CLEAN ENERGY PUNDIT

SNIPPETS & QUESTIONS #2

SOME ANSWERS

re CLIMATE

http://principia-scientific.org/supportnews/latest-news/186-lord-monckton-s-appeal-to-authority-backfires-in-greenhouse-gas-debate.html & http://geologist-1011.mobi/

While trying to come to grips with these two news items and raising a query, I received this comment in return:

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Mike,

against the likes of Eric Ferguson you can simply reply by stating that the greenhouse gas “theory” - the cornerstone of all climate alarm – is refuted on many levels. For example, it is refuted by 400,000 years of Vostok Ice core data that show levels of CO2 follow changes in temperature; as such CO2 is a symptom, not a driver of climate. Also, CO2 is proven to be a coolant gas because it is one of nature's best EMITTERS of energy. As such it cannot “trap” heat. The only known trapper of heat in our atmosphere is water vapour that temporary holds energy in the form of latent heat. To create climate alarm doomsaying junk climatologists wrongly assign to CO2 the latent heat storage properties of water vapour because governments can tax us for exhaling CO2 but they can't control our planet's water cycle.

The most absurd logical fallacy in Eric's argument is his invoking of the arbitrary and subjective pseudo-intellectual device known as the “precautionary principle.” He says we must apply an “insurance” against global warming. But history tells us climate always changes and cold is a greater enemy to life than warmth. Life flourishes in warmer climates but struggles in colder (compare the barren Arctic to the rich Amazon rainforest).

If we wanted to “insure” against climate change we should be preparing for the coming ice age. As Dr. Pierre R Latour tells us: [Dr. Pierre R. Latour is noted for his engineering prowess in helping design and develop the docking system for NASA’s Apollo space mission; he turns film critic to lambast the latest film sold in the name of junk science. See the quoted link below].

If you discover glacial cycles have a period of about 100,000 years with an interglacial period of about 15,000, your discovery has been made already.
If you realize Chicago is covered by an ice sheet >1 mile thick 85% of the time, you get it.
If you realize humanity prospers during interglacials, not glacials, you get it.
If you discover Earth’s temperature has stabilized at a local high since 1998, you can expect it to begin cooling soon. Maybe -15C. Because a new glacial has begun.
If you accept Lucy walked around Kenya 3 million years ago, you can conclude your ancestors survived 3,000,000/100,000 = 30 glacials. Her ancestors appeared about 7 million years ago so they survived 4,000,000/100,000 = 40 more glacials. 30 + 40 = 70.
If you have enough faith in current humanity to believe we will survive at least one more = 100,000 years (year 102,013) you are a climate realist.
Remedy? Invest in property near the Equator. This is not good or bad news, it’s just news.
Don’t be provocative. Have a fabulous day. Breathe your CO₂easy.