Climate Discussion Group 2024 - CDG2024
Weekly Newsletter
9th November 2024
Gerald Ratzer - Host and Moderator
Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada
Email: gerald.ratzer@mcgill.ca
Click on hotlinks in any box to go to that topic.
Welcome to CDG2024 – the Climate Discussion Group.
There has been considerable activity this week and this Newsletter is a reminder of what has changed recently. To find a particular part of the discussion go to the category C1 to C7 or P1 to P6. The entries are in date order with the most recent posts at the top. The website for CDG2024 is Allaboutenergy.net
This issue of the CDG2024 Newsletter is going to all original invitees and those who joined after the beginning in early October.
The mission of this three-to-four-month Climate Discussion Group includes:
1) An update on the state of Climate Science.
2) An update of Recommendations for Policymakers.
3) An effort to bring non-alarmist climate scientists together so we can be more effective in fighting man-made climate change alarmists and their public leaders.
The progress for this project in October and early November shows that Climate Science must include more than considerations of sunlight, infrared radiation, interaction with "greenhouse gasses" and albedo. It must include all factors influencing the weather. These realities can not be ignored or simply waved off claiming to be included in the quantum physics studies.
This is a second and final invitation to participate in the remaining Climate Discussion Group 2024, CDG2024, discussions in November.
If you are interested, contact the CDG2024 Moderator: Gerald Ratzer at gerald.ratzer@mcgill.ca of McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Government policies will be changing in North America and Europe along with elections of new government leaders.
It is time that climate scientists and policy experts were more unified than in the past.
You can see who is already participating in CDG2024 by reading the lists of names at the top of each section C1 to C7 and P1 to P6.
Let's come together in this effort and support the major changes in Climate Science and energy policies that will be happening in the next few years.
Signed
Gerald Ratzer
Computer Science, McGill University, CDG2024 Moderator Montreal, Canada
Terigi Ciccone
Gas Turbine Engineering Sarasota, Florida, USA
John Shanahan
Civil Engineer Denver, Colorado, USA
Here are the recent additions to the website that I think merit your attention – by category and date.
In category C1 on Nov 7 there is a short introduction to the “Benefits of CO2” by Terigi Ciccone. This is the first part of a four-part series. It is pitched at the level of high student Science students and is easy to follow. In the same vein, John Shanahan has a bio-graphical background and an explanation of Energy, Power and Work.
Dated Nov 2, Ed Berry has a piece on the true Science of Climate Change.
In Category C7 is an email from Ned Nikolov on how to use data to find a new physical relationship and law based on Dimensional Analysis.
In category P1, John Droz has a section on Critical Thinking and why this is not happening in the field of Climate Change. As a result, Science is being treated as Political Science and bypassing the technical details. Also, in P1 dated 4th Nov is a section by Douglas Lightfoot on the errors in IPCC reports that continue to go uncorrected. Nov 3rd has an Advanced Briefing on COP29 in Baku, by Paul Homewood and Ron Clutz.
P4 on Nov 8th has a report by John Shanahan on emails by Howard Hayden and Patrick Moore on nuclear energy solutions as discussed at COP29.
P5 has a slide presentation done by Samuel Furfari for the Irish Climate Science Forum. This is a detailed analysis of the recent Draghi Report which is a mistaken vision for Europe, according to the presenter.
There is a two-day Clintel Climate Conference in Prague starting on Tuesday 12th November. Several of the CDG contributors will be present at the conference. Talks will be recorded. Check this link to the conference. Try this link to watch the conference in real-time Petr Bureš TV - YouTube
Here are a few notes about the mode of operation of this Climate email discussion.
1. If you have not already done so, please send an email to Gerald.ratzer@mcgill.ca to say you want to participate in the moderated discussion and make a contribution or comment, as opposed to just reading the discussion.
2. Once you have decided to contribute some comments or other material, you should send a short bio and email with links to any recent articles, papers, podcasts or slide shows you have created.
3. All accepted comments will be posted online at allaboutenergy.net. Scroll down to see the Sun (click on it) or use the search feature of the website to see the CDG2024 Home page or any author by name. If the search field is not visible at the top left-hand side of the page – try the MS Edge/Bing browser.
4. There are two threads about which we would like to hear from you -
A. The discussion of the more technical aspects of Climate – RTC (Radiation Transfer Concept) and HTC (Heat Transport Concept), including other aspects of the atmosphere, including GHGs.
B. Short bulleted Recommendations for Policymakers. These can be items associated with Net Zero, CO2 reduction, fossil fuels, etc.
5. You can opt out of this newsletter if want by sending an email to the moderator. This could be as simple as returning this email with the word “Unsubscribe” in the Subject line.
6. Afinal reminder, that contributions should be reasonably short (a page or two), but can include links to recent papers and talks that are online. Please use hotlinks, whenever possible. Click on a category like C7, which has 25 pages of comments, links and other material, to see what other people have contributed to this topic.
7. Enjoy this research on the latest thinking in Climate Science.