Over on another Madison blog, Sanity in Mad City , Bryan Smith has been doing an excellent review of the “evidence” both supporting and refuting the theory of global warming. I believe we have both reached the same conclusion that the environmental activism being justified by global warming theory has very little to do with science and everything to do with stopping the oil economy that fuels American economic leadership.
I have reached the conclusion that the voting public will not be persuaded by numbers. Studies, statistics, graphs, charts, computer models, historical data, measurements of ice cores or oxygen isotope ratio’s don’t mean a thing to the majority of Americans. The message the general public retains from all the talk is that something bad in going on with the atmosphere. The effective way to counter the anti-capitalist environmental movement is to stop talking about minute details and start proclaiming that global warming is good for the planet. The message should be simple and based on the common experience of all people.
There are two rocks the same distance from the sun. The Moon is without life because it has no atmosphere. The Earth has abundant life because it has an atmosphere that naturally contains both carbon dioxide and water. Through the process of photosynthesis sunlight fuses carbon dioxide and water into the building blocks of life, and there would be no life on Earth without these two molecules.
Heat disperses, as everyone who has heated their home in winter knows, and the higher up you go the colder the temperature becomes. Heat always rises and no process can stop the direction of heat loss from Earth, however, the rate of heat loss back into space can be slowed, much like insulating your home or wearing an extra layer clothes on your body. Without carbon dioxide and water in the air the Earth, like the Moon, would become extremely cold each night. The ability of the air to briefly retain a portion of the sun’s energy through the night is what keeps the planet within an ideal temperature range for life to flourish.
Finally we all know that life flourishes and thrives in the warmest climates. There is more life in the tropics than in the artic. There are more types of plants and animals in the hot jungles than on the frozen tundra. If the atmosphere is warming, which may or may not be happening, then the overall effect will benefit the planetary ecosystem. Can air ever slow heat loss to the point where the Earth becomes to hot for life? No. That has never been observed, there is no evidence it has ever happened and anyone saying that it is possible is wrong.
I have reached the conclusion that the voting public will not be persuaded by numbers. Studies, statistics, graphs, charts, computer models, historical data, measurements of ice cores or oxygen isotope ratio’s don’t mean a thing to the majority of Americans. The message the general public retains from all the talk is that something bad in going on with the atmosphere. The effective way to counter the anti-capitalist environmental movement is to stop talking about minute details and start proclaiming that global warming is good for the planet. The message should be simple and based on the common experience of all people.
There are two rocks the same distance from the sun. The Moon is without life because it has no atmosphere. The Earth has abundant life because it has an atmosphere that naturally contains both carbon dioxide and water. Through the process of photosynthesis sunlight fuses carbon dioxide and water into the building blocks of life, and there would be no life on Earth without these two molecules.
Heat disperses, as everyone who has heated their home in winter knows, and the higher up you go the colder the temperature becomes. Heat always rises and no process can stop the direction of heat loss from Earth, however, the rate of heat loss back into space can be slowed, much like insulating your home or wearing an extra layer clothes on your body. Without carbon dioxide and water in the air the Earth, like the Moon, would become extremely cold each night. The ability of the air to briefly retain a portion of the sun’s energy through the night is what keeps the planet within an ideal temperature range for life to flourish.
Finally we all know that life flourishes and thrives in the warmest climates. There is more life in the tropics than in the artic. There are more types of plants and animals in the hot jungles than on the frozen tundra. If the atmosphere is warming, which may or may not be happening, then the overall effect will benefit the planetary ecosystem. Can air ever slow heat loss to the point where the Earth becomes to hot for life? No. That has never been observed, there is no evidence it has ever happened and anyone saying that it is possible is wrong.
