"Recycled Article"
from October 2017.
Significantly expanded
and reformatted.
This blog may be
the only place
you'll read that
adding CO2
to the air
is good news,
with no negative
side effects
observed over
the past 78 years.
You'll read that here,
because the conclusion
is based on data:
Observations of actual
global warming in the past,
never based on the usual
wild guess predictions
of the climate 100 years
in the future.
Actual global warming
for the past 300 years,
measured at +3 degrees C.
in central England,
from the coldest year
in the 1690s, through 2018,
in the 1690s, through 2018,
has made the climate
better and better,
for humans and animals.
Actual global warming
in the past 78 years,
with lots of CO2 added
to the atmosphere from
burning fossil fuels,
was only +0.6 degrees C.,
was only +0.6 degrees C.,
from 1940 to the end of 2018,
using UAH satellite data after 1979.
( a warming rate equivalent to
only +0.8 degrees per century. )
Totally harmless warming !
The actual warming was
mainly where, and when,
warming was good news:
Mainly in high (cold) latitudes,
in the coldest six months
of the year, and mainly at night.
For example:
Warmer winter nights in Alaska
... which is good news
for people who live there !
And the planet is also 'greening',
from more CO2 in the air.
Only a fool would want the mild
beneficial global warming
and planet 'greening' to stop !
Or a leftist !
( I repeat myself )
(1)
I know the future climate
will be warmer, or cooler.
but not which one.
No one else knows
more than that,
no matter what
they claim to "know",
stated with
great confidence.
great confidence.
After a few decades
of global COOLING,
in the 1940s, 1950s,
1960s, and early 1970s,
as CO2 levels rose
in all the decades,
some scientists
predicted a coming
global COOLING
catastrophe.
After a few decades of
global WARMING
from the mid-1970s
through the 1990s,
as CO2 levels rose
in every decade,
many scientists
predicted a coming
global WARMING
catastrophe.
Then the
global average
global average
temperature
barely changed
barely changed
from 1998 to 2018 !
For climate change,
that's like a coin flip,
where the coin lands
on its edge,
and stays there !
It was very unusual
to have no global average
temperature change
from 1998 through
the end of 2018.
The mainstream media
thinks that's not news
you need to hear !
(2)
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
is the staff of life,
not a pollutant.
It's ranged from about
7,000 parts per million
to 200 ppm,
in the atmosphere,
during the past
4.5 billion years,
according to geologists
( the current level
is about 410 ppm. )
(3)
Changes in average
ocean temperatures,
from natural causes,
resulted in changes to
atmospheric CO2 levels,
with multi-hundred year
delays, according to
studies of the past
800,000 years, using
Antarctica ice cores.
CO2 changes did not cause
temperature changes !
(4)
There's no proof in the
historical temperature data,
that CO2 levels EVER controlled
the global average temperature.
(5)
Climate change was not unusual
in 'the era of rapidly rising
fossil fuel burning', after 1940',
(6)
Simple laboratory experiments
don't prove what effect CO2
actually has on the atmosphere.
Warming is an assumption.
Anything worse than mild warming
is a wild guess, ignoring the actual
mild warming in the past 78 years.
(7)
Our planet is getting 'greener',
from adding man made CO2
to the air -- so doubling
today's 410 ppm CO2 level
would be more good news.
( ask any greenhouse owner
about his CO2 enrichment systems,
with a goal of at least 1,000 ppm
inside the greenhouses ).
(8)
And last,
but not least:
"AOC"
stands for:
stands for:
Alexandria
Occasionally
Coherent !
My climate science
conclusions here
are based on data,
not opinions.
My climate science
conclusions are
never based
on personal beliefs
that do not change,
unproven theories,
or wild guess
predictions of the
future climate
I don't care if the
next climate change
is one degree warmer,
or one degree cooler.
As a libertarian,
I don't support
Democrats or
Republicans,
so I don't feel
any pressure
to agree with
their climate
positions.
The last Democrat
I voted for
was in 1972
was in 1972
( George McGovern ),
and the ONLY
Republican
I ever voted for
was in 1980
( Ronald Reagan ).
Climate change
scaremongering
relies mainly on the
scientific ignorance
of the general public,
and great trust in
Democrat politicians.
I have no idea why
any intelligent person
would trust Democrat
( or Republican )
politicians, or the
government bureaucrat
"scientists" they hire.
People have been hearing
'CO2 is Evil' propaganda
in school for 30 years.
The CO2 is Evil
"religion" is based
only on repeated, scary,
wild guess predictions
of the future climate,
that have been wrong
for over 60 years, so far !
I don't trust, or listen to,
anyone who predicts
the future climate,
or any other coming
environmental crisis.
Because history shows us
the predictions of doom
have been 100% wrong !
Always confident predictions !
Always wrong predictions !
That's quite a batting average !
The wifey thinks
I ought to regularly
tell you something
about myself.
As usual, I disagree,
because this blog
is not about me,
but I'll do as she
recommends,
simply because
Happy Wife
= Happy Life.
... We've dated
since early 1978,
married in 1983,
and have only had
one argument.
It started in 1983,
and I expect it
to end in a few years.
(heh heh)
Richard Greene
since 1953
living in
Bingham Farms,
Michigan,
since 1987
BS, 1975
MBA, 1977
Editor of
economics
newsletter,
ECONOMIC LOGIC,
as a hobby,
since 1977
Editor of
three blogs
Retired from
real work
in January 2005
"Retired lazy bum"
( wife's pet name )
Pet name for wife:
"Bellowing Bertha"
( I'm in BIG trouble
when she reads this ! )
Audiophile:
Have 2000+ CDs
-- Favorite Music Genre:
Reggae from 1970s and 1980's
-- Favorite songs
( often discovered years after release ):
-- The Heart Wants What It Wants
by Selena Gomez
-- Hallelujah
by k. d. lang
-- Arlington
by Trace Adkins
-- Your Man
by Josh Turner
Politics: Libertarian
Religion: Atheist
Favorite charity: Salvation Army
Favorite TV comedy: The Honeymooners
Favorite 'stage actors': The Three Stooges
Favorite philosopher: Yogi Berra
Looks like Sean Connery ( "007" )
( my input )
Looks like Rodney Dangerfield
( wife's input )
Favorite insult:
" Up your nose,
with a rubber hose ! "
Does not speak French