Perhaps one of the goofiest phrases I've heard concocted over the years resides in the title to this post, the carbon footprint. What do you think the carbon footprint is on this baby?
Photo from Drudge
Photo from DrudgeIt's from the Chaiten volcano in Chile. Apparently she belched to an altitude of 20 miles (100,000 feet or 2.5 times where most planes fly) in recent days.
How thoughtless of that volcano to disrupt the ecosystem with its billions of cubic feet of toxic greenhouse gases! Think of the eco-disaster unleashed upon the surrounding communities (go to this link and click through the pictures)! Who's to decry volcanic-made global warming (or cooling)!
In all seriousness, volcanoes are a disaster. They foul the sky and air. They blanket the ground with powdery grit that gets, quite literally, into everything. They testify to a world under a curse, a world groaning for its redemption and thereby they testify to the might of the God under who's hand they must move and shake, lie quiet or stand and shout (Romans 8:18-22).
And, wondrously, in a period of a few years, the ash will vanish. In less time the atmosphere will be clean.
How amazing, and what a blessing, that we live on a planet that has a built-in self-cleaning system! And no thanks to a prominent Pulitzer Prize-winning vice president.
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Volcanos and tornadoes...two things that captivated me when I was still single and contemplating careers. Fascinating...
Appreciate the global warming thoughts--much to think about...
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