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Dirck T. Hartmann
July 3, 2008
Hopefully man made global warming will come to be recognized for the
hoax It truly is.
(Editor's Note: To many in the know, Dirck T. Hartmann, who worked on
the Apollo Space Program and many other significant NASA projects, was a
fighter pilot in WWII, flying P38s. So when this gifted
scientist/engineer/physicist and 87-year-old hero felt compelled to
answer the questions of Man Made Global Warming, not only his son and
grandchildren knew he had something to say with factual substance, truth
and knowledge. What he has to say is clear and concise and should be
read by everyone.)
What is your carbon footprint? That is the wrong question to ask. A more
meaningful question is--How much carbon dioxide does it take to grow the
wheat required to produce a loaf of bread? Or--How much carbon dioxide
does it take to grow the corn for the chicken feed required to produce a
dozen eggs?
Far from being a pollutant, man along with every animal on land, fish in
the sea, and bird in the air is totally dependent on atmospheric carbon
dioxide for his food supply.
Some politicians complain that the United States with only 3% of the
world population uses 25% of the energy. But the clean carbon dioxide
which we produce is increasing food production everywhere on earth.
China, on the other hand, is building new power plants at a record rate
using the abundant domestic supply of coal they have and has now passed
the United States as the leading producer of carbon dioxide. Although
their coal has a high sulfur content, they are building the new plants
without any pollution controls. The sulfur dioxide which these power
plants are releasing to the atmosphere, besides smelling like rotten
eggs is, in sunlight, readily converted to sulfur trioxide, the highly
solublegas responsible for most acid rain.
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, using energy from
sunlight, convert carbon dioxide and water into high energy fuels. It is
responsible for all the fuel that feeds forest fires, and for the rapid
grow-back of fuel after a fire. But even with the hundreds of millions
of tons of coal and the billions of barrels of oil and gasoline that are
burned annually, the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere remains
about .04%.
It has been estimated that more than two hundred billion tons of
atmospheric carbon are fixed yearly by photosynthesis, 10%to 20% by land
plants, and the remaining 80%to 90% by plant plankton and algae in the
ocean, which constantly resupply us with oxygen. Atmospheric carbon
dioxide acts like a thermostat for plant growth, increases triggering
vast blooms of ocean algae, and spurts in the rate of growth of land
plants. As long as man burns coal and oil responsibly, that is with
pollution controls that minimize the production of acid rain, the earth
can never have too much carbon dioxide. The plants will not permit it.
Anyone who has lived in a desert area where the relative humidity is
frequently below 5%, knows that dry air is a lousy green house gas. It
can be 115 degrees F (46 degrees C) during the day yet cool off so
rapidly that a sweater is needed two or three hours after sunset.
Despite the heat sink of the ground with rocks hot enough to fry an egg,
the heat is radiated rapidly away through the dry air to the clear night
sky. Since dry desert air has about the same .04% concentration of
carbon dioxide as air everywhere else, it is not credible to conclude
that carbon dioxide is causing global warming.
Water vapor is the most effective greenhouse gas by far. With high
humidity, even without cloud cover, the night air cools at a rate so
slow as to be nearly imperceptible, particularly if you are trying to
sleep without air conditioning.
High humidity is the reason nights are so balmy in the tropics. At 100
degrees F and 100% relative humidity, water vapor accounts for only 2%
of the atmosphere. It has a greater effect than all other greenhouse
gases combined but, since it cannot be regulated, is rarely mentioned as
a greenhouse gas.
If human activity is not the cause, why are the ice sheets on the earth
poles receding? They are melting for the same reason that the polar caps
on Mars are melting. For the 200 years or so that a record of sun spot
activity has been kept, it has been observed that global temperatures on
earth correlate closely with sun spot activity,very low activity
corresponding to a mini ice age, and high activity to global warming.
Every second the sun converts 564 million tons of hydrogen into 560
million tons of helium, consuming its mass at the rate of 4 million tons
per second. It has been doing this for 4.5 billion years and has about
4.5 billion years to go before all its hydrogen is used up. At that time
it will have consumed less than 1% of its mass. This enormous solar
furnace is responsible for climate change as well as all weather on
earth.
The U.S. has a domestic supply of coal that is alone sufficient to meet
our present power needs and projections for growth for at least 1,000
years, even without building any new nuclear power plants. Burning the
coal responsibly and releasing the carbon locked up in it as clean
carbon dioxide will benefit crop yields all over the earth. The great
atmospheric patterns of air movements ensure a steady supply of carbon
dioxide for crop growth, and a steady supply of oxygen for animals and
people. To increase the rate at which photosynthesis removes carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere, a respected scientist proposed to the
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC,
seeding the ocean to trigger algae blooms. This practical, inexpensive,
highly effective means for sequestering carbon dioxide would benefit the
food chain in the oceans and increase fish populations. But because it
did not impose hardships, require trading carbon credits, punish the
U.S. or any other nation, or require increased governmental control, the
IPCC rejected it. The IPCC uses the hoax of man made global warming to
increase its power and that of a corrupt, anti-American United Nations
that has proven itself impotent in combating world wide acts of
terrorism, genocide in Sudan, the real threat of nuclear proliferation
in the mid-east from Iran and Syria, or human rights violations in China
and Africa.
Our mainstream media uses every opportunity to hype the hoax of man made
global warming by repeated reporting of data and events that appear to
support it, and ignoring those that contradict it. When the NFC
championship game In 2007 between the Packers and the New York Giants
was played at Green Bay in record low temperatures and blizzard
conditions, there was no mention of global cooling; nor was there any in
2007 when below freezing temperatures threatened the vegetable crops in
the south and the citrus crops in Florida. The drought in California is
the result of colder than normal conditions in the equatorial Pacific
Ocean, and the fact that ocean temperatures along the Pacific coast have
been falling for the last three years is never mentioned. But after
hurricane Katrina we were fed a host of dire predictions which warned of
the increasing severity of storms, the melting of the polar ice caps,
and the flooding of coastal areas from rising sea level, if we do not
drastically reduce the release of greenhouse gasses to combat global
warming. Which greenhouse gasses is not specified. We already have
pollution controls in the smokestacks of most power plants, steel mills,
and factories that minimize the release of sulfur dioxide.
The only completely uncontrolled exhaust gas is carbon dioxide, and
photosynthesis automatically controls its atmospheric concentration for
us.
Three billion years ago when the earth's atmosphere was an unbreathable
brew of noxious gases with almost no oxygen, a small green algae evolved
in the ocean which, using the energy from sunlight over a few million
years, completely altered the earth's atmosphere. This oceanic green
algae, the first plant to use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide
and water into high energy fuel, was of course followed by the evolution
of an almost limitless number and variety of carbon dioxide consuming
plants.
Fortunately for mankind and all animals, fish,and birds, all of whom are
totally dependent on plants, the oceanic green algae continues to
perform its magic in the oceans of the earth today. Every three
centuries all the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and dissolved in the
waters of the earth goes through the cycle photosynthesis, decay,
photosynthesis, with the cycle constantly renewing the earth's supply of
oxygen.
People on the left claim global warming is real, a threat to the
continued existence of mankind, and the debate as to its cause is over!
Although none of this is true, it nevertheless is what four of my
grandchildren were taught in high school. Most politicians on the left
have little respect for truth and no regard for clarity, and apparently
many high school teachers reflect their views. My oldest granddaughter
just graduated from MITwhere she was spared the political rhetoric of
the left on global warming. However Caltech's Argyros Professor and
professor of chemistry, in an article titled "Powering the Planet"states
"The carbon dioxide we produce over the next 40 years, and its
associated effects will last for a timescale comparable to modern human
history. This is why, within the next 20 years we either solve this
problem or the world will never be the same." This is nonsense. It
ignores the more than 200 billion tons of carbon that is sequestered
yearly through photosynthesis from carbon dioxide In the atmosphere.
Since this has been known for 40 years, I can only assume he is
politically motivated to make such a statement. Hopefully man made
global warming will come to be recognized for the hoax It truly is.
Dirck T.Hartmann is a retired Aerospace Engineer living in Huntington
Beach
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3797
--
Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"What is "settled" is the politics, not the science." Patrick J.
Michaels
Expect More Droughts, Heavy Downpours, Excessive Heat, And Intense
Hurricanes Due To Global
Warming, NOAA
ScienceDaily (June 20, 2008) - The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and
the
Subcommittee on Global Change Research has released a scientific assessment
that
provides the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes
in
weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories. Among
the
major findings reported in this assessment are that droughts, heavy
downpours,
excessive heat, and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace
as
humans continue to increase the atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping
greenhouse gases.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change previously evaluated extreme
weather and climate events on a global basis in this same context. However,
there has not been a specific assessment across North America prior to this
report.
The report is based on scientific evidence that a warming world will be
accompanied by changes in the intensity, duration, frequency, and geographic
extent of weather and climate extremes.
"This report addresses one of the most frequently asked questions about
global
warming: what will happen to weather and climate extremes? This synthesis
and
assessment product examines this question across North America and concludes
that we are now witnessing and will increasingly experience more extreme
weather
and climate events," said report co-chair Tom Karl, Ph.D., director of NOAA's
National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
"We will continue to see some of the biggest impacts of global warming
coming
from changes in weather and climate extremes," said report co-chair Gerry
Meehl,
Ph.D., of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
"This
report focuses for the first time on changes of extremes specifically over
North
America."
Global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced
increases
in heat-trapping gases, according to the report. Many types of extreme
weather
and climate event changes have been observed during this time period and
continued changes are projected for this century. Specific future
projections
include:
Abnormally hot days and nights, along with heat waves, are very likely to
become more common. Cold nights are very likely to become less common.
Sea ice extent is expected to continue to decrease and may even disappear
in
the Arctic Ocean in summer in coming decades.
Precipitation, on average, is likely to be less frequent but more intense.
Droughts are likely to become more frequent and severe in some regions.
Hurricanes will likely have increased precipitation and wind.
The strongest cold-season storms in the Atlantic and Pacific are likely to
produce stronger winds and higher extreme wave heights.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S.
Commerce Department, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and
national
safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related
events
and information service delivery for transportation, and by providing
environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.
NOAA plays a key role in the Climate Change Science Program, which is
responsible for coordinating and integrating climate research, observations,
decision support, and communications of 13 federal departments and agencies.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research investigates climate, weather,
and
other topics related to the atmosphere. It is sponsored by the National
Science
Foundation and managed by a nonprofit consortium of universities, the
University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
The full CCSP 3.3 report, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing
Climate,
and a summary FAQ brochure are available online.
"V for Vendicar" <E...@h...com>
wrote in message news:c2idk.14939$Mc.11986@read1.cgocable.net...
>
> Expect More Droughts, Heavy Downpours, Excessive Heat, And Intense
> Hurricanes Due To Global
> Warming, NOAA
>
ROTFLMAO
Only in fudged climate models my Vacuous son!!
QUOTE: If only V for Vacuous had bothered to read the actual data
contained in a June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science
Program. A sampling of what the report reveals includes:
Hurricanes declining, no long term increases in drought
- There have been no observed changes in the occurrence of tornadoes or
thunderstorms
- There have been no long-term increases in strong East Coast winter
storms (ECWS), called Nor'easters
- There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold spells,
though there are trends within shorter time periods in the overall
record.
But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in unverified climate
models. Computer models predictions are not evidence
Comic Relief, Newsweek's Begley, Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year's
Extreme Weather
EPW Blog
June 29, 2008
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3708
QUOTE: If only Begley had bothered to read the actual data contained in
a June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. A
sampling of what the report reveals includes: Hurricanes declining, no
long term increases in drought - There have been no observed changes in
the occurrence of tornadoes or thunderstorms - There have been no
long-term increases in strong East Coast winter storms (ECWS), called
Nor'easters - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold
spells, though there are trends within shorter time periods in the
overall record. But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in
unverified climate models. Computer models predictions are not evidence
QUOTE: The warmest year, 1998, did not have Midwest floods anywhere near
the magnitude of those in 1993 and 2008.
Note: here are 3 quick rebuttals to this Newsweek's latest silliness.
1) Sharon Begley of Newsweek unhinged. She really is trying to outdo her
previous shoddy reporting. Her track record for climate reporting is
comical. See: Newsweek's Climate Editorial Screed Violates Basic
Standards of Journalism - August 2007
2) If only Begley had bothered to read the actual data contained in a
June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. A
sampling of what the report reveals includes: Hurricanes declining, no
long term increases in drought - There have been no observed changes in
the occurrence of tornadoes or thunderstorms - There have been no
long-term increases in strong East Coast winter storms (ECWS), called
Nor'easters - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold
spells, though there are trends within shorter time periods in the
overall record. But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in
unverified climate models. Computer models predictions are not evidence.
(For full report)
3) If only Begley had bothered to read this report from a meteorologist:
Midwest Floods and 'Completely Unjustified' Climate Change Fear
Mongering - By Mike Smith is a certified consulting meteorologist and a
Fellow of the American Meteorological Society He is CEO of WeatherData
Services, Inc., an AccuWeather Company, based in Wichita.) Excerpt: The
EDF proclaimed: Did Humans Cause the Midwest Flooding? In the piece,
EDF's James Wang writes, "Another element [of the Midwest floods] may be
global warming, which increases the probability of extreme weather
events like torrential rain." [...] And, it leaves us to ponder a key
question: Does the science justify tying the Midwest floods to Global
Warming? My answer? An emphatic "no." [.] The contention that "warming"
is linked to catastrophic Midwest floods is relatively easy to test.
Here's how: What were the temperatures during this and similar floods
in the region? When the atmosphere creates weather it is responding to
the conditions that exist in the lower atmosphere at the time of the
event - temperatures, pressures, humidity, etc. [...] The record Midwest
floods of 1993 and 2008 occurred after periods of rapid cooling. The
warmest year, 1998, did not have Midwest floods anywhere near the
magnitude of those in 1993 and 2008. It is my judgment the attempt to
link the 2008 floods to Global "Warming" is completely unjustified.
(Full report)
--
Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"The question scientists should now be asking is not how much it will
warm over the next 50 to 100 years, but why has it warmed so little
during the major carbon dioxide buildup?" Patrick J. Michaels,
Environmental Scientist , University of Virginia
Z0B0N wrote:
> "V for Vendicar" <E...@h...com>
> wrote in message news:c2idk.14939$Mc.11986@read1.cgocable.net...
>>
>> Expect More Droughts, Heavy Downpours, Excessive Heat, And Intense
>> Hurricanes Due To Global
>> Warming, NOAA
>>
>
>
> ROTFLMAO
> Only in fudged climate models my Vacuous son!!
>
>
> QUOTE: If only V for Vacuous had bothered to read the actual data
> contained in a June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science
> Program. A sampling of what the report reveals includes:
>
> Hurricanes declining, no long term increases in drought
>
> - There have been no observed changes in the occurrence of tornadoes
> or thunderstorms
>
> - There have been no long-term increases in strong East Coast winter
> storms (ECWS), called Nor'easters
>
> - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold spells,
> though there are trends within shorter time periods in the overall
> record.
>
> But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in unverified climate
> models. Computer models predictions are not evidence
>
>
>
>
>
> Comic Relief, Newsweek's Begley, Global Warming Is a Cause of This
> Year's Extreme Weather
>
> EPW Blog
= liars
"Z0B0N" <Z...@c...com> wrote in message
news:4875afc5$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>
> "V for Vendicar" <E...@h...com>
> wrote in message news:c2idk.14939$Mc.11986@read1.cgocable.net...
>>
>> Expect More Droughts, Heavy Downpours, Excessive Heat, And Intense
>> Hurricanes Due To Global
>> Warming, NOAA
>>
>
>
> ROTFLMAO
> Only in fudged climate models my Vacuous son!!
>
>
> QUOTE: If only V for Vacuous had bothered to read the actual data
> contained in a June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science
> Program. A sampling of what the report reveals includes:
>
> Hurricanes declining, no long term increases in drought
>
> - There have been no observed changes in the occurrence of tornadoes or
> thunderstorms
>
> - There have been no long-term increases in strong East Coast winter
> storms (ECWS), called Nor'easters
>
> - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold spells,
> though there are trends within shorter time periods in the overall
> record.
>
> But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in unverified climate
> models. Computer models predictions are not evidence
>
>
>
>
>
> Comic Relief, Newsweek's Begley, Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year's
> Extreme Weather
>
> EPW Blog
>
> June 29, 2008
>
>
>
> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3708
>
>
>
> QUOTE: If only Begley had bothered to read the actual data contained in
> a June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. A
> sampling of what the report reveals includes: Hurricanes declining, no
> long term increases in drought - There have been no observed changes in
> the occurrence of tornadoes or thunderstorms - There have been no
> long-term increases in strong East Coast winter storms (ECWS), called
> Nor'easters - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold
> spells, though there are trends within shorter time periods in the
> overall record. But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in
> unverified climate models. Computer models predictions are not evidence
>
>
>
> QUOTE: The warmest year, 1998, did not have Midwest floods anywhere near
> the magnitude of those in 1993 and 2008.
>
>
>
>
>
> Note: here are 3 quick rebuttals to this Newsweek's latest silliness.
>
>
>
> 1) Sharon Begley of Newsweek unhinged. She really is trying to outdo her
> previous shoddy reporting. Her track record for climate reporting is
> comical. See: Newsweek's Climate Editorial Screed Violates Basic
> Standards of Journalism - August 2007
>
>
>
> 2) If only Begley had bothered to read the actual data contained in a
> June 2008 report from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. A
> sampling of what the report reveals includes: Hurricanes declining, no
> long term increases in drought - There have been no observed changes in
> the occurrence of tornadoes or thunderstorms - There have been no
> long-term increases in strong East Coast winter storms (ECWS), called
> Nor'easters - There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold
> spells, though there are trends within shorter time periods in the
> overall record. But all of the above appear to be INCREASING in
> unverified climate models. Computer models predictions are not evidence.
> (For full report)
>
>
>
> 3) If only Begley had bothered to read this report from a meteorologist:
> Midwest Floods and 'Completely Unjustified' Climate Change Fear
> Mongering - By Mike Smith is a certified consulting meteorologist and a
> Fellow of the American Meteorological Society He is CEO of WeatherData
> Services, Inc., an AccuWeather Company, based in Wichita.) Excerpt: The
> EDF proclaimed: Did Humans Cause the Midwest Flooding? In the piece,
> EDF's James Wang writes, "Another element [of the Midwest floods] may be
> global warming, which increases the probability of extreme weather
> events like torrential rain." [...] And, it leaves us to ponder a key
> question: Does the science justify tying the Midwest floods to Global
> Warming? My answer? An emphatic "no." [.] The contention that "warming"
> is linked to catastrophic Midwest floods is relatively easy to test.
> Here's how: What were the temperatures during this and similar floods
> in the region? When the atmosphere creates weather it is responding to
> the conditions that exist in the lower atmosphere at the time of the
> event - temperatures, pressures, humidity, etc. [...] The record Midwest
> floods of 1993 and 2008 occurred after periods of rapid cooling. The
> warmest year, 1998, did not have Midwest floods anywhere near the
> magnitude of those in 1993 and 2008. It is my judgment the attempt to
> link the 2008 floods to Global "Warming" is completely unjustified.
> (Full report)
> --
>
>
>
> Warmest Regards
>
> Bonzo
>
> "The question scientists should now be asking is not how much it will
> warm over the next 50 to 100 years, but why has it warmed so little
> during the major carbon dioxide buildup?" Patrick J. Michaels,
> Environmental Scientist , University of Virginia
>
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