In the frenzied search for solutions to the global warming crisis, climatologists, policy makers and other concerned environmentalists have overlooked one of the leading causes of rising temperatures around the globe—soot—the black residue that coats fireplaces and darkens vehicle exhaust. Black carbon soot may in fact be the second largest contributor to global warming next to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

According to Stanford environmental engineering Professor Mark Z. Jacobson, “Soot, or black carbon, may be responsible for 15 to 30 percent of global warming, yet it is not even considered in any of the discussions about controlling climate change.” (“Nature”, ScienceDaily, Feb. 9, 2001). Jacobson also observed that human beings produce most of the soot particles that pollute the atmosphere. He maintains that soot consists primarily of elemental carbon and that 90 percent of it comes from the consumption of fossil fuels (particularly coal, diesel fuel, jet fuel, natural gas, kerosene) and the burning of wood and other biomass. Jacobson also claims that a worldwide reduction in soot emissions and controlling biomass burning could quell the alarming pace of global warming and also reduce our reliance on soot-producing fuels. ( http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010208075206.htm.)

Besides its impact on global warming, soot is bad for your health. The World Health Organization reports that approximately 2.7 million people die each year from air pollution and that reduction of wood and other biomass burning would mitigate global warming and would also save lives and improve people’s health.

Other studies have dispelled the myth that burning wood and other biomass is “green or carbon neutral” and that the fine particulates emitted during the combustion process actually hasten climate change. (www.burningissues.org under both “Science” and “Global Warming” headings).

The warming effect of black carbon soot is far greater than previously estimated

Atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of Iowa chemical engineer Greg Carmichael found that “black carbon soot, from burning wood and other biomass, cooking with solid fuels, and diesel exhaust has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates.” (Nature Geoscience 1, 221-227 (March 24, 2008). They calculated that soot and other forms of black carbon particulates may represent as much as 60 percent of the current global warming effect of carbon dioxide and their findings correlated with similar studies from Stanford, Caltech, and NASA.

A simplified explanation for the warming effect is that wood smoke’s fine particulates thin clouds. And as total airborne particulates increase, cloud cover decreases, allowing more sunlight to reach the earth. According to Ramanathan, approximately 35 percent of black carbon in the global atmosphere comes from China and India. Yet per capita emissions of black carbon soot from the United States and some European countries is still comparable to those from Asia. Ramanathan’s research also found that the warming effects of black carbon smog appear to be accelerating the melt of Himalayan glaciers, leading to early drying of a major source of drinking water for billions of people throughout Asia.



The International Global Panel on Climate Change (IGPCC) agreed that black carbon soot is a major contributor to global warming

The 2007 Nobel-winning IGPCC panel of approximately two thousand scientists concluded that black carbon soot has a dire atmospheric warming effect. This was significant because soot had previously been unaddressed as a major contributor to global warming. Nor had the amplification of black carbon’s warming effect previously been taken into account when mixed with other aerosols, creating additional secondary fine particulates.

Studies of fine particulates from wood smoke in various communities

An EPA study cites that “In some neighborhoods, on some days, 90% of the particle pollution is from residential wood burning.” (Jane Koenig and Timothy Larson, A Summary of Emissions Characterization and Non-Cancer Respiratory Effects of Wood Smoke, USEPA DOC #453/R-93-036,1-919-541-0888).

A study in two San Jose, California locations showed that wood smoke pollution was 4.4 times that of gasoline or diesel fueled vehicles. (“A Comparison of Source Apportionments of Fine Particulate Matter at Two San Jose, CA Locations,” from San Jose Speciation Trends Network.)

The next step

Because the urgency of reducing black carbon emissions cannot be overstated, reducing soot from wood smoke would offer nearly instant benefits in improving atmospheric conditions in the United States. It would also offer immediate societal and health benefits. This would facilitate political and regulatory momentum towards mitigation of black carbon emissions.

It is urgent to advance public awareness of wood smoke’s crucial role in global warming with education and policy changes.

For those interested in more scientific and educational data about wood smoke, see www.burningissues.org. The Burning Issues site was founded in 1988 as a special particulate pollution project of the Bay Area Loma Prieta/Silicon Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club.

The reason why it is a Hoax

So often on this site and other places when asked about either the causes or consequences of global warming people bring up the ozone hole and CFCs. Either they state that it is a cause of global warming or is a result, neither of which is true. Or something to the effect of global warming leading to more UV rays, also not true. Why is there so much confusion over this?

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Global warming has become a popular topic of conversation, almost a household word these days. Do you think that people are really starting to understand the connection between the cars they drive and the power they use and the changes we are starting to experience in our weather, or do you think people will just use it as an excuse to complain about the weather and high gas prices and the government and not change their lifestyles?

Specifically which group has most benefited financially from global warming.
Decent answers but not yet what was asked for which is a specific group of companies in a specific industry that has reaped profits up to 10 times their normal ones from their secret support and direction of the scam.
Amy you are on the right track but almost exactly 180 deg out of sync with the real culprits of funding the whole scam for their record profits over the last few years.

Radio talk show host Dennis Prager is challenged by a caller regarding Global Warming.

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that volcanos eruptions spew more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than cars? Would deforestation seem like a more plausible problem on earth to you? Do you think that the warming global thing is a scam?
If global warming was a partial scam can you imagine how much money would be lost from certain corporations and govt? A man in florida about two years ago or so invented a converter type thing for gasoline motors in which an ounce of water would run a car a 100 miles. I thought to myself someboby gonna knock that guy off.I heard later he had been murdered. Now he is dead and so do you hear anything from our govt about running car engines on water? You do hear though is a global tax and there is a Cap Trade bill thats suspose to pop up in January. A good idea would be to put subway systems where permitable but there isn’t enough money cause it ’s being spent on chasing oil in the middle east.The govt. could spend money on windmills,solar panels,tax cuts and tell the people that with these tax cuts you spend the difference on energy saving products.If cars ran on water could you imagine how much that would clean whatever.
I feel what needs to be addressed is the cutting down of forrests because of overpopulation.Europe,U.S.A,Canada have lowered their birth rates but we still get ragged on.Third world countries need to do their part.Don’t you know the NWO wants to reduce the worlds pop by 95%?

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