man-made climate change 101 - or climate change for dummies
1) carbon dioxide has been known, proven, and reproven to trap heat in
the atmosphere (it's called a greenhouse gas for this reason). this is
scientific FACT and has been known for over a hundred years!
2) carbon dioxide leveles have been rising to unprecedented levels as
compared to any levels ever measured, i believe the data goes back
hundreds of thousands years. the carbon dioxide level for ANY time
period can and has been ACCURATELY measured by drilling into the
Artic or Antarcrtica ice glaciers, taking core samples, letting the ice
melt to release the trapped air bubbles, and accurately measuring
the composition of that sample to determine the carbon dioxide level
of the atmosphere during the timeframe.
3) the excess of carbon dioxide in todays atmosphere can be measured
and the age of that carbon be determined ACCURATELY by the
ratio of carbon isotope atoms to regular carbon. evidently
this breakdown of carbon follows a scientifically known and PROVEN
rate of decay which allows one to measure reasonably accurately a
samples age from this ratio ( I believe this is the method used is
the scientifically accepted method called carbon dating). todays
atmosphere shows that a huge % of the carbon in the carbon
dioxide is MILLIONS and MILLIONS of years old. where could
all that very old carbon come from? not many sources are
that old and certainly not in quantities to spike the CO2 rate.
as a matter of fact there is only one source, it's called fossil
fuels which were formed from deaths of creatures that died
millions of years ago.
these are scientifically understood, proven, and accepted points that
are known and understand by almost everyone in the world. many
of the studies trying to refute these points come from studies funded
by groups that are trying to encourage our continued use of fossil
fuels or by scientists and non scientists not considered to be fluent
in this field. sometimes rhetoric from politicians who are either
ignorant or come from regions that fossil fuels are a large % of
their local economy; try to drown out or minimize the science.
unfortunately all that noise has influenced too many people
worldwide from taking any meaningful action to stop or reverse
this trend.
4) warmer temperatures should mean greater evaporation of
water from lakes and oceans. greater evaporation should
mean more precipitation globally thus possibly increasing the
amount and duration of rain delays. i'm sure al gore will
release a film soon showing how climate change is affecting
outdoor sports.
opposing viewpoints are encouraged. I wonder how many will
call me delusional, a libtard, gay, or worse. those comments
are just too painful for me.