ttae8286 wrote:
The “science” of this theory is, at best, poorly conducted, at worst it is a blatant myth. Hundreds of articles have been published in scientific journals that challenge and refute this theory. In fact, I am one of over 31,000 American scientists that have signed a petition (www.petitionproject.org) voicing dissent.
Are there variations in CO2 and temperature? Absolutely. Is it a catastrophe? Absolutely not. Are humans to blame? Improbable. The earth has experienced many, many periods of climate change. It is a dynamic, continual process. In recent earth history, over two-thirds of Ohio was buried beneath thousands of feet of glacial ice. That ice is now gone. Why? Climate change! And there were no SUV’s, cow flatulence, or power plants around to cause it.
Carbon dioxide is a minor greenhouse gas and comprises only about 0.038% of the earth’s atmosphere. Water vapor is the major contributor (95%) to the greenhouse effect. Approximately 185 billion tons of CO2 enter the earth’s atmosphere each year – about 90 billion tons from biologic activity in the oceans and about 90 billion tons from such sources as volcanoes and decaying plants. Humans only contribute about 3% of the CO2 and 0.28% of greenhouse gases, therefore, 99.72% of the greenhouse effect is due to natural causes.
Development of all sources of energy is a prudent policy, but not by mandating and subsidizing inefficient, otherwise uneconomic sources. Over the past two decades, taxpayers have spent $30 billion dollars in subsidies to develop “alternative” energy. Today wind and solar combined account for less than one-half of one percent (0.005) of America’s annual energy consumption. These are supplements, at best, not alternatives.
you seem very knowledgeable on this topic.
And I am admittedly just a laymen in this field.
But do you think maybe the fact that the sun went through a period of intense solar flaring and is now not as active as it was in the past decade could have anything to do with temperatures here on earth?
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