Historical Carbon Emissions From Dragons In Middle Earth 69
An anonymous reader writes "The climate of Middle Earth has recently been under the spotlight, with the current and future climate of Middle Earth simulated using the HadCM3L General Circulation Model. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been little work investigating the historical carbon emissions of Middle Earth. Specifically, what impact has the demise of dragons had on carbon emissions? To shed some light on this question, we start by considering the carbon footprint of the antagonist, Smaug."
Smaug is surprisingly environmentally friendly.
Carbon footprints (Score:2, Insightful)
Of course, the eruption of Mount Doom should offset most or all of the reduced carbon emissions from dragons.
Surprisingly environmentally friendly (Score:4, Insightful)
Of course. He keeps the dwarf population in check, whose excessive mining wreaks havoc on the environment.
Smaug is environmentally wonderful (Score:4, Insightful)
Replace the denizens of an entire city with a single creature - check. Single creature spends most of it's time lounging about and doing nothing - check. Single creature reuses the work product of others instead of making their own emissions - check. Single creature eats far less than an entire city - check.
It's a no brainier - Smaug is good for the environment.
Re:Excuse me but (Score:2, Insightful)
Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!