Kill the Termites

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Termite and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Facts: http://www.termitedetector.com/detection.php

Termites produce more Carbon Dioxide (CO2) each year than all living things combined.


Scientists have calculated that termites alone produce ten times as much carbon dioxide as all the fossil fuels burned in the whole world in a year.

Pound for pound, the weight of all the termites in the world is greater than the total weight of humans.


Scientists estimate that, worldwide, termites may release over 150 million tons of methane gas into the atmosphere annually. In our lower atmosphere this methane then reacts to form carbon dioxide and ozone.


It is estimated that for every human on Earth there may be 1000 pounds of termites.


On the average Termites expel gas composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen.


It is thought "There are 2,600 different species of termites, and it is estimated that there are at least a million billion individual termites on Earth.that they emit two and four percent of the global carbon dioxide and methane budget, respectively-both mediated directly or indirectly by their microbes.


Termites eat cellulose, but they can not digest it without the help of microorganisms in their gut. Single-celled protozoan are the primary organisms that break the bonds that turn cellulose into units of glucose, and from there, the termite can break the glucose bonds, release the energy, and give off carbon dioxide and water.


The Science magazine reports that termites annually generate more than twice as much carbon dioxide as mankind does burning fossil fuels. One termite species annually emits 600,000 metric tons of formic acid into the atmosphere, an amount equal to the combined contributions of automobiles, refuse combustion and vegetation.


The damage caused by wood-destroying insects has an important economic effect. Nationwide, the cost of control and repair of damage nears $5 billion per year; the outlay in California and Hawaii exceeds $1 billion per year (Brier et al. 1988, Su and Scheffrahn 1990). In California, subterranean and drywood termites are responsible for >95% of all costs resulting from wood-destroying insects (Brier 1987, Rust et al. 1988). Damage by drywood termites is more common in southern California (Wilcox 1979).


That said, how about the co2 that came from the volcanic eruptions over the past 30 years.

I could go on and on but remember Y2K, Remember back in the 70's there was a global cooling scare by the same type of leftist's that are founding this new religion.......Global Warming!!

Why is Iceland called Iceland, and why is Greenland called Greenland?

The climate of the earth will change as it has done thru the centuries, but man has little (if any) effect on the outcome.

Peace!

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[Damien]

DOWN WITH THE TERMITES!!!

Serisouly...how do we stop these demonic bugs!?! Burn the forests!!! Wait...

[Gohan Ryu]

95% of all the methane gas being released into earth's atmosphere comes from my friend Tony after he's eaten a burrito.

[Shpyder]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

95% of all the methane gas being released into earth's atmosphere comes from my friend Tony after he's eaten a burrito.

I was drinking soda and when I saw this I nearly laughed it out through my nostrils.

[TexasF355F1]

So how long until we see the group known as "TLF"...Termite Liberation Front...?

Seriously, I'm sure it won't be long til PETA jumps in and says stop the termites. That is until we secretly put a few bugs in the headquarters.

[GForce957]

I dont see what Iceland and Greenland have to do with that. Greenland was a name given by the viking Eric the Red to attract settlers to his colony, even though it was desolate.

Not a whole lot you can do about termites though, you always hear about how they would be the last things to survive a nuclear holocaust

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Your right, but the climate of Greenland was much warmer then than it is now:

Icelandic settlers led by Erik the Red found the land uninhabited when they arrived c. 982. Around 984 they established the Eastern and Western settlements in deep fjords near the very southwestern tip of the island, where they thrived for the next few centuries, and then disappeared after over 450 years of habitation.

The fjords of the southern part of the island were lush and had a warmer climate at that time, possibly due to what was called the Medieval Warm Period. These remote communities thrived and lived off farming, hunting and trading with the motherland.

After almost five hundred years, the Scandinavian settlements simply vanished, possibly due to famine during the fifteenth century in the Little Ice Age, when climatic conditions deteriorated, and contact with Europe was lost.

Source: Wikkpedia

So, Eric the Red had to deal with global warming. Too bad Al the Alarmist (Gore) wasn't there to validate his Carbon Credits.

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Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

95% of all the methane gas being released into earth's atmosphere comes from my friend Tony after he's eaten a burrito.

Those carbon credits will cost him!