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I wonder what certain people would make of this attack on the “greenhouse effect”…

or this one;

3 page pdf

Another slight problem about plastic eating bacteria was portrayed in an old BBC television play where said bacteria got loose on a flight and systematically eat most of the plane. Very memorable.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/10/could-a-new-plastic-eating-bacteria-help-combat-this-pollution-scourge

"Could a new plastic-eating bacteria help combat this pollution scourge?

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria capable of breaking down commonly used PET plastic but remain unsure of its potential."

Slight problem with this Guardian story. How do they know the bacteria is "new"? Newly discovered, yes.

Bacteria and other micro-organisms have been living off crude oil, and fractions derived from it, for millions of years. They have been blocking fuel filters since petrol/diesel etc were first used, but only "discovered" in about 1960. As a yottie, I have had the joy of being introduced to "diesel bug" as it is generally knowm.

GolfCharlie. Palaeontologists of the distant future actually won't need to place their samples into plastic bags. All analysis will be done on site. Even today new fossil species are being discovered and described without ever being seen. Just place your rock sample into a Catscan and look at the pretty pictures. Soon Catscans will be placed onto flying scooters and taken into the field. Perhaps everything could become automated and future palaeontologists need never move from their labs. Eventually they could become even more divorced from reality and just model the past.

Jun 1, 2017 at 1:48 PM | Radical Rodent

I am sure that certain people will say it was not peer reviewed by anybody approved by the IPCC, at least one of them smoked a cigarette once, and it breaks all the rules of maths and science as reinvented by Prof Mann, the well known NoBull Prize Winner.

So they won't read it, and rely instead on Skeptical Science's Cook/Lewandowsky double act, for a full rebuttal of all the Climate Science.

However palaeontologists of the far future will find their fossils gift-wrapped.

Jun 1, 2017 at 1:24 PM | Supertroll

But what type of container or bag, will they put their Field Trip samples into? For rocks the size of a fist, for example, old ammunition boxes were preferred, but more recently, I understand that polythene bags have been very popular, as 20+ are very lightweight, and can be scrunged up in a pocket or ruck sack. Oh, and they don't need cleaning, just throw them away, and buy some more!

Obviously no serious geologist would ever dream of putting samples into the polythene bag or clingfilm, their sandwiches had been wrapped in, but as a non serious, non geologist, I have (occasionally) had to turn polythene bags inside out, to prevent breadcrumbs and mayonnaise contaminating samples sent away for laboratory analysis......