Why is this thread in the wrong forum? Doesn't it belong in the General Science or the Physical Sciences forum?
There are a few facts that are true beyond any doubt regarding Global Warming. These are:
1. During the 20th century the world experienced a warming trend in global mean surface temperature.
2. The trend totalled 0.6 degrees.
3. The world is constantly warming or cooling a few tenths of a degree every century.
4. Since 1998 we do not know whether we're still in a warming trend or not.
If you accept the Global Warming science on face-value, then what it means is that you'd accept that 0.6 degrees is attributable to human activity, with 47% attributed to CO2, 27% attributed to Methane and 22% attributed to black carbon* (I'm sorry I can never find the exact figures when I want them, I think they're correct, if you know where they are please link them, they come from NASA), here's a rudimentary link for the moment. So we can say that 0.3 degrees is attributable to CO2, so far, if you accept the science on face-value.
I don't. And I'm "so sceptical" that I think that CO2 is responsible for 0.1-0.2 degrees of the trend. Wow, didn't I just completely reject all the science? Pfft, hardly.
So in my mind, the worst-case scenario is that CO2 has contributed 0.2 degrees warming, and it's very difficult for it to contribute any more to global warming trends because it absorbs the vast majority of solar radiation reflected off the earth’s surface that it is capable of doing.
The lie told by alarmists is that CO2 is the main contributor - it's not. It's the main known single contributor, but it's not the main contributor. You can put 0.2-0.4 degrees of the trend down to natural causes, and that only leaves 0.4-0.2 degrees to work with for CO2 and the other anthropogenic causes, and as CO2 only contributes 1/2 (in fact less than half) with the remainder being made up by methane, black carbon, and CFC's, that means CO2 cannot possibly be driving climate change - it does contribute, but only very slightly.
There are a few facts that are true beyond any doubt regarding Global Warming. These are:
1. During the 20th century the world experienced a warming trend in global mean surface temperature.
2. The trend totalled 0.6 degrees.
3. The world is constantly warming or cooling a few tenths of a degree every century.
4. Since 1998 we do not know whether we're still in a warming trend or not.
If you accept the Global Warming science on face-value, then what it means is that you'd accept that 0.6 degrees is attributable to human activity, with 47% attributed to CO2, 27% attributed to Methane and 22% attributed to black carbon* (I'm sorry I can never find the exact figures when I want them, I think they're correct, if you know where they are please link them, they come from NASA), here's a rudimentary link for the moment. So we can say that 0.3 degrees is attributable to CO2, so far, if you accept the science on face-value.
I don't. And I'm "so sceptical" that I think that CO2 is responsible for 0.1-0.2 degrees of the trend. Wow, didn't I just completely reject all the science? Pfft, hardly.
So in my mind, the worst-case scenario is that CO2 has contributed 0.2 degrees warming, and it's very difficult for it to contribute any more to global warming trends because it absorbs the vast majority of solar radiation reflected off the earth’s surface that it is capable of doing.
The lie told by alarmists is that CO2 is the main contributor - it's not. It's the main known single contributor, but it's not the main contributor. You can put 0.2-0.4 degrees of the trend down to natural causes, and that only leaves 0.4-0.2 degrees to work with for CO2 and the other anthropogenic causes, and as CO2 only contributes 1/2 (in fact less than half) with the remainder being made up by methane, black carbon, and CFC's, that means CO2 cannot possibly be driving climate change - it does contribute, but only very slightly.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
