Greenhouse problem

Scientific Perspectives on the Greenhouse Problem, The George C. Marshall Institute Washington, DC, 1989 37 p. 

Greenhouse problem Continued warming of earth s atmosphere caused by the buildup of heat-retaining gases released by anthropogenic activities. 

Edwin Lightfoot I would take heart from that, John, because only a few years ago, a meteorologist predicted that we were going to have an ice age because of the dust problem. So, if we make enough dust, we can solve the greenhouse problem. 

J. Rostrup-Nielsen pointed out [5] in 1994 that it is "questionable whether Ci chemistry can contribute significantly to solve the greenhouse problem created by CO2." For example the present world production of acetic acid is about 5 billion pounds per year. If one were to use CO2 + CH4 to produce acetic acid this would amount to the CO2 emission from only ONE 500 MWatt coal fired power plant- a small drop in a big bucket. ... 

Others see an energy future tied to broad societal goals of economic efficiency and equity and assumes policy changes can achieve the objectives. Energy service demands are developed based on assumed levels of per capita income. Market interventions are promoted which would reduce the energy supply. These could include petroleum product taxes and oil import fees and carbon taxes for greenhouse problems. 

Coping with the greenhouse effect is a vei-y difficult sociopolitical problem. A greenhouse effect existed on Earth long before the Industrial Revolution. Had it not. Earth s surface would be much colder than it is now. The introduction of gases absorbing infrared radiation only enhances the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is not the only gas of importance water vapor and methane, for exam-... 

Eighteen percent of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) stem from land use change , a euphemism for deforestation. A cmcial challenge is how to avoid the problem... 

Algae have the ability to directly utilize sunlight and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. Due to this activity, cyanobacteria may help to solve a global environmental problem, the greenhouse effect, which increasingly threatens mankind at the beginning of the 21st century. 

In 1990, one of us, in an address at the British Association Meeting, concluded the talk on Catalysis with the cartoon shown below depicting one of the major problems that needed to be addressed in order to limit the Greenhouse Phenomenon. Could a catalyst be designed so that the emission of the greenhouse gas, C02, from the vehicle exhaust systems be eliminated by converting it to a less harmful product ... 

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