Would you wear a mask to prevent CO2 exhalation? Surprisingly, many said yes.
Guest post by Paul Driessen
With the climate talks in Doha, Qatar limping along, and support for a new treaty waning among nations in attendance, one might expect spirits to be down among the global warming faithful. But this is not the case.
Yes, nations like Canada, New Zealand, and Japan seem eager to withdraw from the process. And yes, nature has not been exactly cooperative, with 16 years of no statistically significant warming. However, delegates here at COP 18 remain steadfast in their cause and willing to do almost anything it takes to “save the earth.”
CFACT highlighted this eagerness to go to extremes by introducing a new gadget called the “sequestration of exhalation device” — a mask that would filter CO2 from a person’s breath. Conference delegates were asked if they would wear such a mask if it would filter out all the CO2 they exhale. Surprisingly, many said yes.
Here’s a video of the interviews and responses:
Of course the mask really did no such thing, but those questioned were unaware that the proposition being made was done in sport. A few actually said they would have their children wear the mask, even going as far as to say their pets could wear a filtration mask too.
Among those trying the mask were members of the IPCC and World Meteorological Organization — two of the leading scientific bodies supporting global warming investigations. Although they were unwilling to use the mask themselves, they did entertain its usefulness and give their input on the notion.
If COP 18 attendees are willing to consent to wearing an invasive mask, just how far are they willing to cajole, push, or coerce the rest of the world to take action? Stay tuned: Visit www.CFACT.org for updates on COP18.
But holding your breathe, for 2 hours, would be even more environmentally friendly. I agree, if we can’t beat them we should profit from them. After all these people are uncomfortable being wealthy and privileged, it is only fair to give them what they want. I am sure they will be far more comfortable poor and ignored, like most of Africa.
What is really needed is a mask that attaches to holes in the ground…
REAL sequestration !!!
Those masks should be obligatory in Warmistan. And when they are not able to be used Warmistanis should have a straw up one nostril to deflect CO2.
Sequestration masks, what a lovely joke. I’ve not had such a good laugh for,
lemme see now, at least a week. (The laughs are coming more often now as
the idiocies feed on their predecessors …)
I wonder how many people are aware of the evolutionary agreement between
plants and animals? They inhale CO2 and exhale O2 (and GROW!). Animals
(and mankind) inhale the O2 and return it for the plants as CO2. Deal!
I’m not going to welch on it … instead, I’m going to continue feeding my kitchen
garden, and I’m going to continue breathing in and out the normal way—and
so are my pets, and so are my family—to feed the vegetables so they can feed
us. SH summer has arrived, the banana trees are fruiting and by the look of them,
I won’t need the services of the banana-benders this summer, yet again.
A good joke.
From the article:
“If COP 18 attendees are willing to consent to wearing an invasive mask, just how far are they willing to cajole, push, or coerce the rest of the world to take action?”
They really don’t care about ‘the rest of the world’. Their unspoken agenda is to hobble the United States. They zip their lips when it comes to China, India, and “the rest of the world“.
I’d only wear one of those masks if it came in white … to match my Star Wars Stormtrooper outfit. 😉
I understand 97% of the concensus agreed to wear the mask. One very positive way to sequester carbon is to promote population growth – we do take a lot of carbon out of the system for decades – apparently we mix it with dihydrogen oxide.
DOG BITES MAN!
These people are True Believers and they have traveled thousands of miles to attend a church meeting full of True Believers. Could we realistically expect them to NOT act like True Believers? Could we realistically expect them to have their guards up?
Mild amusement aside, this should be a lesson to “our side” to guard against our own forms of True Belief lest we too should get lazy and succumb to smug tribalism.
“If I were President,” “we wouldn’t have the problems we have today!”
“We’d have different problems.”
–Joe Walsh, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, August 9, 2006
Sermon over.
But the production fo those maks would itself require energy, and thus add to the dreaded CO2. The real, natural, sustainable solution is for everyone to learn not breath out.
Interesting to see on the Doha conference website http://unfccc.int/meetings/doha_nov_2012/meeting/6815.php
that they have been meeting since Monday Nov 26 with hundreds of meetings, but when you click on reports or decisions all that is reported is that information will be available shortly.
The latest negotiation update says: “Upon completion of the mandate given to them by the COM/CMP President following the closure of the Subsidiary Bodies on Saturday, 1 December, the SBI and SBSTA Chairs requested a final extension till noon on Wednesday, 5 December 2012, to advance the remaining items. They also indicated that some issues which are of a political nature may require ministerial engagement to take them forward. The President granted the requested extension and will review the need for ministerial engagement depending on the status of items at noon on Wednesday, 5 December 2012.”
They have until Friday to wrap up this talkfest, but nowhere can I find a clear explanation of the expected outcomes. The original 1992 UN framework Convention on Climate Change listed on the website states as its objective:
“The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the
Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of
the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that
would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level
should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to
climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic
development to proceed in a sustainable manner.”
So the party has been going on for 20 years, and what positive outcomes have been achieved?
Will they take credit for the fact that warming appears to have stopped?
First off – big props to the young woman capable of displaying the type of earnestness necessary to help save the world! What was that line in the recent mess “Prometheus”? Big things come from small beginnings.”
Secondly, I don’t know if there is a skeptic gene missing or it’s just selective editing but didn’t any of these delegates stop to think of the practicality of such a measure? Or is it because one finds him or herself in a setting and on camera and thus would not wish to be viewed as skeptical or worse obstructionist? I guess none of them has worked in a situation where a gas mask is required to protect their circulatory system from the outside conditions and not the reverse. Yes, there may be day when masks are necessary (see China) in our respective countries but most assuredly due to pollutants other than a suspiciously high fatal concentration of CO2. And that’s the point – there’s little honest effort to allow for skepticism, an examination of the forest through the trees. The strained acceptance of incorporating even a couple of hours per day of the “sequestration mask” to help the cause is an analogy for keeping the genie (i.e., industrial revolution of third world nations) in the bottle (ooops…another analogy) by issuing non-realistic agreements like the Kyoto Protocol or carbon credits – not everybody is going to hold their end of the bargain. While participating in another blog I was labeled as a “do nothing obstructionist”; on the contrary I am for action, good science, adaptation, and productive and sound policies. The status quo will indeed not allow us to continue as we have always done so. But for accuracy and efficiency’s sake, do question and demand conclusions based on sound empirical data before donning a make-believe mask that allows you to feel better about yourself.
Add the methane collector tube at the nether end for these buckos and they’ll be set.
Even april fools day would be lost on these people
Of course , even better would be a mask attached to a container with plant life in it , it could be called a “greenpack”,
Or if enough people, maybe feed the CO2 out-breathing into a shed, that could be called … let me see… how about we call it a “greenhouse”
Looks like a fairly standard half mask respirator without the filters. I wear one from time to time in the course of my work. It just shows these people have no idea what it takes to make the world they live in so, easy…
Carol Fischer says:
December 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm
“Can’t believe the kind of ads on this page. So disappointing! I expected independence from self-proclaimed independent thinkers.”
How does the American River College finance its operation, Carol? Taxpayer dime I suppose?
So you’re into the kind of “independence” of a James Hansen?
I’m a little bit disappointed that that one guy “wouldn’t force” his kids to wear the mask. How can we achieve total antropogenic CO2 exhalation sequestration without enforcement? Is he sure that the UNFCCC is the right place for him? Figueres, send him to the readjustment camp!
Wonderful video by CFACT. I propose we install pipes everywhere where people can connect the exhaust tubes from the masks so we can collect all the CO2 and pump it through a network of pipelines to Norway where the Norwegians invest the money they didn’t lose with TepCo into a gargantuan CO2 sequestration facility.
“However, delegates here at COP 18 remain steadfast in their cause and willing to do almost anything it takes to “save the earth.”
I think this was mis-stated. They are willing TO FORCE OTHER PEOPLE to do almost anything it takes to save the earth.”
do you think they come in pink and blue…..
I first said these as a joke….
Gunga Din says:
August 21, 2012 at 12:52 pm
If your recently approved grant proposal was originally a story rejected by the SyFy Channel as being “to bizarre”, you might be a green-neck.
If you’ve ever considered wearing a gas mask to capture your own CO2 emissions, you might be a green-neck.
If you’ve replaced your black-velvet portrait of Elvis with a black-velvet portrait of Al Gore, you might be a green-neck.
Thanks Anthony. That explains the vacuum and lingerie ads I keep seeing.
Carol Fischer says:
December 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm
“Can’t believe the kind of ads on this page. So disappointing! I expected independence from self-proclaimed independent thinkers.”
Carol Fischer links to the American River College, and complains about ads.
As I suspected, the American River College is on the federal dole:
http://matsui.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2294&Itemid=98
A lot of independent thinking going on at your college, Carol?
However, delegates here at COP 18 remain steadfast in their cause and willing to do almost anything it takes to “save the earth.
If they are so convinced, why don’t they start with themselves and compost their stupid bodies environmentally compliant?
They would do the world a big favor!
You know they really could make these masks, use some CaO (lime) granuals to absorb the CO2 from the wearers breath. Of course it wouldn’t have any efffect on Global warming real or imagined, but I bet the masks would sell and actually absorb some CO2 to make the warmists feel warm and fuzzy.
I wonder how many people could be sold on using the advanced recycling version, where the toxic pollutant CO₂ is extracted from the exhaled air then the remaining purified air is stored in a small reservoir where it’s the source of all inhaled air.
It’s a very efficient unit, within a half hour so much CO₂ has been extracted that the concentration in the system is barely detectable.