Volcanoes Do Not Emit 10,000 Times More Carbon Dioxide Than Humans : snopes.com

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Joes vs. the Volcano

Claim: A single eruption from a volcano puts more than 10,000 times the amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all of mankind has produced.

Example: [Collected via Facebook, December 2015]

That one little burp by Mt Etna has already put more than 10,000 times the Co2 into the atmosphere than mankind has in our ENTIRE time on earth but don't worry a scam is in the works to tax you your minuscule footprint....

Origin:On 11 December 2015, Facebook user Thomas Gunn spread a longstanding myth that volcanoes produce vastly more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than human activities, writing that a single volcanic eruption causes more than 10,000 times the CO₂ emissions than mankind has generated in our entire time on Earth.

Similar claims have circulated for several years among climate change skeptics. In 2009, geologist Ian Plimer wrote in his book Heaven and Earth: Global Warming — The Missing Science that "volcanoes add far more carbon dioxide to the oceans and atmosphere than humans," while others have revised the claim to state that volcanoes emit more carbon dioxide than cars do. While these latter claims are more reasonable than Gunn's assertion that a single volcanic eruption generates more CO₂ than humans have in the history of mankind, researchers have found that annual anthropogenic CO₂ emissions "dwarf" annual volcanic CO₂ emissions.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory explained how much CO₂ is generated by volcanoes in a 2007 article:

Carbon dioxide is released when magma rises from the depths of the Earth on its way to the surface. Our studies here at Kilauea show that the eruption discharges between 8,000 and 30,000 metric tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere each day. Actively erupting volcanoes release much more CO₂ than sleeping ones do.

Gas studies at volcanoes worldwide have helped volcanologists tally up a global volcanic CO₂ budget in the same way that nations around the globe have cooperated to determine how much CO₂ is released by human activity through the burning of fossil fuels. Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO₂ annually.

While 200 million tonnes of CO₂ may seem like an extraordinary large amount, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found that the estimated amount of CO₂ generated annually by human activity is 135 times higher:

Do the Earth's volcanoes emit more CO₂ than human activities? Research findings indicate that the answer to this frequently asked question is a clear and unequivocal, "No." Human activities, responsible for a projected 35 billion metric tons (gigatons) of CO₂ emissions in 2010 (Friedlingstein et al., 2010), release an amount of CO₂ that dwarfs the annual CO₂ emissions of all the world's degassing subaerial and submarine volcanoes (Gerlach, 2011).

The published estimates of the global CO₂ emission rate for all degassing subaerial (on land) and submarine volcanoes lie in a range from 0.13 gigaton to 0.44 gigaton per year (Gerlach, 1991; Varekamp et al., 1992; Allard, 1992; Sano and Williams, 1996; Marty and Tolstikhin, 1998). The preferred global estimates of the authors of these studies range from about 0.15 to 0.26 gigaton per year. The 35-gigaton projected anthropogenic CO₂ emission for 2010 is about 80 to 270 times larger than the respective maximum and minimum annual global volcanic CO₂ emission estimates. It is 135 times larger than the highest preferred global volcanic CO₂ estimate of 0.26 gigaton per year (Marty and Tolstikhin, 1998).

In 2010, volcanologist Terrence Gerlach wrote an article for Earth magazine in response to Ian Plimer's book and his claim volcanoes produce far more CO₂ than humans:

Although discussions of volcanic carbon dioxide emissions make up less than 5 percent of "Heaven and Earth's" text, the alleged predominance of volcanic over human carbon dioxide emissions is one of its most publicized takeaway messages. And one that will reverberate in the media and blogosphere — no matter how vociferously professionals who investigate volcanic carbon dioxide emissions bristle and huff about how appallingly at odds Plimer's claim is with our research findings.

The treatment of volcanic versus anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions in this book illustrates one of the pathways by which myths, misrepresentations and spurious information get injected into the climate change debate. Like several climate skeptic publications, blogs and websites, "Heaven and Earth" does not provide the published estimates of the present-day global carbon dioxide emission rate from volcanoes. These estimates are, ironically, "the missing science" of a book professing to rectify supposed excesses of missing science — a book that appears impressively authoritative by citing a mountain of scientific literature.

Last updated: 16 December 2015

Originally published: 16 December 2015

Dan Evon is a Chicago-based writer and longtime truth enthusiast. His work has appeared somewhere, and he earned a degree at the University of His Choosing. His exploration of Internet truth has been supported by grants from the Facebook Drug Task Force.

~A.

NYTimes: What Is Inspiration? By David Brooks...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/opinion/what-is-inspiration.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

That moment when mind and spirit take flight stands apart from normal life.

For decades, Anders Ericsson has reminded us of the value of hard work. The Florida State psychologist did the research that led to the so-called 10,000-hour rule. In his informative new book, "Peak," he and co-author Robert Pool downplay the importance of native-born genius (even in people like Mozart) and emphasize the importance of deliberate practice — painstaking exercises to perfect some skill.
Anybody who has observed excellence knows that Ericsson is basically right. Dogged work is the prerequisite of success. Yet there are some moments — after much steady work and after the technical skills have been mastered — when the mind and spirit take flight. We call these moments of inspiration. They kind of steal upon you, longed for and unexpected.
Inspiration is a much-used, domesticated, amorphous and secular word for what is actually a revolutionary, countercultural and spiritual phenomenon. But what exactly is inspiration? What are we talking about when we use that term?
Well, moments of inspiration don't quite make sense by normal logic. They feel transcendent, uncontrollable and irresistible. When one is inspired, time disappears or alters its pace. The senses are amplified. There may be goose bumps or shivers down the spine, or a sense of being overawed by some beauty.
Inspiration is always more active than mere appreciation. There's a thrilling feeling of elevation, a burst of energy, an awareness of enlarged possibilities. The person in the grip of inspiration has received, as if by magic, some new perception, some holistic understanding, along with the feeling that she is capable of more than she thought.
Vladimir Nabokov believed that inspiration comes in phases. First, he wrote, there's the "prefatory glow," the feeling of "tickly well-being" that banishes all awareness of physical discomfort. The feeling does not yield its secret just yet, but a window has been opened and some wind has blown in.
Then, a few days later, Nabokov continued, the writer "forefeels what he is going to tell." There's an instant vision, the lightning bolt of inspiration, that turns into rapid speech, and a "tumble of merging words" that form the nucleus of a work that will grow from it over the ensuing months or years.
Inspired work stands apart from normal life. In the first place it's not about self-interest as normally understood. It's not driven by a desire for money or grades or status. The inspired person is driven intrinsically by the work itself. The work takes hold of a person.
Inspiration is not earned. Your investment of time and effort prepares you for inspiration, but inspiration is a gift that goes beyond anything you could have deserved.
Inspiration is not something you can control. People who are inspired have lost some agency. They often feel that something is working through them, some power greater than themselves. The Greeks said it was the Muses. Believers might say it is God or the Holy Spirit. Others might say it is something mysterious bursting forth deep in the unconscious, a new way of seeing.
Inspiration does not happen to autonomous individuals. It's a beautiful contagion that passes through individuals. The word itself comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breath into." One inspiring achievement — say, the space program — has a tendency to raise the sense of possibility in others — say, a little boy who dreams of being an astronomer. Then the one who is inspired performs his own feats and inspires others, and so on down the line.
Inspiration is not permanent and solid. It's powerful but ephemeral, which is why so many people compare it to a gust of wind. And when it is gone people long for its return.
The poet Christian Wiman wrote that inspiration is "intrusive, transcendent, transformative, but also evanescent and, all too often, anomalous. A poem can leave its maker at once more deeply seized by existence and, in a profound way, alienated from it, for as the act of making ends, as the world that seemed to overbrim its boundaries becomes, once more, merely the world, it can be very difficult to retain any faith at all in that original moment of inspiration. That memory of that momentary blaze, in fact, and the art that issued from it, can become a kind of reproach to the fireless life in which you find yourself most of the time."
Most important, inspiration demands a certain posture, the sort of posture people feel when they are overawed by something large and mysterious. They are both humbled and self-confident, surrendering and also powerful. When people are inspired they are willing to take a daring lark toward something truly great. They're brave enough to embrace the craggy fierceness of the truth and to try to express it in some new way.
Yes, hard work is really important for achievement. But life is more mysterious than just that.

Thanks, David.
~A den Tex

Thank You! Cancer or Not!

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In the meantime, check out your quiz score and the three most missed quiz questions below. Trust me, Big Pharma has been trying to hide these truths from you for years..

Hey Adt, it's Ty (founder of The Truth About Cancer).

Thank you so much for taking this Cancer "IQ" test! You have no idea how much it means to me when people take the time to learn the real truth about this terrible disease and what really can be done to not only treat, but prevent and beat cancer once and for all!

In addition to your score, I've broken down the three (3) most thought-provoking cancer questions below that sadly most people miss (and quite often know nothing about).

AND, I've included next step actions you can take to further your knowledge about cancer and what you can do TODAY to more effectively prevent cancer. :-)

Just FYI — at the very bottom of this page, just below my picture, I've included citations and resource links for all of the compelling (and quite shocking) research I used to build this amazing knowledge assessment test.

Don't worry, I won't be offended if you do your due diligence and fact check everything in this quiz. I HIGHLY encourage you to discover the shocking truth about cancer for yourself.

Last but not least, if you appreciated this, please share this with others so they too can experience this first-hand.

Because we're on a mission to share with the world all that can really be done to prevent and beat cancer -- not just want Big Pharma wants people to believe -- and it's through your "word-of-mouth" that we will accomplish this!

So without further ado, here's a full breakdown of what you scored and WHY you scored what you did...

Without further ado, here's a full breakdown of what you scored and WHY you scored what you did…

Your Score: 80%

(If at any point you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our friendly, informative team at support@thetruthaboutcancer.com)

QUESTION #4: [True or False] LESS than 5% of all cancer is hereditary.

Correct Answer --->

(A) True (B) False

Your Answer: True

Explanation: Contrary to what most "cancer experts" lead you to believe, only a very small percentage of cancers are in fact linked from one family member to the next (less than 5%).

Although a traditional hereditary link is quite slim, social heredity (habitually doing the things your family has done) plays a big factor for many people and should be seriously reconsidered, especially if those habits are detrimental to your health.

QUESTION #6 [True or False] When exposed to the sun, your risk for skin cancer is HIGHER when you apply sunscreen.

Correct Answer --->

(A) True (B) False

Your Answer: True

Explanation: The chemicals in sunscreen are actually responsible for more skin cancers than the sun. In 2014, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reviewed over 2000 sunscreens and over 257 brands. They found more than 75% of the sunscreens contained toxic chemicals that can increase your risk of cancer and other health issues.

QUESTION #11: A group of Oncologists were asked in a McGill Cancer Center survey what they would do if they were diagnosed with cancer. What PERCENTAGE of these Oncologists chose chemotherapy as their main form of treatment?

	(A) 4% (B) 11%
Correct Answer --->	(C) 19%
	(D) 32% (E) 39%

Your Answer: 4%

Explanation: McGill Cancer Center surveyed 118 Oncologists (all doctors specializing in lung cancer) to determine the level of trust they had in the therapies they were applying. All were asked to imagine that they themselves had contracted the disease and which of the six current experimental therapies they would choose.

Of the 118 only 79 responded. 64 of them said that they would not consent to undergo any treatment containing cis-platinum – one of the common chemotherapy drugs they used – while 58 out of 79 believed that all the experimental therapies above were not accepted because of the ineffectiveness and the elevated level of toxicity of chemotherapy. (Philip Day, "Cancer: Why we're still dying to know the truth", Credence Publications, 2000)

Can you believe that the cancer docs prescribing these treatments refuse to do them themselves??

Crazy, right?

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So… what now?

So you're probably wondering, what can I do now?

I hate to say this but the shocking facts and research above is only a tiny percent of the tip of the MAMMOTH iceberg of misinformation out there.

Taking this quiz and assessing your cancer knowledge is a tremendous first step in the right direction but now it's time to take action.

Take action for yourself, your health, your family, and most importantly your future fight against cancer.

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You Absolutely Can Prevent Cancer

38,356 people worldwide will learn they have cancer today.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing else we can do…" most of them will end up hearing.

21,918 people will die from cancer today.

This means that at least thirty (30!) people will have passed away by the time you finish reading this page.

It's horrifying, and I'm here to tell you that it doesn't have to be this way.

I'm going to share with you the best things to do starting TODAY to more effectively prevent cancer. :-)

All across the world, families are forced to accept this answer of "I'm sorry…" and watch helplessly as this horrific disease slowly steals the life from their closest loved ones.

If you've experienced this first-hand, you've likely already experienced just sitting by the wayside and wondering — how can this be?? Isn't there something else we can do?

Most doctors will look at you and in more words or less say… No.

However, deep down, you don't believe it. Intuition tells you it can't be true.

And here's why: Because it's not true.

You are not helpless — you can save yourself from cancer and I'm going to show you how!

There are proven cancer remedies that MOST doctors don't know about, or even care to know about.

(Why? I can answer in a few words: the influence of Big Pharma and their multi-billion profit machine.)

Take it from me, many oncologists are very close-minded to "alternative" remedies to drugs and chemo and surgery, especially if it's not their "specialization"…

Unfortunately, I had to learn this the hard way.

My first introduction to cancer came from my father and (what seemed to be) a minor stomach ache in the summer of 1996.

Doctors diagnosed his "ache" as cancer and insisted we remove his intestines immediately — so we did.

In 25 days, my father bled to death because of the surgery.

My whole family and I were devastated.

Then, the unthinkable happened…

Over the next 7 years, I lost both grandfathers, my grandmother, uncle, cousin, and finally in 2004, my mother, all to cancer and conventional cancer-related treatments. I watched this unfold right before my eyes and all I could think and feel was — there has to be something I can do.

There has to be a better way… and I was committed to finding it (even if it meant going to the ends of the earth).

During this nearly crippling time in my life, I accumulated thousands of hours of research to find a more healthy approach to preventing and treating cancer.

These experiences would eventually inspire me to lead the creation of a cutting-edge and a content-packed series of documentaries detailing the "untold truths" about cancer… from the industry's foremost experts themselves.

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And I can't wait to share it with you.

Starting April 12th (for limited time), we will be releasing this absolutely amazing 9-part docu-series for FREE.

Here's our Broadcasting Schedule
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Episode 1:	The True History of Chemotherapy & The Pharmaceutical Monopoly (April 12th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 2:	Cancer Facts and Fictions, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Skin Cancer & Essential Oils (April 13th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 3:	Cancer-Killing Viruses, Cancer Stem Cells, GMOs, Juicing & Eating the Rainbow (April 14th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 4:	Excitotoxins that Fuel Cancer, Nature's Pharmacy and Healing Cancer with Sound & Light (April 15th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 5:	Cancer Causing Blindspots, Toxic Vaccines, Homeopathy & The Power of Emotions (April 16th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 6:	The NOCEBO Effect, Healing Vaccines, Advanced Detoxing & Going Inside A German Cancer Clinic (April 17th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 7:	Heal Cancer with Clean Electricity, Unique Water, Natural Sunlight & Combining Superfoods (April 18th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
Episode 8:	Cannabis, Nature's Epigenetic Switches, Peptides & Healing with Micronutrient Therapy (April 19th 9:00PM Eastern US time)
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Be sure to keep an eye out for emails coming from us (The Truth About Cancer) as I will send you a reminder for each episode moving forward and the private link where you can watch it.

In this docu-series, today's most prolific industry experts from all around the world (27 countries total) share exactly how to prevent, treat, and beat cancer — Period.

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Did you know:

• Studies show that chemotherapy actually enriches  Cancer Stem Cells (which are the cells that "give birth" to cancer cells). Knowing this, why is chemo so widely used to treat and prevent cancer when it's causing more cancer in the process??
• According to the American Cancer Society, despite popular belief, less than 5% of cancers are genetic / hereditary. So much for it being mom or dad's fault!
• Although most oncologists tell chemo patients not to eat foods high in antioxidants believing it will "counteract" the chemotherapy treatments, studies actually indicate the exact opposite. Believe it or not, antioxidants can actually help chemo work even better.
• And much much more

Listen, I'd keep writing forever on this page about cancer and the critically important things you need to do to fight and prevent this horrible disease, instead I invite you back to come watch this docu-series.

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What if, in just a few short years, cancer was eradicated from the face of the earth.. and YOU were a part of making that happen?

The first step to making this happen is awareness. The more you know, the more prepared you will be to fight the fight.

Thank you for your time and consideration and remember…

You really can prevent cancer. And if you or someone you care about has it, cancer doesn't need to be a death sentence.

Ty Bollinger

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Resource links:
– http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/06/16/emf-safety-tips.aspx
– http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/resources/features/worldcancerday/
– http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756239209001323
– http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-036845.pdf
– http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17283738
– http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid–pfoa
– http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/healthy-cooking-oils-buyers-guide?page=2
– http://thetruthaboutcancer.com/cancer-causing-foods-2/
– http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/simply-green-washing-are-you-using-toxic-cleaner

~A den Tex