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Comment Re:The problem with simulation is ... (Score 1) 173

With AC coming almost as standard nowadays, I wonder if it will ever come to a point where you can't open the window if the car is going over a certain speed. It uses a lot less energy to cool the interior of the car using AC, than the cost to aerodynamics of having a window (or 2) open while travelling at speed.

I welcome the day when cars simply become a means of transport.

Comment Re:Coming from Methane (Score 1) 303

This is close to a question I was going to ask, and will do so now.

Have we ruled out all possible natural methods of CCl4 production? Just like how volcano's spew out tons of CO2, there may be methods, like you post for natural production of CCl4 which has acted as an automated regulator of the biosphere. Increased animal population, increased methane production, increased Ozone depletion. This normally happens so slowly that it is more spread out around the globe, instead of fixed over the poles, so it would have a slower global impact, to increase UV pass-through which in turn increases plant growth etc or kills off animals to reduce the methane production.

Humans came along an introduced a massive imbalance, in both methane production and directly introducing CCl4 to the atmosphere. We may have reduced greatly the amount of CCl4 usage, but all the agribusiness is still producing excess methane.

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