My View on Climate Change

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My View on Climate Change

by Lewis Loflin

What does Al Gore say about the 'science' behind so-called climate change?

"As it happens, the idea of social justice is inextricably linked in the Scriptures with ecology."

Introduction: Environmentalism is a very complex issue more about politics and religion along with polar bears and trees. There are certainly many that care about the environment, etc. but the fact is most inject their own politics, religion, and social views into the mix, making that their primary concern. Others have simply hijacked the issue for political and financial gain.

So here is the view of this website in no uncertain terms: climate change is real and it's a normal part of the earth's process. That change has always existed and is the driving force behind evolution. It's all through the historical record and is beyond dispute.

I reject the entire political and social agenda behind environmentalism. See The Social Agenda Behind Environmentalism. I want to see the science, not social engineering. Their solutions would ruin the world economy and millions would die.

Does human activity impact climate? I say yes, but not to the degree climate alarmists claim. There is simply no way to separate human activity from natural variation. And yes there is natural variation.

Is this good or bad for the earth? First of all people come first, not the earth as many environmentalists seem to advocate. The real question is how does natural variation combined with human influences effect the overall picture?

They claim the earth is more important than economics, who the hell gave them the right to decide this? But simply legislating artificial shortages and strict government control over all human activity is just fascism.

If human activity causes warming, but this mitigates global cooling, that is a good thing. Global cooling through human history has contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, upset agriculture in the Middle Ages (Little Ice Age) leading to famine, war, etc. This followed the massive warming period (900-1300 AD) that allowed the European/Asian populations to recover from the ravages of Justinian's Plague, etc.

Extra carbon dioxide enhances plant growth, which is a good thing. What is wrong with the frost line moving north opening up millions of acres to agriculture? I forgot, the earth comes first, not people.

Then there are other factors. Unpredictable volcanic eruptions can play havoc on climate sometimes lasting years or decades. In one case we have Laki, Iceland in 1883. To quote,

The Laki eruption lasted eight months ... Haze from the eruption was reported from Iceland to Syria. In Iceland, the haze lead to the loss of most of the island's livestock (by eating fluorine contaminated grass), crop failure (by acid rain), and the death of one-quarter of the human residents (by famine). Ben Franklin noted the atmospheric effects of the eruption (Wood, 1992). It is estimated that 80 Mt of sulfuric acid aerosol was released by the eruption (4 times more than El Chichon and 80 times more than Mount St. Helens).

The climatic effects of the Laki eruption are impressive. In the eastern United States, the winter average temperature was 4.8 degrees C below the 225 year average. The estimate for the temperature decrease of the entire Northern Hemisphere is about 1 degree C.

Another massive eruption was Mount Tambora in 1815 in Indonesia:

With an estimated ejecta volume of 160 km3 (38 cu mi), Tambora's 1815 outburst was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away....

The eruption caused global climate anomalies that included the phenomenon known as "volcanic winter": 1816 became known as the "Year Without a Summer" because of the effect on North American and European weather. Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century.

There are many other natural phenomena that simply can't be predicted. Cosmic rays striking the atmosphere create aerosols which with clouds reflect sunlight and cause cooling. (Nature, Cloud formation may be linked to cosmic rays, August 24, 2011.) This of coarse is under dispute by climate alarmists, but my view is it has some effect, but no proof of how much. The other problem is solar radiation has increased since the 1970s, but radical climate scientists argue not enough.

My point is there's so many things going on that collectively could mean anything good or bad. Science has become poisoned by political agendas and chasing government money. We have every right to be skeptical, but to treat honest skepticism and demands for proof as some form of religious heresy is crossing the line. Scientists shouldn't be allowed to become a type of priestly caste all their own dependant on political money to support themselves.

Should we get away from fossil fuels and use alternative energy? Absolutely yes if the technology is practical and cost effective. I dislike coal and oil production myself, but other than nuclear we have no real alternatives. I also have a big problem with nuclear waste, which is not a technical problem, but a political problem compounded by corporate greed.

Spent rods can be recycled reducing waste by 90 percent or more and reducing the damage from mining. There's also new reactor designs that could produce small local power plants at much lower costs. But spent rods cost money to recycle which business doesn't want to spend the money, and irrational hysteria and technical ignorance by environmentalists means nothing gets done.

Why not go check out the recent studies on how wildlife is flourishing in the areas surrounding Chernobyl? Why not check out the flourishing wildlife at Bikini Atoll that saw the testing of over 30 nuclear detonations in the 1940s-1950s? What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki that are both totally rebuilt and nobody would even know of any nuclear detonations outside the memorials? It's time for reason, not unfounded ignorance and hysteria.

Windmills and solar panels as much as I like them are not practical. How many millions of acres of forest do we cut down to install these things and their transmission lines? How much wilderness do we destroy to grow government subsidized biomass crops just to make low grade motor fuel? Is it really a good idea to destroy food crops for ethanol?

Nonsense such as "environmental justice" and attempts to redistribute wealth via international taxes and regulation is just more rehashed Marxism and is to be rejected outright. Attempts at nonsense such as giving the earth or nature "rights" is simply religious nonsense and has no place in politics or science. The goal seems to be to impose strict government control over private property.

It time to get back to real science without the politics. We must stop tying the award of research grants to desired outcomes.

That science involves strict use of the scientific method and to do otherwise is not science. Computer models do not represent proof and have so far failed 100 percent. When I say "verifiable scientific proof" I mean just that, not some appointed committee voting in back rooms. The UN as a corrupt political body with direct financial and political interests in the issue. It is to be rejected outright.

I hope that makes my position clear. I live in a rural area and do a lot to keep my local environment clean and take great care to guard the animals and plants on my small piece of the earth. At the same time I do not worship it nor will I allow people living in urban America tell me how to live my life or what to do with my property. If they are so damned determined to "protect" nature, then I suggest they live like the Amish people or shut the hell up.

How climate change has altered history:

Scientists Excited by Arctic Ocean Ridge Finds This illustrates again just how little we really know about the earth when a series of new volcanoes formed under the Arctic.

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