Posted on 07/10/2008 12:16:22 PM PDT by pogo101
..."Global Warming" in recent historical times has been an undisputable fact, and no one can reasonably deny that.
But we're hearing far too often that the "science" is "settled", and that it is mankind's contribution to the natural CO2 in the atmosphere has been the principal cause of an increasing "Greenhouse Effect", which is the root "cause" of global warming. We're also hearing that "all the world's scientists now agree on this settled science", and it is now time to quickly and most radically alter our culture, and prevent a looming global catastrophe. And last, but not least, we're seeing a sort of mass hysteria sweeping our culture which is really quite disturbing. Historians ponder how the entire nation of Germany could possibly have goose-stepped into place in such a short time, and we have similar unrest. Have we become a nation of overnight loonies?
Sorry folks, but we're not exactly buying into the Global Hysteria just yet. ...
Now our puzzle is complete, and we can visualize the whole thing.
1. The sun heats the earth, repository of most of the CO2 on the planet.
2. Some stored CO2 comes out by a process known as outgassing ( from the soil ) and the champagne effect ( from the oceans ). The oceans are by far the largest source.
3. Sloppy "scientists" see the warming, and the CO2, but overlook the changes in the sun, don't see the fine differences in timing... and proceed to blame the increasing temperature on CO2 and mankind as the culprit in a classic knee-jerk reaction.
Summary - Exactly what have we learned here?
1. The "Greenhouse Effect" is a natural and valuable phenomenon, without which, the planet would be uninhabitable.
2. Modest Global Warming, at least up until 1998 when a cooling trend began, has been real.
3. CO2 is not a significant greenhouse gas; 95% of the contribution is due to Water Vapor.
4. Man's contribution to Greenhouse Gasses is relatively insignificant. We didn't cause the recent Global Warming and we cannot stop it.
5. Solar Activity appears to be the principal driver for Climate Change, accompanied by complex ocean currents which distribute the heat and control local weather systems.
6. CO2 is a useful trace gas in the atmosphere, and the planet would actually benefit by having more, not less of it, because it is not a driver for Global Warming and would enrich our vegetation, yielding better crops to feed the expanding population.
7. CO2 is not causing global warming, in fact, CO2 is lagging temperature change in all reliable datasets. The cart is not pulling the donkey, and the future cannot influence the past.
8. Nothing happening in the climate today is particularly unusual, and in fact has happened many times in the past and will likely happen again in the future.
9. The UN IPCC has corrupted the "reporting process" so badly, it makes the oil-for-food scandal look like someone stole some kid's lunch money. They do not follow the Scientific Method, and modify the science as needed to fit their predetermined conclusions. In empirical science, one does NOT write the conclusion first, then solicit "opinion" on the report, ignoring any opinion which does not fit their predetermined conclusion while falsifying data to support unrealistic models.
10. Polar Bear populations are not endangered, in fact current populations are healthy and at almost historic highs. The push to list them as endangered is an effort to gain political control of their habitat... particularly the North Slope oil fields.
11. There is no demonstrated causal relationship between hurricanes and/or tornadoes and global warming. This is sheer conjecture totally unsupported by any material science.
12. Observed glacial retreats in certain select areas have been going on for hundreds of years, and show no serious correlation to short-term swings in global temperatures.
13. Greenland is shown to be an island completely surrounded by water, not ice, in maps dating to the 14th century. There is active geothermal activity in the currently "melting" sections of Greenland.
14. The Antarctic Ice cover is currently the largest ever observed by satellite, and periodic ice shelf breakups are normal and correlate well with localized tectonic and geothermal activity along the Antarctic Peninsula.
15. The Global Warming Panic was triggered by an artifact of poor mathematics which has been thoroughly disproved. The panic is being deliberately nurtured by those who stand to gain both financially and politically from perpetuation of the hoax.
16. Scientists who "deny" the hoax are often threatened with loss of funding or even their jobs.
17. The correlation between solar activity and climate is now so strong that solar physicists are now seriously discussing the much greater danger of pending global cooling.
18. Biofuel hysteria is already having a disastrous effect on world food supplies and prices, and current technologies for biofuel production consume more energy than the fuels produce.
19. Global Warming Hysteria is potentially linked to a stress-induced mental disorder.
20. In short, there is no "climate crisis" of any kind at work on our planet.
Did not see this posted in recent threads on Global Warming, and I believe the article itself is new, but obviously please delete it if it is a duplicate.
Bookmark for later.
It is. These facts are well known by people who follow the issue, but you will never see them reported.
bump for later.
I think we are going to see some physical violence against some of these waccos (however you spell it). People are starting to get fed up.
Good article, but it will have no effect on the indoctrinated masses who want to feel like they are “saving the planet”. It “feels” good to save the planet.
To accept that climate is doing as it has ever done and that man can’t control it is an anathema to these neo-marxists.
BTTT
“Global Warming” is so yesterday! The current buzz is Global Climate Change, where ANY change in the climate can be blamed on Mankind’s destruction of the environment! The watermelons cover all bases that way.
Truth is that Climat changes, period. That’s what it’s supposed to do.
There was a NASA scientist on C-SPAN a couple of weeks ago who said he didn’t believe the sun had any effect on the climate!!!!
Great post, and very good read. Well done from a scientific perspective. About the only thing I’d liked to have seen explored more was the emerging correlation between volcanic activity and warming. Mt. St. Helens, Pinitubo, et al, in addition to increased solar activity may have contributed greatly to some of the warming that happened in the last half of the 1900’s.
He lost me there. Who could possible believe that the sun has anything to do with the temperature of the planet? That's just crazy.
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ping
Cut & save an EXTRA cord of firewood every year, to stave off future freezing.
Grow & store an extra ton of corn for your pellet stove each season, ditto.
Start raising a few mink or chinchillas, to make fur coats later.
Start raising rabbits, to put meat on the table, manure on the garden, and fur on the hands, feet, and ears.
Buy and raise a pair or two of eider ducks, to collect down for quilts, vests, etc.
Start banking greenhouse credits, guaranteeing to unsequester an extra ton of CO^2/credit at a future date.
OR JUST IGNORE BOTH SIDES, AND CONTINUE TO HAPPILY LIVE AS ALWAYS!
Google climate insecurity.
He should visit Mercury, or Pluto to get a first hand look at the influence of the sun on a planet's climate.
How many times has the climate in earth’s history changed? How many times has humankind caused it? If there IS climate change, could be it’s just happening again... on its on?
IMHO, what we have here is the 21st Century version of the ancient pagan claim that our mishaps are a result of “angering the gods”. In the dim past, earthquakes, storms and other assorted catastrophes have required many sacrifices of virgins, children and other unfortunate folks to appease these angry gods! Note that the high priests and shamans demanding these “necessary” sacrifices rarely were it victims.
One wonders… Why do most all the political “elite” class (sadly ‘D’ and ‘R’ alike) jump on board with this fraud?
Could it be, only a huge government, more and more totalitarian can “solve” this “problem”?
One thing for sure! to solve this phony “crisis” our REAL freedoms will enter a permanent ice age!
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