I always appreciate your clear-eyed and hopeful take in this complex and frightening moment in human history. Travel is something I grapple with because I know firsthand how seeing other places and being introduced to other cultures can fundamentally change a person for the better. And yet the emissions from travel put that at risk. Sammy Roth, in his LA Times climate column Boiling Point, highlighted a company called Tradewater that does carbon offset through capping of orphan gas and oil wells and permanent destruction of CFCs. Carbon offsets have a questionable reputation for a lot of good reasons, but this is a tool I’m exploring as I try to be more selective about my travel.
Earth is cooler with atmosphere/water vapor/30% albedo not warmer.
Ubiquitous RGHE heat balance graphics don't plus violate GAAP and LoT.
Kinetic heat transfer processes of contiguous atmospheric molecules render a surface BB impossible.
RGHE is bogus & CAGW is a scam!
FACTS & EVIDENCE:
FACT 1: Remove the Earth’s atmosphere or even just the GHGs and the Earth becomes much like the Moon, no water vapor or clouds, no ice or snow, no oceans, no vegetation, no 30% albedo becoming a barren rock ball, hot^3 (400 K) on the lit side, cold^3 (100 K) on the dark. At Earth’s distance from the Sun space is hot (394 K) not cold (5 K).
That’s NOT what the RGHE theory says.
EVIDENCE:
RGHE theory says “288 K w – 255 K (-18 C) w/o = a 33 C colder ice ball Earth.” 255 K assumes w/o case keeps 30% albedo, an assumption akin to criminal fraud. Nobody agrees 288 K is GMST plus it was 15 C in 1896. 288 K is a physical surface measurement. 255 K is a S-B equilibrium calculation at ToA. Apples and potatoes.
Nikolov “Airless Celestial Bodies”
Kramm “Moon as test bed for Earth”
UCLA Diviner lunar mission data
JWST solar shield (391.7 K)
Sky Lab
ISS HVAC design for lit side of 250 F. (ISS web site)
Astronaut backpack life support w/ AC and cool water tubing underwear. (Space Discovery Center)
FACT 2: The GHGs require “extra” energy upwelling from a surface radiating as a BB.
EVIDENCE:
According to TFK_bams09 atmospheric power flux balance, numerous clones and SURFRAD the GHGs must absorb an “extra” 396 BB/333 “back”/63 2nd net W/m^2 LWIR energy upwelling from the surface allegedly radiating as a BB. These graphics contain egregious arithmetic and thermodynamic errors.
FACT 3: Because of the significant non-radiative, i.e. kinetic, heat transfer processes of the contiguous participating atmospheric molecules the surface cannot upwell “extra” energy as a near Black Body.
EVIDENCE:
As demonstrated by experiment, the gold standard of classical science.
I've not flown for over 15 years! We generally holiday in Scotland and travel to our destination by public transport (though we sometimes hire a car when we get there, if we're going somewhere very rural).
It's great that Katherine provided suggestions for reducing the impact of travel. Nonetheless, travel by motorized method still has an impact. I've been concerned that there is some hypocrisy with birders/ twitchers seeking to add to their lists. Thus, I wrote https://ontarionature.org/the-naturalists-travel-dilemma-blog/ .
Katherine has suggestions for slightly ameliorating one’s emissions… however if you churn out more than, at most 2 tonnes equivalent of CO2, then you too, are responsible for the meltdown and probable demise of nature as well as possibly 2 thirds of humanity within the next 75 years.
However you CAN lock back your CO2 by investing in proven methods of carbon removal. (Right now I use Biochar ( Finnish ) and sequestration ( Climeworks ). I aim to be carbon negative in my remaining years ). If I can, you can.
It does mean I have less money to destroy the planet with, and fewer holidays.
( Jazzme is quite right … can we all buy insurance - maybe if you lock up your
I always appreciate your clear-eyed and hopeful take in this complex and frightening moment in human history. Travel is something I grapple with because I know firsthand how seeing other places and being introduced to other cultures can fundamentally change a person for the better. And yet the emissions from travel put that at risk. Sammy Roth, in his LA Times climate column Boiling Point, highlighted a company called Tradewater that does carbon offset through capping of orphan gas and oil wells and permanent destruction of CFCs. Carbon offsets have a questionable reputation for a lot of good reasons, but this is a tool I’m exploring as I try to be more selective about my travel.
Heat waves are weather.
+0.0156 C per year is climate.
Official global warming is +1.0 to 1.5 C in the GMST anomaly over 140 to 170 years depending on the "expert" and database.
The current GMST trend is 0.0156 C PER YEAR!!! (UAH data)
Insignificant, impossible to actually measure & NOT a “heat wave.”
Water vapor, clouds, ice, snow create 30% albedo which makes the Earth cooler not warmer.
W/o GHE there is no water and Earth goes lunarific, a barren rock ball, 400 K lit side, 100 K dark refuting a warming GHE.
“TFK_bams09” GHE heat balance graphic and ubiquitous clones don’t balance plus violate LoT.
Kinetic heat transfer processes of contiguous atmospheric molecules render a surface black body and it’s “extra” upwelling GHE energy impossible.
GHE is bogus and CAGW a scam so alarmists must resort to fear mongering lies, lawsuits, censorship and violence.
ABSTRACT:
Earth is cooler with atmosphere/water vapor/30% albedo not warmer.
Ubiquitous RGHE heat balance graphics don't plus violate GAAP and LoT.
Kinetic heat transfer processes of contiguous atmospheric molecules render a surface BB impossible.
RGHE is bogus & CAGW is a scam!
FACTS & EVIDENCE:
FACT 1: Remove the Earth’s atmosphere or even just the GHGs and the Earth becomes much like the Moon, no water vapor or clouds, no ice or snow, no oceans, no vegetation, no 30% albedo becoming a barren rock ball, hot^3 (400 K) on the lit side, cold^3 (100 K) on the dark. At Earth’s distance from the Sun space is hot (394 K) not cold (5 K).
That’s NOT what the RGHE theory says.
EVIDENCE:
RGHE theory says “288 K w – 255 K (-18 C) w/o = a 33 C colder ice ball Earth.” 255 K assumes w/o case keeps 30% albedo, an assumption akin to criminal fraud. Nobody agrees 288 K is GMST plus it was 15 C in 1896. 288 K is a physical surface measurement. 255 K is a S-B equilibrium calculation at ToA. Apples and potatoes.
Nikolov “Airless Celestial Bodies”
Kramm “Moon as test bed for Earth”
UCLA Diviner lunar mission data
JWST solar shield (391.7 K)
Sky Lab
ISS HVAC design for lit side of 250 F. (ISS web site)
Astronaut backpack life support w/ AC and cool water tubing underwear. (Space Discovery Center)
FACT 2: The GHGs require “extra” energy upwelling from a surface radiating as a BB.
EVIDENCE:
According to TFK_bams09 atmospheric power flux balance, numerous clones and SURFRAD the GHGs must absorb an “extra” 396 BB/333 “back”/63 2nd net W/m^2 LWIR energy upwelling from the surface allegedly radiating as a BB. These graphics contain egregious arithmetic and thermodynamic errors.
FACT 3: Because of the significant non-radiative, i.e. kinetic, heat transfer processes of the contiguous participating atmospheric molecules the surface cannot upwell “extra” energy as a near Black Body.
EVIDENCE:
As demonstrated by experiment, the gold standard of classical science.
For the experimental write up see:
https://principia-scientific.org/debunking-the-greenhouse-gas-theory-with-a-boiling-water-pot/
Search: Bruges group “boiling water pot”
CONCLUSION:
No RGHE, no GHG warming, no CAGW or mankind/CO2 driven climate change.
Nick Schroeder, BSME CU ‘78
Colorado Springs
719 651 7383
Nschroeder48@AOL.com
ACRONYMS & DEFINITIONS
RGHE: Radiative GreenHouse Effect
GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
LoT: Laws of Thermodynamics
BB: Black Body: A thermodynamic system that absorbs ALL incoming energy and emits ALL that energy by radiation alone. Only possible in a vacuum.
CAGW: Catastrophic Anthropomorphic Global Warming
GHGs: GreenHouse Gases, all of them including water vapor
K: Celsius degree units on the Kelvin scale used for serious science (No such thang as a Kelvin unit)
hot^3: hot cubed, i.e. hot*hot*hot
cold^3: cold cubed, i.e. cold*cold*cold
albedo: Ice, snow, clouds, etc. that reflect incoming solar radiation thereby cooling the Earth
C: Celsius degree units on the Celsius scale
UCLA: Univ of Ca LA
JWST: James Webb Space Telescope
HVAC: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
F: degrees Fahrenheit on the F scale. Not useful for formal science.
ISS: International Space Station
Space Discovery Center: Colorado Springs
TFK Trenberth-Fasullo-Kiehl, UCAR climate scientists responsible for GHE budget concept
UCAR: Univ of CO Atmos Research
SURFRAD: NOAA network of stations that measure the surface radiation budget and aerosols over the Earth’s land surface.
LWIR: Long Wave Infra-Red radiation.
CO2: Carbon Dioxide
BSME: Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering
CU: University of Colorado, Boulder
I've not flown for over 15 years! We generally holiday in Scotland and travel to our destination by public transport (though we sometimes hire a car when we get there, if we're going somewhere very rural).
It's great that Katherine provided suggestions for reducing the impact of travel. Nonetheless, travel by motorized method still has an impact. I've been concerned that there is some hypocrisy with birders/ twitchers seeking to add to their lists. Thus, I wrote https://ontarionature.org/the-naturalists-travel-dilemma-blog/ .
Katherine has suggestions for slightly ameliorating one’s emissions… however if you churn out more than, at most 2 tonnes equivalent of CO2, then you too, are responsible for the meltdown and probable demise of nature as well as possibly 2 thirds of humanity within the next 75 years.
However you CAN lock back your CO2 by investing in proven methods of carbon removal. (Right now I use Biochar ( Finnish ) and sequestration ( Climeworks ). I aim to be carbon negative in my remaining years ). If I can, you can.
It does mean I have less money to destroy the planet with, and fewer holidays.
( Jazzme is quite right … can we all buy insurance - maybe if you lock up your
Should Indians buy starvation insurance?