From : Pravda
The amount of dust in the air has increased ten times over the recent 50 years
10/30/2004 17:23
The report from the British professor of geography, Andrew Goudie, became a sensation at the recent International Geographical Congress in Glasgow. According to the Oxford professor, so-called 4x4 SUV vehicles represent a real danger to the global ecology, no matter how paradoxical it might seem.
The professor said that all SUV vehicles raise clouds of dust. Deserts, which enjoy great popularity among extreme tourism fans, may perfectly exemplify the situation. When SUV vehicles drive on the sand, the sandy surface does not recover completely from weight and wheels. One may still find tracks of WWII tanks in Libya, the professor said.
The number of off-road vehicles is growing rapidly in the world today, especially in the south-west of the USA and in the Middle East. The professor referred to the process as "toyota-ization." Four-wheel drives raise up to three thousand million tons of dust in the atmosphere every year. The amount of dust in the air has increased ten times over the recent 50 years in North Africa alone. As a result, dust storms have become more frequent on the planet, which exacerbates the ecological situation even more. Such phenomena, the professor of geography believes, exert disastrous influence on coral reefs and deserts. First and foremost, the increased global dust emission worsens the ecological situation in the world.
Modern science can not boast of having sufficient knowledge about dust as a component of the Earth's atmosphere. The influence of dust on the climate change of the planet is probably a lot more considerable than people might think.
Dust And 4x4 Vehicles Threaten Global Ecology
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Posted 31 October 2004 - 06:17 PM
Sounds suspect at best. How do the people know the "tank treads" are from WWII? Don't they use tanks in Libya? Aren't more than a few of those tanks slightly dated?The professor said that all SUV vehicles raise clouds of dust. Deserts, which enjoy great popularity among extreme tourism fans, may perfectly exemplify the situation. When SUV vehicles drive on the sand, the sandy surface does not recover completely from weight and wheels. One may still find tracks of WWII tanks in Libya, the professor said.
How did they get to these remote locations to check the tracks if not in an SUV. Maybe a helicopter, but that kicks up more dust than an SUV.
Of course they say there's no data to support the claim other than more dust and more SUVs. There's more computers now too, could that be it? They don't even mention that the rise in development and deforestation in lands such as Africa is a huge contributer.
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Posted 03 November 2004 - 01:42 PM
I've noticed a similar thing with my wife's car- The tires NEVER kick up dust 
Who is this jacko? I guess it just goes to show some people are only looking for a cause. (and I'm sorry to hear that Libia had its prestine, virgin sand dunes molested by tanks
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Who is this jacko? I guess it just goes to show some people are only looking for a cause. (and I'm sorry to hear that Libia had its prestine, virgin sand dunes molested by tanks
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 12:54 PM
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would go then because parking is ALWAYS a problem (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)!
I would go then because parking is ALWAYS a problem (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)!
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