Loading ...It has been a very busy day … it is past 4:30 in the morning and I am still not finished what I set out to do yesterday , so I apologize for not responding earlier .
Warren , in a word , you are absolutely correct . This has been the biggest hoax / scam in the history of mankind . Promoted by Mo ( Maurice ) Strong , once the head of Ontario Hydro , who ended his days in China . Pampered , I am sure by those at the top in that country , for creating that scam which raised the cost of products in the West by imposing crazy ideas like sustainable / renewable energy sources ( VERY expensive ) which has virtually driven manufacturing out of Ontario . I was raised in Lambton County . There , sits a huge fossil fueled generating station ( Lambton GS ) which is idle , a mile or so from the terminus of an oil pipeline ( feedstock for the refineries around Sarnia ). Wonderful surrounding farmland acreage is now used as siting for windmills and solar panels instead of crops .
There IS a factual correlation between temperature and atmospheric gases . Mo Strong and his cohorts were able to convince people that CO2 CAUSED temperature increase – the exact opposite of the truth . Any kid who has popped a can of warm carbonated beverage knows that gases are released when the solution is heated . When cold , the release is pleasantly bubbly . When warm , the release becomes almost explosive – you might ‘paint’ the ceiling with the beverage .
Correlation is not causation , and in this case cause and effect are backward . CO2 is one of the gases dissolved in surface waters , and 3/4 of our planet’s surface is water . Heat that water even minutely , and gases are released , rather than absorbed ( or adsorbed ) as occurs when temperature drops seasonally .
As an example , there would be great correlation between people falling from great heights and broken bones , but broken bones are not the cause of people falling from great heights . The fall is the cause of broken bones , not the opposite hypothesis .
In the case of the correlation between global warming and CO2 , Strong convinced people of the wrong causation relationship . I have spent years studying gas solubility and have created accurate computer models of the relationship between gas partial pressure and temperature on solubility . I have published an extensive research report on the topic of oxygen control in power plants which led to the creation of those predictive models .
On the topic of elevation effects on temperature , there is a continuum of pressure gradients between sea level and the outer reaches of the atmosphere . Where pressure is greatest , density is greatest , and due to increased proximity , collisions between atoms ( Brownian movement for example ) creates frictional heat . Yes , heated air rises , but as it rises , it also cools because the separation between atoms and molecules increases ( fewer collisions ) – and there is no ceiling to halt the rising air and concentrate the thermal effect . I am very tired , and maybe some of my thinking is scrambled , but of one thing I am sure … cause always precedes effect , and a close study of the relationship between global warming and CO2 concentration will show that temperature rise precedes CO2 increases .