Background:
The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Obsession Cult says the climate today is bad, and getting worse.
I say the climate today is wonderful, and getting better.
The CO2 Obsession Cult says adding CO2 to the air will cause runaway warming that will end life on Earth.
I say that adding CO2 to the air is greening the Earth, which is good news -- greenhouse owners use CO2 enrichment to accelerate the growth of their plants.
The CO2 Obsession Cult says CO2 controls the climate.
I say that no one knows what controls the climate.
The CO2 Cult jumped to a conclusion about CO2, and that led to their sorry track record -- 30 consecutive years of grossly inaccurate predictions of the future climate.
For billions of years, our planet has had more CO2 in the air than today -- and there was never any runaway warming from all that CO2 ... or we would not be here today to debate runaway warming!
The CO2 Cult replies to all skepticism with a logical fallacy called an Appeal to Authority: 'We have government bureaucrat scientists on our team. Man made CO2 is evil because they say so.'
The CO2 Cult is based on 'because we say so' "science" (which is nonsense).
Refuting the CO2 Obsession Cult:
(1) What do I need to know about the history of climate change?
Answer:
Earth's climate has been constantly changing for over four billion years.
20,000 years ago Canada, and some northern US states, were covered with ice up to several miles thick.
The ice gradually melted.
From natural climate change.
Not from people burning coal, gasoline, heating oil and natural gas.
Sea level rose over 400 feet as ice on the land melted and water flowed to the sea.
From natural climate change.
Not from people burning coal, gasoline, heating oil and natural gas.
The remaining ice is still melting ... very slowly.
And sea level is still rising ... very slowly -- about six inches a century.
(2) What do the government bureaucrat "scientists" claim will happen?
Answer:
A small group of climate modeler "scientists" on government payrolls were hired because they believe CO2 controls the climate. They play computer games and make bizarre climate claims:
(a) They admit there had been 4.5 billion years of continuous natural climate change,
(b) They claim natural climate change suddenly ended in about 1940,
(c) They claim man made carbon dioxide (CO2) took over as the "climate controller" in 1940, and
(d) They claim that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels causes global warming that will never end, destroying all life on Earth.
(3) What proof do government bureaucrat "scientists" provide that they are right about predictions of runaway global warming?
Answer:
No scientific proof has ever been provided.
It's shocking when you realize politicians and their government bureaucrat "scientists"simply ignore their track record of 30 years of wrong climate predictions, and their lack of scientific explanations for their climate claims:
(a) Why did natural climate changes suddenly stop?
Bureaucrats have no answer.
(b) How did CO2 suddenly become the "climate controller"?
Bureaucrats have no answer
(c) Why was there no warming from 1940 to 1975 as CO2 levels rose?
Bureaucrats had no answer, so they made one up. They claimed burning fossil fuels added soot to the air that blocked sunlight -- cooling the planet more than CO2 warmed it ... meaning soot was the climate controller for 35 years?
(d) But if soot blocks sunlight, then why was there warming after 1975?
Bureaucrats have no answer, implying that all the soot suddenly disappeared in 1975 ... but I remember the 1970's -- our air was far from clean in 1975.
(e) How do we know man made CO2 has any warming effect?
Bureaucrats claim there was warming from 1975 to 2000, they claim CO2 causes warming in laboratory experiments, and then they jump to the conclusion that CO2 was the cause ... because they say so.
(f) The warming from 1975 to 2000 was almost identical to the warming from 1910 to 1940 -- why would they not have the same cause?
Bureaucrats blame the 1910 to 1940 warming on (unknown) natural causes, but claim nearly identical warming from 1975 to 2000 is caused by man made CO2.
When asked why two similar warming periods in the same century would have two completely different causes, bureaucrats have no answer. They get flustered, and bellow: 'We have science degrees' ... 'the science is settled' ... 'because we say so'.
(f) Do government bureaucrat "scientists" benefit from demonizing CO2?
Government bureaucrat "scientists" guarantee themselves lifetime employment by claiming CO2 is going to cause a climate catastrophe ... that only they can see coming ... and only they are qualified to study.
The CO2 Obsession Cult claims two miracles happened sometime around 1940, with no scientific explanations ever offered:
(1) Natural climate change suddenly ended.
(2) CO2 climate change suddenly started.
Those are the two core beliefs of the CO2 Obsession Cult.
The CO2 Obsession Cult is a new secular religion, based on faith, just like traditional religions!
We've heard thirty years of predictions of a coming climate catastrophe ... yet our climate keeps getting better ... and the climate is wonderful in 2017.
CO2 Obsession is a smarmy attempt by politicians and government bureaucrat "scientists" to scare people in an effort to ensure their own job security, while falsely claiming they are virtuous people trying to save the planet.
Global average surface temperature measurements have a margin of error of at least +/- one degree C. ... yet we are frequently told by government bureaucrat "scientists" that one year was warmer than the prior year by a few hundredths of a degree ... because they say so!
SUMMARY:
Politicians and government bureaucrat "scientists" have extrapolated a harmless one degree C. of natural global warming in the past 150 years (+/- one degree) ...
... into a scary climate catastrophe
coming in the future ...
... that allegedly can only be stopped
only by a more powerful government
-- through new regulations
and new taxes on energy use.
Predicting a coming climate catastrophe results in "lifetime employment insurance" for the government bureaucrat "scientists" and politicians.
Government bureaucrat "scientists" never publicize contrary facts, such as: The average temperature of our planet has barely changed since the early 2000s ...
... because any facts that contradict their CO2 Obsession beliefs might educate the general public ...
... and then more people will stop listening to their annual predictions of a coming global warming catastrophe.
I stopped listening 20 years ago because the reactions to my skepticism were very suspicious and not scientific: Ridicule, character attacks and appeals to authority and faith (because we say so).
Those emotional reactions are exactly what I would expect if I walked up to a religious person and asked: "How can you believe in God, heaven, and hell with no proof they exist?"
After 30 years of wrong climate predictions, everyone should realize the future climate can't be predicted.
The claim that the future climate can be predicted, and runaway warming is coming, is a hoax that created the 'green industry'.
The 'green industry' is the only industry that needs huge government subsidies to stay alive -- crony capitalism at its worst.