Tell that to a Venetian shapeshifting alien.
Greenhouse Gas does not exist. A perfect example of systemic rubbish flogged as environmental responsibility.
That is straight crap.Greenhouse Gas does not exist.
Yeah, andA perfect example of systemic rubbish flogged as environmental responsibility. Real analysis done on supporting speculative science can not yield factual results.
May 29
As I said previously, there is no such thing as a greenhouse gas, let along a greenhouse gas effectNASA covered up for forty years proof that the greenhouse gas theory was bogus. But even worse, did the U.S. space agency fudge its numbers on Earth’s energy budget to cover up the facts?
As per my article this week, forty years ago the space agency, NASA, proved there was no such thing as a greenhouse gas effect because the ‘blackbody’ numbers supporting the theory didn’t add up in a 3-dimensional universe:
"During lunar day, the lunar regolith absorbs the radiation from the sun and transports it inward and is stored in a layer approximately 50cm thick....in contrast with a precipitous drop in temperature if it was a simple black body, the regolith then proceeds to transport the stored heat back onto the surface, thus warming it up significantly over the black body approximation..."
Thus, the ‘blackbody approximations' were proven to be as useful as a chocolate space helmet; the guesswork of using the Stefan-Boltzmann equations underpinning the man-made global warming theory was long ago debunked. If NASA had made known that Stefan-Boltzmann's numbers were an irrelevant red-herring then the taxpayers of the world would have been spared the $50 billion wasted on global warming research; because it would have removed the only credible scientific basis to support the theory that human emissions of carbon dioxide changed Earth’s climate. Source
Greenhouse gases were discovered before there even was widespread environmental awareness.
They certainly do exist.
YouTube - Greenhouse effect (in a bottle) explained
YouTube - Iain Stewart demonstrates infrared radiation absorption by CO2
:roll: That's your religion and you're sticking to it, right? lmaoI'll go slowly so you catch my drift, we aren't in a bottle we are in an open field, there is no damn greenhouse to have an effect in regardless of any ad hoc gas. My ass absorbs infrared radiation, rocks absorb infrared radiation, chickens rabbits fishsticks pumpkins all absorb infrared radiation, why would we be shocked and surprized that gas absorbs infrared radiation?
I'll go slowly so you catch my drift, we aren't in a bottle we are in an open field, there is no damn greenhouse to have an effect in regardless of any ad hoc gas.
My ass absorbs infrared radiation, rocks absorb infrared radiation, chickens rabbits fishsticks pumpkins all absorb infrared radiation, why would we be shocked and surprized that gas absorbs infrared radiation?
Also, why do they hold up professional contrarians like Lomborg in such high regard.
Tonington;1291828]The bottle is not an entirely closed system, just as Earth is not. You'll note that the source of heat, the Sun or the lamps, were not in the bottle...
The analogy of a greenhouse is a very poor one. Greenhouses warm because they block convection. Greenhouse gases warm because they make the atmosphere opaque to infrared radiation. The only similarity is that a greenhouse, and greenhouse gases allow the incoming solar to pass through first. Nobody is really sure who coined the term.
I'm not surprised, but you seem positively incredulous about the effects of a greenhouse gas, yet here you are affirming that they do exactly what I just explained. The only thing you've left out is that the excited molecules will re-emit the radiation to go back to the rest state.
I guess you missed Anna's post. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritt...f_systems.htmlSo do you in fact know what the earth is partially enclosed by?
<1905 “ the effect comes on so quickly that it must chiefly be due to ‘the greenhouse effect,’ the imprisonment of the reflected dark-heat rays . . .”—Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Vol. 76, No. 511, 2 September, page 409>
The respected German engineer, with 130 other sceptic German scientists, co-signed the Open Letter of protest to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2009). Among other things, these sceptics stated that a 'Growing body of evidence shows anthropogenic CO2 plays no measurable role' in Earth’s climate.’
The scientists declared that global warming has become a “pseudo religion” and they noted that rising CO2 has “had no measurable effect” on temperatures and also that the “UN IPCC has lost its scientific credibility.”
Evicting the worst polluters in general would be much better.Since the world is overpopulated anyway we could start by eliminating Suzuki and all his hangers on.
The world is not overpopulated. Not by a long shot.Since the world is overpopulated anyway we could start by eliminating Suzuki and all his hangers on.
It's overpopulated considering what the current population does to the planet.The world is not overpopulated. Not by a long shot.
Neither; it's logic.Stop and think for a minute: is this green or greenocidal thinking?
You're not remembering right. Carbon dioxide does not reflect or even interact with the incoming solar radiation. It's the solar energy that is reflected from Earth's surfaces, and radiated back by warmed surfaces which interacts with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It's because the wavelength of these returning energies (photons) causes greenhouse gases to resonate. The bonds between the atoms vibrate, rotate, and bend, and this excites the molecule to a higher energy state.
I guess you missed the last few links.The blue ocean absorbs heat, the ice caps reflect it. As for Carbon dioxide:Carbon dioxide is the building block for all plant growth. However, too much in the atmosphere is believed to be the leading cause of global warming. Looking at samples of ice dating back 160,000 years gives us some clues that CO2 and world temperature are connected.
Global Warming
We're told global warming is a serious problem caused by our CO2 emissions, that action must be taken immediately to reduce our emissions by 80%, and that we have 10 years. (Mind you, we've been told that for more than 20 years now, making it the longest decade in the history of time.)
So how have all those efforts to cut emissions worked so far, what are the actual results of all those $billions spent on "saving the planet"? What I've seen thus far is more in the line of wealth redistribution rather than emission reductions.
Feel free to suggest any method by which governments, corporations, organizations and individuals can achieve that goal.
Please do not use this thread to argue for or against AGW, or whether the globe is warming or cooling, we have enough threads for that already.
I've demonstrated why it can't.You haven't provided proof of that.
No I don't. Lomborgs position is to not waste time and resources on actions we know won't work and focus on developing tech that will. Yes his position is reliant on those breakthroughs, but then anyone who believes in dangerous AGW also relies on those breakthroughs because we all know they're the only things that can accomplish what's required. Even your report relies on those breakthroughs. If you've noticed, they only expect the wedges to stabilize the CO2 levels within 50 years which is the first part of their plan. The second part requires/expects new technology to solve the problem. Part II is the same as Lomborg.So then you agree that Lomborg is using a crystal ball...
His position is reliant on those breakthroughs. They are rare. We're still using technology older than turn of the century.
You don't wait for them, you work for them. What else you gonna do, waste money on stuff you know won't work just to be seen to be doing something? The effect of that on AGW would be...nothing, just the same as doing nothing, except much more costly.Not the question. The question was to establish the likelihood of waiting for breakthroughs. If you can't predict them, how can your position be feasible to wait for them?
I said earlier that I responded to points where I saw a problem. You didn't get the inference? Not very perceptive of you. OK, I'll spell it out; There are things in the report that I believe would work they way they want. So why waste space in an already overlarge post to say that each and every time?No, you didn't even respond to all of the stuff in the report. I was simply adding that the report leaves out other candidates. If you have nothing to say about that, then so be it...
That's just hyperbole. They're avoiding talking about what would have to be done to reduce emissions as much as they claim is necessary. Calling it the challenge of our times and then telling us to save the planet by using curly light bulbs and taking transit etc. is the height of irresponsibility if AGW is a real threat as they claim.So calling it the challenge of our times isn't big enough for you ehh? How alarmist.
Not at all Anna. All I'm saying is you don't waste time and resources on stuff that doesn't accomplish anything. You focus on what works and finding new stuff that will work. It doesn't have to be one single huge panacea, it likely won't be. It would likely be a series of small breakthroughs in a number of fields. Those added up are what turn into a huge breakthrough.Ton has a good point, reducing to a number is not the objective anyway.
But either way, EF seems to think we need to come up with one single huge panacea rather than seeing what we can do in the many levels we've been polluting at to reach the objective.
Again, not at all. The excuse (claim) that everything is naturally cyclical is correct but it doesn't belong here. This thread is about what to do about AGW, not whether it's real.All these excuses that it'll be economically unfeasible and that everything is naturally cyclical is just that, feeble excuses for not making an effort.
Plastic is made from oil but I don't recall it was ever cited as a cause of AGW.All the people of the world could be walking or on bikes but nothing would change until we stop buying so much plastic crap and start eating locally grown organic foods.
I think you should go back and read the whole thread. We're talking about how to reduce world CO2 emissions by 80%. In Canada, that's the equivalent to shutting down all industry, agriculture and transportation. You aren't thinking on anywhere near a big enough scale.I didn't read the entire thread, but people say that a car wastes gas when it is idling. That's why municipalities tell us to turn off our cars when idling for more than a minute.
Well, how about these ideas...
1. Reduce the number of traffic lights instead of putting up more.
2. Implement green flow where ever possible for existing traffic lights.
3. Restrict road construction to off peak hours (ie. not during rush hour)
4. Eliminate bottlenecks (ie. 4 lanes merging into 1).
Of course, all these ideas above would cost the government money...
The idea is to keep the flow of traffic moving.. not idling. Whether it is above, at, or below the speed limit is irrelevant.
Not at all. When it costs up to $800,000 subsidy for every "green" job it's just not viable on its own. With the economic crash the Spanish government is in deep do-do and as a restraint initiative, apparently cut off subsidies to "green" industry and they collapsed.I'd say that should pretty much kill Extra's posts about "heavily subsidised" alternative energy.
I commented on those topics in response to someone else, which is why I didn't bother repeating it to her.I see he hasn't bothered to refute Anna's comment on trapping carbon as well as cutting back, also.
I can only assume from that, you don't burn fossil fuels at all. How do you heat your house? What do you use for transportation? Just curious.I think the incentive to develop better energies will eventually overshadow the stupidity of burning carbon fuels. Hopefully sooner than later and regardless of whether some people think the globe is cooling or not.
More on subsidies, from the IEA:
The IEA analysis has revealed that fossil fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $557 billion in 2008. This represents a big increase from $342 billion in 2007.
Half of a trillion dollars...if it's possible, imagine what could be done with half a trillion dollars every year spent on modernizing energy production, distribution, consumption, and conservation.
That money breaks down as follows:
What's the global tally for those "massive" renewable energy subsidies?
- Oil, $312 billion
- Natural Gas, $204 billion
- Coal, $40 billion
The country with the highest subsidies in 2008 was Iran at $101 billion, or around a third of the country’s annual central budget.
Oh get off it. Take your soapbox to a religion thread.We are not going to save this planet: Jesus is coming to burn the whole world up and burn up the heavens also.
Which is what I was driving at in the first place, and you sneered about it. Whether it has an effect on AGW or not is debatable, but it will definitely have a beneficial effect on other stuff. Not cleaning up, regardless of whether the cleaning up would have an effect on our atmosphere (and it would because CO2 is not the only pollutant in the issue), is simply moronic.Not at all Anna. All I'm saying is you don't waste time and resources on stuff that doesn't accomplish anything. You focus on what works and finding new stuff that will work. It doesn't have to be one single huge panacea, it likely won't be. It would likely be a series of small breakthroughs in a number of fields. Those added up are what turn into a huge breakthrough.
Yes, the cycles happen. No, they have not happened the same way before.Again, not at all. The excuse (claim) that everything is naturally cyclical is correct but it doesn't belong here.
Yup, and I posted a lot of the things we did, which you sneered at and moaned that the world would come to an end if everyone tried it and it wouldn't work anyway. Well, bub, it worked for hubby and me and it's working for other countries.We haven't collapsed nor have the other countries that are acting upon the issue.This thread is about what to do about AGW, not whether it's real.
So?And if you ignore economic feasibility you're doomed to failure. That must be taken into consideration, just as human nature must.
If the 80% is to be reached tomorrow, yeah. So what? What I have been saying is that I bet we can reach that 80%; it will just take time. Again, you seem to think I've been saying it should happen all in one day. You ASSume too much.I think you should go back and read the whole thread. We're talking about how to reduce world CO2 emissions by 80%. In Canada, that's the equivalent to shutting down all industry, agriculture and transportation. You aren't thinking on anywhere near a big enough scale.
I'm not exactly sure where you get this $800,000 subsidy for each green job but I suspect there've been a few zeroes added by some spinner or other.Not at all. When it costs up to $800,000 subsidy for every "green" job it's just not viable on its own. With the economic crash the Spanish government is in deep do-do and as a restraint initiative, apparently cut off subsidies to "green" industry and they collapsed.
So did hubby or I toss ethanol out as some sort of panacea? No. Gasoline with ethanol in it does not burn as efficiently so you have to use more to get the same amount of work done. Gas mileage goes down. We knew that long ago. It's why we quit using Mohawk gas.Moreover, they show corn ethanol as climate protecting. It isn't. Corn ethanol takes more energy to produce than it contains, thereby increasing emissions. They'd produce less CO2 by just burning fossil fuels instead.
So I am to take your word/opinion as gospel truth and fact? lmaoI commented on those topics in response to someone else, which is why I didn't bother repeating it to her.
Quit ASSuming then, because that's not what he said. You're blowing smoke.I can only assume from that, you don't burn fossil fuels at all. How do you heat your house? What do you use for transportation? Just curious.
Why? You claimed that green industries need massive subsidies as some sort of lame excuse to not go green. All you've done is flap about after Ton showed that dirty industries also require massive subsidies.Uh-huh. Iran, which is exempt from any CO2 restrictions and doesn't bother with green industries. What are the fossil fuel subsidies in those countries which are also subsidizing developement of "green" industry? That info might actually be rellevant.
I've demonstrated why it can't.
No I don't. Lomborgs position is to not waste time and resources on actions we know won't work and focus on developing tech that will.
...but then anyone who believes in dangerous AGW also relies on those breakthroughs because we all know they're the only things that can accomplish what's required.
Even your report relies on those breakthroughs.
If you've noticed, they only expect the wedges to stabilize the CO2 levels within 50 years which is the first part of their plan. The second part requires/expects new technology to solve the problem. Part II is the same as Lomborg.
You don't wait for them, you work for them. What else you gonna do, waste money on stuff you know won't work just to be seen to be doing something? The effect of that on AGW would be...nothing, just the same as doing nothing, except much more costly.
So why waste space in an already overlarge post to say that each and every time?
However, you suggestion that the report leaves out other candidates still seems to me that you expect me to comment on unknowns, or else you're basing your expectations of success on complete unknowns, which is far less reasonable than Lomborg.
That's just hyperbole.
They're avoiding talking about what would have to be done to reduce emissions as much as they claim is necessary.
Calling it the challenge of our times and then telling us to save the planet by using curly light bulbs and taking transit etc. is the height of irresponsibility if AGW is a real threat as they claim.