A lot of information about global warming gets slung around from both sides of the issue. Some argue against climate models while others see the merit in climate models.
Just so that we are all on the same page I would like to propose the following simple questions to those amongst who have an educated [...]
Although it is true that most of the energy beamed to earth from an SPS will be radiated into the environment as heat, it does not at all follow that this will result in more or even significant global warming than fossil fuel.
First of all, much of the energy in generating stations is expended as [...]
The amount of energy available from wind is limited by the sites suitable for major wind installations. Think of this as being like hydroelectric power. Hydro plants can only be usefully located where there’s a significant water flow across a significant drop. Generally, a dam has to be built to create such [...]
The global warming is due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to (among other things) increased burning of fossil fuels and the depletion of the plant life (rainforests and phytoplankton) that convert that carbon dioxide back into free oxygen and plant material.
So what do CFC gasses have to do with global warming?
CFCs absorb [...]
For decades the prevailing assumption has been that a fossil-fuel-based economy would be constrained by oil, gas and coal depletion. Logical enough. But global warming has turned that paradigm on its head: It now appears that the atmosphere’s ability to assimilate fossil-fuel wastes will be the limiting factor. The question is no longer [...]
A friend recently told me of an interesting study done by two geologists.
The study was an explanation of why none of the predicted sea coast flooding has occured yet. This flooding is predicated by those who forsee global warming due to the CO2 and halogen-organics that have been added to the atmosphere since the start [...]
Global Warming It’s been something of a talking point in recent years amongst the polluters’ cartel spruikers that this was some sinister plot by proponents of the AGW-hypothesis to cover up flaws in the model. This was and is nonsense of course, because describing what is happeneing to the world’s climate as “climate change” is a good deal more accurate. Nobody has suggested that AGW means everywhere will warm at the same rate or even all warm at the same time. It is... more
Global Warming The mainstream scientific consensus on global warming is becoming clearer every day: changes in our climate are real and they are underway. Now. But we can do something about it. The evidence that human-induced global warming is real is increasingly clear and compelling. a. Since the late 19th century, the mean surface temperature of the earth has increased by about 1º F (0.3-0.6°Celsius). b. Over the last 40 years, which is the period with most reliable data, the temperature increased... more
While the phenomenon of global warming is an empty worry, fundamentally unverifiable and unfalsifiable in a strict scientific sense, it is one that has been empowered with a greater meaning by those who have the motive to do so. Accordingly, and perhaps unsurprisingly, since the early 1990s its intrinsic linguistic emptiness has been filled by a mighty myth, especially in Europe. This myth asserts that current global warming is both faster and worse than at any previous time, that it is not natural,... more
Global warming could do more than just melt polar ice. It could change our maps, and displace people from cities and tropical islands.
