Polluted (Indonesian) rivers ‘are a CO2 ticking time bomb’

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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/30/polluted-rivers-%E2%80%98are-a-co2-ticking-time-bomb%E2%80%99.html

Polluted rivers ‘are a CO2 ticking time bomb’

Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 03/30/2010 9:06 AM | Headlines

Nine of Indonesia’s main rivers are contaminated with dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the dumping of industrial chemicals and agriculture and domestic waste, a four-year study shows.

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“The rivers are far more polluted than the atmosphere,” said Elvin Alrian, director of the climate change and air quality unit at the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, during an international workshop on climate change Monday.

The survey, conducted from 2005 to 2009, studied nine rivers: Cisadane in Tangerang; Citanduy and Serayu in Cilacap; Bengawan Solo in Gresik; Cimanuk in Indramayu; Citarum in Bekasi; Brantas in Surabaya; Ciujung in Cibinong and Musi in Palembang.

The study reveals that carbon emission levels in the river Brantas stand at about 9,000 parts per million (ppm) and emissions are at 7,500 ppm in the river Musi. Carbon levels in the atmosphere are estimated at 387 ppm, the study says.

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[NNadir]

1. Don't be silly. Germany's renewable energy portfolio standards declare definitively

that palm oil plantations in Indonesia are good for the environment.

Obviously these people didn't get the memo.