THE SKY IS FALLING! THE EARTH IS WARMING! EVIDENCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALL AROUND US THE GREENHOUSE GAS THEORY IS CLEARLY A MASSIVE FRAUD AT LAST, HERE IS THE REAL SCIENCE BEHIND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND FORMAT
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK TO REDUCE HUMAN POPULATION BY REDUCING RESOURCES REQUIRED TO SUPPORT HUMANS
WITH PLENTIFUL ENERGY WE CAN DO ANYTHING 9 PURIFY SEAWATER 9 FARM THE DESERTS 9 MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS 9 EXTRACT MINERALS 9 RECYCLE WASTE 9 FLY AIRPLANES 9 DRIVE PRIVATE CARS 9 HEAT HOMES 9 LIVE WELL
PROPOSED US & UN CLIMATE LAWS WILL RESTRICT OUR LIVES AND IMPOVERISH OUR NATION UN CLAIMS THE WEST OWES THE REST OF THE WORLD $24 TRILLION IN “CLIMATE DEBT” MORE MANUFACTURING WILL LEAVE OUR COUNTRY TO PURSUE CHEAPER ENERGY PUNITIVE TAXES ON ENERGY WILL INCREASE OUR COST OF LIVING ELECTRICITY COST INCREASES 50% NEW & REMODELED HOMES MUST INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BY 75% OUR HOMES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL
IT’S WORTH THE PRICE ONLY IF WE ARE ACTUALLY SAVING THE PLANET
THE “HOCKEY STICK” TOLD US WE ARE DESTROYING THE PLANET
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THE RISE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MAN-MADE CARBON DIOXIDE
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THE INFAMOUS “HOCKEY STICK” SHOWED EARTH’S TEMPERATURE WAS RISING QUICKLY
POLITICIANS TELL US THAT TO SAVE THE PLANET WE MUST GIVE AWAY OUR PROSPERITY AND STRICTLY LIMIT OUR LIVES.
Year Source: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
TWO PROBLEMS
THE DATA WAS FUDGED
100 YEARS OF DATA ISN’T LONG ENOUGH TO AND PREDICT ANYTHING
LET’S STEP BACK AND TAKE THE LONG VIEW OF GLOBAL CLIMATE THE CLIMATE HAS BEEN CHANGING FOREVER ! GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
HOT HOUSE EARTH Dinosaurs roam the earth
Polar ice caps melt
AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
You are here The oceans freeze over
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SNOW BALL EARTH ICE AGES -300
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Source: Adapted from N.J. Shaviv, et al, “Celestial Driver of Phanerozoic Climate”
ICE AGES OCCUR EVERY 140 MILLION YEARS
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MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO
WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ICE AGE
WHAT CAUSES THESE MASSIVE CHANGES? (HINT: IT’S NOT CARBON DIOXIDE) WHEN COSMIC RAY INTENSITY IS HIGH, THE EARTH COOLS
GALACTIC COSMIC RAY BOMBARDMENT
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SNOW BALL EARTH
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Source: Adapted from N.J. Shaviv, et al, “Celestial Driver of Phanerozoic Climate”
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COSMIC RAYS CAUSE 67% OF ALL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
COSMIC RAYS CAUSE CLOUDS TO FORM THAT BLOCK HEAT FROM THE SUN •
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In the early 1900s Scottish physicist Charles Wilson began investigating cloud formation He developed the cloud chamber to investigate the ability of smoke, dust & pollution to form clouds He discovered that high energy cosmic rays from beyond our solar system were very effective at generating clouds Wilson received a Nobel Prize for his work in 1927
Cloud Chamber
A 10% INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER DECREASES THE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE BY 1°C
COSMIC RAY INTENSITY CHANGES AS THE SOLAR SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE GALAXY THE MILKY WAY IS A SPIRAL GALAXY WITH 100 BILLION STARS, ALMOST ALL MOVING TOGETHER LIKE A GIANT PINWHEEL OUR SUN IS A MAVERICK THAT MOVES THROUGH THE GALAXY RATHER THAN WITH IT
ORION ARM Source: Galactic Legacy Mid‐Plane Survey Extraordinaire Project
THE MOVEMENT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE GALAXY CANNOT BE STOPPED BY CONGRESS
GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS COME FROM STARS WHEN THE SUN IS WITHIN AN ARM OF THE GALAXY, IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER STARS, AND COSMIC RAYS AND CLOUDS INCREASE WHEN THE SUN IS BETWEEN THE ARMS OF THE GALAXY, IT IS SURROUNDED BY FEW STARS, AND COSMIC RAYS AND CLOUDS DECREASE
IF WE ARE IN AN ICE AGE, WHERE’S ALL THE ICE? GLACIAL ICE BORES IN ANTARCTICA SHOW A PATTERN OF WARMING AND COOLING 90,000 COLD YEARS 10,000 WARM YEARS
THE GLACIERS COVERING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MELTED 10,000 YEARS AGO DURING THE LATEST WARM SPELL Antarctic Temperature Relative To Current Average 4 2 0 -2
WHAT’S CAUSING THIS WARMING AND COOLING? IT ISN’T THE COSMIC RAYS AND
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Thousands of Years Ago Source: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
ARE WE JUST ABOUT AT THE END OF OUR 10,000 YEAR ALLOTMENT OF WARM YEARS?
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INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION (INSOLATION) IS THE CULPRIT WHEN SUNLIGHT STRIKES AT AN ANGLE, IT HAS LESS POWER THAN WHEN IT HITS STRAIGHT ON
THIS IS WHY SUMMER IS HOTTER THAN WINTER, AND NOON IS HOTTER THAN SUNRISE
THE UP AND DOWN TEMPERATURE CYCLES WITHIN THE ICE AGE OCCUR BECAUSE THE ANGLE OF TILT OF THE EARTH AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING
COMPLEX GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM TWEAK OUR ORBIT & TILT Eccentricity Eccentricity of earth’s orbit changes from 0 to 5% on a 100,000 year cycle. Tilt The tilt of earth’s axis changes between 21.5° and 24.5° on a 41,000 year cycle. Precession Precession (wobble) of the earth’s axis occurs over a 23,000 year cycle. WHEN MORE ICE FORMS IN WINTER THAN MELTS IN SUMMER, THE GLACIERS GROW
WHEN MORE ICE MELTS IN SUMMER THAN FORMS IN WINTER, THE GLACIERS RECEDE
WE’VE ALSO HAD MANY LESSER UPS AND DOWNS SINCE THE GLACIERS MELTED
YEARS AGO
HERE’S OUR HOCKEY STICK! (DOESN’T LOOK SO IMPRESSIVE HERE)
GLACIAL PERIOD ENDS Source: Adapted from D. Dahl‐Jensen, “Past Temperatures Directly From the Greenland Ice Sheet”
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SINCE THE GLACIERS MELTED WAS 4000BC TO 6000BC WHEN CIVILIZATION BEGAN
THE MEDIEVAL WARMING PERIOD AROUND 1000 YEARS AGO WAS TIME OF PROSPERITY
THE “LITTLE ICE AGE” BEGAN AROUND 1300AD BRINGING WAR, FAMINE, PESTILENCE, AND DEATH
THE SUN’S HELIOSPHERE PROVIDES PARTIAL PROTECTION FROM COSMIC RAYS COSMIC RAYS
SOLAR WIND TERMINATION SHOCK HELIOPAUSE
The sun generates huge amounts of electromagnetic energy This energy forms a bubble around the solar system called the heliosphere
SOLAR SYSTEM
Electromagnetic forces in the heliosphere deflect some of the incoming cosmic rays
Source: NASA
CYCLIC CHANGES IN SOLAR ACTIVITY INFLUENCE THE INTENSITY OF THE COSMIC RAY BOMBARDMENT AND THE CLOUD COVER OF THE EARTH
SUNSPOTS ARE AN INDICATOR OF THE SUN’S ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTIVITY THE SUN’S MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSES EVERY 11 YEARS
EACH 11 YEAR CYCLE PRODUCES DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY
Source: NASA
Solar Electromagnetic Activity Temperature Deviation
SUNSPOTS ARE MORE FREQUENT WHEN ENERGY OUTPUT IS HIGH
SUNSPOTS DISAPPEARED DURING THE “LITTLE ICE AGE”
Source: Adapted from J. Kristjansson, “On the Length of the Solar Cycle and the Earth’s Climate”
SUNSPOTS CORRELATE WELL TO TEMPERATURE ON THE “HOCKEY STICK”
THREE NESTED PHENOMENA DOMINATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM INSOLATION SOLAR ACTIVITY THE THREE PHENOMENON OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME PRODUCING A COMPLEX PATTERN OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE THESE THREE CELESTIAL PHENOMENON ACCOUNT FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OBSERVED GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 9 MIGRATION OF SOLAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE GALAXY ~ 67% 9 INSOLATION ~ 25% 9 SOLAR CYCLES ~ 7%
GREENHOUSE GASES HAVE PLAYED NO OBSERVABLE ROLE IN GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CONCLUSIONS THE PRIMARY FORCES DRIVING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DO NOT ORIGINATE ON THIS PLANET AND CANNOT BE AFFECTED BY THE ACTIONS OF HUMANS GREENHOUSE GASES DO NOT CAUSE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ASTROPHYSICS IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE STUDYING BOVINE FLATULANCE WON’T HELP GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS JUSTIFIED AS “SAVING THE PLANET” ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT POWER AND MONEY THERE ARE ONLY TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE CLAIMING GREENHOUSE GASES ENDANGER OUR PLANET - CON ARTISTS & SUCKERS -
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