted by the grounded planes. We’ve corrected the diagram. Thanks to all the commenters who helped us refine and correct our calcs.”

Says it all really about those zany alarmists!

Eric says:

10:20am | 20/04/10

Indeed, Randal, I found that quite amusing. Even now, they’re using the lower bound of the volcano’s estimated carbon emission range, because using the high estimate of 300,000 tons would put it above the emissions saved by grounding planes!

It’s fun to watch the alarmists struggle to reinterpret facts to their liking.

iansand says:

10:53am | 20/04/10

Randal - You are right.  Unlike the crazy sceptics the alarmists correct errors.

Scot says:

12:12pm | 20/04/10

Gillards BER has no global warming mandate. So even Rudd Labor does not believe there is a problem. They are spending Billions and no where has it been mandated that all these buildings MUST comply with global warming. So we have a bunch of Labor hypocrites supporting the argument that there is no global warming.

Jack Thomas says:

09:15am | 20/04/10

Surprised Kevin hasn’t given you a message to push on this one persiephone, like you normally do.

I suppose you don’t care about another major downturn in stockmarkets, through massive losses by insurance companies, airlines collapsing, etc. either?

A lot have people have misread the possible effects here methinks.

persephone says:

10:08am | 20/04/10

Yep, Jack, and it’s all the fault of nasty Labor governments.

Rudd has so much power he can control volcanoes in other countries.

Get over yourself, laddie - I don’t always have to comment from a political veiwpoint and I sometimes don’t.

Of course, that doesn’t put me in the box you’ve made for me, so it’s very naughty of me not to conform to your expectations.

If you read my comment in context, you will see I’m responding to Tory’s suggestion that I cack my dacks on a daily basis because one day there’s going to be a big volcanic eruption which will obliterate life as we know it.

Oh, and that shopping bags have to get mouldy and smell.

Ben81 says:

02:19pm | 20/04/10

“Of course, that doesn’t put me in the box you’ve made for me, so it’s very naughty of me not to conform to your expectations.”

Hey maybe it has something to do with your regular carpet bombing campaigns of the comments section of political articles with spin and desperate excuses which sound like something that’s come straight out of a Labor damage control meeting, often quite literally on almost every single post people write that doesn’t just parrot whatever Rudd says, like in the health reform article today?

If that doesn’t put you in a box I don’t know what does.

Ben81 says:

02:20pm | 20/04/10

“Of course, that doesn’t put me in the box you’ve made for me, so it’s very naughty of me not to conform to your expectations.”

Hey maybe it has something to do with your regular carpet bombing campaigns of the comments section of political articles with spin and desperate excuses which sound like something that’s come straight out of a Labor damage control meeting, often quite literally on almost every single post people write that doesn’t just parrot whatever Rudd says, like in the health reform article today?

If that doesn’t put you in a box I don’t know what does.

Nicole says:

09:19am | 20/04/10

Actually Joan, that’s not scientifically correct. While volcanic eruptions may add CO2 to the atmosphere, they do not send it ‘off the scale’ because a) the amount they produce, compared to human activities (about 150 times less), is negligible; and b) the particles / sulfurous gases ejected into the atmosphere from the volcano actually create the ‘haze effect’ and absorb solar radiation, as was demonstrated with the eruptions of El Chichon and Mt Pinatubo.

However I am with you on the fact that nothing we do will make a difference as long as the rest of the world continues doing what they are doing.

TC says:

10:05pm | 20/04/10

Damned right. Kev should do a flyover

Brad Coward says:

02:53pm | 20/04/10

I’d probably start smoking again and have unprotected sex with tarts that I’d go out of my way to pick up at the local pub ! 

Then I’d stop dieting and give up worrying about losing my hair !

Helena Seko says:

03:27pm | 20/04/10

In any event, Krystina Keneally is ready for any volcanic outfalls with her current coiffure.  Maybe Kevin could begin producing safety helmets for the rest of the world ... hey that’s an idea, let’s have a ‘fight the volcano’ revolution.