Climate Change, to be or not be that is the question.

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Here are some facts about climate change.

The UN changed the definition of 'Climate change' such that the question "Do you believe in climate change?" became ambiguous. By redefining 'climate change' and substituting 'carbon' for 'carbon dioxide' the spin-doctors have been able to manipulate the way the community thinks by causing confusion and fear.

The black smoke emanating from old fashioned power station chimneys is incomplete combustion and it consists of soot, ash and various poisonous chemicals. The CO2 that is emitted is colourless, odourless and non-poisonous. Modern power stations do not emit contaminants.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential part of the Carbon life cycle for carbon based lifeforms. Green plants cannot live without CO2. The Water cycle and Nitrogen cycle also plays an important part in our lives.

The earth's climate is cyclical as theorised by Milankovitch, and proven by core samples of ice, ocean sediments and rock. The reasons for some climate cycles are unknown.

The most abundant greenhouse gas is gaseous H2O (72%) also known as water vapour. This fact is omitted on many websites. Some references using computer modelling claim that CO2 controls the quantity of H2O in the atmosphere i.e. is a catalyst.

Without the greenhouse effect the earth's temperature would be −21 °C (252K) the 'black body' temperature. With the greenhouse effect the average temperature of the Earth is 15 °C (288K). The figures vary slightly depending on the calculation model and assumptions chosen.

In the last 700,000 years there have been seven interglacial warm periods of from 12,000 to 20,000 years in duration giving a 100K year cycle. This means that for 700 millennia the earth has been colder than it is now for 80% of the time. One million years ago the cycle was 470K years, scientists are attempting to find out why it changed. Note the 470K cycle agrees with Milankovitch's original calculations.

We are now 12,000 years into the current interglacial warm period.

In the current interglacial warm period there have been a number of mini-warm and cold periods over the last 12K years at approximately 1K intervals. At least two are well documented, the Roman warm period (~250BC to ~400AD) and the Medieval warm period (~950AD to ~250AD). These were periods of great prosperity and exploration.

Assuming the mini-warm periods are cyclical there is a possibility that we are due or overdue for another mini-warm period. The chaotic weather pattern at the moment reinforces that assumption. Current experiments with sedimentation indicate that the previous warm periods were worldwide and not localised as previously thought.

The sea level during the Roman and Medieval warm periods increased by about 62cm (2ft) and can be seen by rebuilt loading docks on some rivers in Europe and the UK. If we do have another mini-warm period aim for land that is at least 1m higher than the current king tide for your new ocean side chalet.

A sea level rise of 1m would flood 15% of pacific islands. This probably explains why Pacific Islanders migrated all over the Pacific during the mini-warm periods.

The mechanism for the creation of the inter-glacial warm period is not understood and some experiments indicate that the transition time between warm and glacial is only about 80 years. The shortest inter-glacial warm period is 12K years and this places us on the unpredictable end period. In the middle of the last century the scientists predicted another ice age coming 'soon'. Perhaps they were correct.

What ever way you look at it, if you cant change the climate with a hydrogen bomb or a large meteor, you are not going to affect climate with a carbon tax. A climate change is inevitable.

References.

UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Milankovitch Cycles
Oldest ice core in Antarctica
Climate of the past
Greenhouse Gas
Black body radiation
Sea levels during warm periods
Pacific islands affected by sea level rise
Climate change science is BS @kennyskitchen

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