Brand new introduction,
in purple italics,
added February 13:
The 'Green Bad Dream'
in purple italics,
added February 13:
Some Dumbocrats
are seriously claiming
climate change is an
"existential threat".
They are clueless
on the subject of
climate science,
but do know how
to scare people
into wanting
the government,
eventually headed
by the Dumbocrats,
to do something now !
Their
"existential
threat"
"existential
threat"
claim is a
grossly exaggerated
conclusion based onb
climate change
junk science:
climate change
junk science:
Which consists of
wild guess
computer game
predictions of the
future climate,
that "see"constant
global warming,
at triple the rate
we've actually had
since 1940, when the
"era of man made CO2"
began.
Back in reality-land,
the average temperature
is rising intermittently,
at one-third the rate
predicted by the obviously
wrong computer games,
... and the warming rate
has slowed to zero --
the average temperature
of our planet did not change
from 2003 through 2018,
per weather satellite data !
( slight warming, per far less
accurate surface thermometers )
(A)
Is + 1 degree C.
of global warming
in the past 138 years,
an "existential threat" ?
Of course not !
(B)
Is global warming,
at a rate less than
+0.1 degree C. per decade
since 1940 (cause unknown),
an "existential threat" ?
Of course not !
(C)
Is no global warming,
in the past 15 years,
an "existential threat" ?
Of course not !
And how about
the usually hidden
good news that results
from adding CO2
to the atmosphere,
just like the good news
for greenhouse owners
who enrich the air inside
their greenhouses
with extra CO2 ?
In the satellite era,
since the 1970s,
there has been
+15% 'greening'
of our planet,
and food crops
are growing faster too.
My conclusion, after 21 years
reading about real climate science,
as a hobby, is that adding CO2
to the atmosphere is net
GOOD NEWS for our planet,
and not even a minor threat !
What has
actually happened
to the climate
of our planet
since 1940 that
could be considered
to be bad news ?
Here's what happened:
The main climate change
since 1940 was that
the northern half,
of the Northern Hemisphere,
now has slightly warmer
winter nights !
Is that bad news ?
I'd say it's good news,
for the few people
who live there !
What I study is
real climate science,
that tries
to understand,
to understand,
and explain,
the PAST climate.
the PAST climate.
Climate that has
actually happened !
How old fashioned !
"Climate change"
is very different --
and not so
old fashioned !
old fashioned !
"Climate change"
doesn't study
anything that
actually happened.
actually happened.
"Climate change"
consists of
wild guess predictions
of the FUTURE climate,
which always turn out
to be wrong !
We are always told
the FUTURE climate
is going to be bad news
... but no bad news
ever shows up !
After no bad news shows up,
we get to read brand new
"studies", claiming that
' FUTURE climate change
is going to be even WORSE
than the last study claimed ! '
They are not really
scientific "studies",
they are fairy tales
for dummies !
The warnings about
FUTURE climate change
began in the 1960s,
and reached a peak
this month,
with the worst
economic proposal
I have ever heard
in my lifetime,
and I'm 65 years young:
The 'Green Bad Dream'
seems like a junior high
school level pipe dream,
from a C average student !
Perhaps a student in Iran,
whose goal was to destroy
the US economy ?
The Green Bad Dream
has three HUGE problems:
(1)
THERE IS NO
CO2 PROBLEM
THAT NEEDS
TO BE SOLVED !
People, such as dingbat AOC,
( Alexandria Occasionally Coherent )
who call climate change
"an existential threat",
are science-denying
imbeciles.
The rate of global warming
since 1950 suggests
a +0.1 degree C. rise in
the average temperature
in the next ten years --
much too small for anyone
to notice !
Or maybe a -0.1 degree C.
global cooling in the
next ten years -- no one
knows the future climate !
This leftist "proposal"
attacks a 'problem'
that does NOT exist.
We've had 20,000 years
of actual global warming
to study, and it has been
good news all the way,
starting with Chicago and
Detroit under thick
ice glaciers !
ice glaciers !
There is no current problem
with our planet's climate !
The average temperature
has barely changed
since 1880
since 1880
-- measurement errors
could easily account for
most of the claimed
+1 degree C. warming
in the past 138 years !
There has been a flat average
temperature trend since 2003.
Adding CO2 to the air is good news,
significantly 'greening' our planet.
And if CO2 causes global warming,
which is just an assumption,
based only on lab experiments,
the actual warming rate
since 1950, has been
since 1950, has been
mild and harmless
-- warming at a rate
of only +1 degree C.
of only +1 degree C.
in 100 to 200 years,
( if you assume the worst case,
that CO2 is the ONLY cause
of global warming )
(2)
CO2 EMISSIONS
WILL RISE FASTER,
and THEN
CONTINUE TO RISE !
CONTINUE TO RISE !
Building a new
wind and solar
wind and solar
infrastructure
would produce
would produce
MORE
CO2 emissions
during the huge
multi-decade
CO2 emissions
during the huge
multi-decade
building phase.
Intermittent energy sources,
such as wind and solar power,
require a huge amount of
back-up fossil fuel
power generation
for nights, and when
there is minimal wind.
Global greenhouse
gas emissions
would continue to rise,
from economic growth
in developing countries
( not foolish enough
to impose the
Bad New Dream
on themselves ! )
(3)
THE GREEN
BAD DREAM
BAD DREAM
IS NOT
FEASIBLE !
FEASIBLE !
The Green Bad Dream
is not feasible,
so can not happen.
By eliminating their fuels,
it would make all cars, trucks,
motorcycles, diesel trains,
ships, boats, and all power
generating plants
ships, boats, and all power
generating plants
using coal, natural gas
or nuclear energy
or nuclear energy
obsolete, and worthless !
There are no
known replacements
known replacements
for many of these assets,
that don't use fossil fuels.
that don't use fossil fuels.
A transition from fossil fuels
to alternative energy would cost
tens of trillions of dollars,
and take many decades
to implement.
Certainly not in ten years !
Or in 20 years !
Possibly feasible in 50 years,
but only if new technologies,
are developed to store
huge amounts of energy ?
Writing off the current
huge fossil fuel electricity
generation infrastructure,
that took a century to build,
would make a $5 to 6 trillion
investment become worthless !
Wind and solar power
face two huge problems:
High cost, and
intermittent power !
There are no electric
storage systems,
currently available ,
that can affordably
and dependably store
vast amounts of energy,
needed over weeks,
to reliably satisfy
electricity demand,
using only
wind and solar
power generation.
Modern economies
need constant electricity,
24/7, not just when
the sun shines AND
the wind blows
at the same time.
Wind and solar energy
have low power density
so replacing fossil fuels
would require a huge
amount of land
for the windmills
and solar panels,
crowding out our
agriculture and wildlife.
Additional reading
on related subjects:
Burning fossil fuels has
unintended benefits
for green plants:
Costs and benefits
of fossil fuels,
mainly benefits:
Energy is too important
to experiment with:
Solar and wind power are intermittent,
and that's why they are losers.
Is the Green New Deal
designed to kill capitalism,
or is there another goal ?