Before pursuing socio-economic changes, due to the somewhat specious argument that humanity is the chief cause of Global Climate Change (GCC), an analysis for reducing man made CO2 must be done. The reason for this is because the worst offenders (India, China, sub-Saharan Africa, etc), according to the Kyoto Protocol (KP), are required to do little, if anything, to reduce their CO2 levels. The United States is a carbon sink, but would be required by KP to spend TRILLIONS on a problem to which it is a net non-contributor.
The analysis must include:
- Irrefutable scientific proof that human activity, rather than solar output, is causing Global Climate Change
- The percentage of Global Warming/Cooling (GW/C) attributable to human activity.
- Scientific study showing X% reduction CO2 will result in Y% reduction of the rate of GCC.
- The cost in USD / % reduction of CO2
- Necessary technologies for achieving said reduction including:
– the costs of R&D,
– manufacturing,
– distributing,
– installing,
– operating and maintaining those technologies,
– source(s) of funding and any negative environmental effects thereof.
- Economic impacts of the technologies on the nations’ people, businesses, and governments.
- Cost of minimizing natural changes in “greenhouse gas” levels to maintain target GCC rate.
- Cost/benefit ratio for entire process and arguments against spending resources preparing for the inevitable, rather than trying to stop the unstoppable.
Before the GCC propagandists (GCCPs) distract us, we must realize a few things about our atmosphere. First and foremost is how much each of the Greenhouse Gases (GG) contribute to the Greenhouse Effect (GE). We must also ask the most glaring question – Just how much of the GE is caused by human activity? The answer? “NOT MUCH”.
When not adjusted for the Water Vapor (WV) in our atmosphere, CO2 accounts for 73.4% of the GE. Methane accounts for 7.1%, Nitrous Oxide adds another 19%, CFCs and other misc. gases comprise 1.4%
Again, this is NOT accounting for the major GG – Water Vapor.
Once WV is added to the mix, the percentages drop to insignificant, approaching comedic, levels. You see, WV accounts for 95% of the total GE and it cannot be ignored. When adjusted for WV, CO2 suddenly accounts for 3.6% of the GE. Methane, Nitrous Oxide and the other misc. gases account for 0.36%, 0.95% and 0.072% respectively.
To further exacerbate the GCCPs, we must also realize the vast majority of GGs occur naturally. Humanity accounts for 0.001% of WV, 3.325% of CO2, 18.338% of Methane, 4.933% of N2O, and 65.711% of the other offending gases. Those percentages seem high, but you have to remember all of them combined (man-made and natural sources) comprises FIVE percent of the GE. Water Vapor, almost all of which is natural in origin accounts for 95% of the GE.
To answer the question that preceded this lengthy explanation, humanity accounts for roughly 0.28% of the Greenhouse effect, if WV is taken into account. That figure rises to a mere 5.53% if one does not.
Information for the above found here:
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
To further complicate the GCCPs stance on this subject, we must remember that 35 years ago in the mid-1970s the experts had the following to say on global COOLING:
“We have about five more years at the outside to do something,”
a.. ecologist Kenneth Watt April 19, 1970.
Hmmm…that one sounds familiar.
“the world has 10 years or less to turn things around before it is too late”
Al Gore, concerning global warming/climate change – July 2008
But, let’s get back to the 1970s, shall we?
“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
- Harvard biologist George Wald, 1970.
“Man must stop pollution and conserve his resources, not merely to enhance existence but to save the race from intolerable deterioration and possible extinction.”
- New York Times editorial page, 1970.
“If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age.”
- University of California, Davis Prof. Kenneth Watt.
Earth is warmer because solar output is higher than it was 35 years ago, not because of anything humanity has done, or CAN DO.
In fact, Dr. Roy Spencer, who made his career studying climate for NASA states, “Were it not for weather, the natural greenhouse effect would cause the surface of the Earth to average 140 degrees.”
http://www.reason.com/blog/printer/118878.html
The reason for this, according to Dr. Spencer is our weather patterns short-circuit the GE. Funny how we never hear about that.
In conclusion, and I’ve only begun to scratch the surface, Global Warming/Cooling and Anthropogenic (Manmade) Climate Change are nothing more than a group of people trying to get rich by scaring the masses. They are aided and abetted by those in the liberal mainstream media.
When Mr. Gore figures out a way to put a dimmer switch on the Sun then, and ONLY then, can we talk about humanity’s affect on Earth’s climate. Until that comes to pass, I invite Mr. Gore to sit down, shut the heck up, and quit perpetuating the grand daddy of all hoaxes upon humanity.
So, what’s the skinny on Global Warming/Climate change? Only that the argument is so thin, it’s anorexic.
Dan Hennessy resides in Grand Forks, ND and has been studying the dynamic in the hysteria perpetuated by the Climate Change Propaganda Machine for 5 years.
