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Friday, October 12, 2018

We love fossil fuels

The main deficiency 
in the IPCC reports 
is deliberate ignorance 
of atmospheric 
temperature trends, 
measured by the
weather satellites --
the troposphere is where 
the greenhouse gas effect 
occurs. 

Atmospheric temperature 
data from satellites 
refute IPCC claims 
that humans are causing 
severe global warming 
by CO2 emissions. 

The IPCC is 
a political 
organization,
so it should be 
no surprise 
that its reports 
are not scientific
-- they are just
one assumption 
after another,
piled onto an
unproven theory,
that humans are 
the main cause
   ( "over 50%" )
of global warming
since 1950,
stated with 
great confidence,
as if confidence
is a substitute for
climate science
knowledge.

Fossil fuels 
deliver 
affordable, 
reliable energy.

Low energy prices
encourage
economic prosperity. 

Economic prosperity 
improves 
human health 
and welfare. 

Wind and 
solar power 
do not deliver
affordable, 
reliable energy.

The high power density 
of fossil fuels 
also requires far less 
physical space:
  In 2010, fossil fuels 
delivered 110 times
as much power as 
the same surface area 
devoted to 
renewable energy 
sources.

Reducing 
fossil fuel use 
to achieve 
dramatic reductions 
in CO2 emissions 
would inflict great
economic hardship. 

Reducing 
greenhouse gases 
to 90% below 
1990 levels
by 2050, 
would require 
a huge 
96% reduction 
in world GDP.

Pollution in Asia, 
and elsewhere, 
are largely 
a result of 
use of coal 
for heating, 
without the use of
modern pollution controls, 
or from antiquated systems.

The only negative impact 
from use of fossil fuels 
used with modern
pollution controls
is oil spills. 

Oil spills and gas leaks 
do need to be controlled.

But ... during the BP 
Deepwater Horizon 
oil spill, 
from April 20
to September 19
in 2010, 
we found out
the Gulf of Mexico has
naturally occurring 
oil seepages, 
and microbes 
that thrive on oil. 

Using chemical dispersants 
to break-up large globs of oil, 
left an oil feast for the microbes
-- they devoured most of the oil,
surprising almost every “expert”.