Global Warming is Causing the Rise in CO2

Yet another liberal claim is being blown up as propaganda. Man is not responsible for Global Warming after all. As it turns out, the natural rise in earth temperature is what is causing the rise in CO2 levels in the atmosphere. It is not the other way around the way the doom and gloom liberal alarmists would have you believe.

If you were to watch the Al Gore farce of a movie "An Inconvenient Truth" you might walk away with the idea that we as humans on earth, living in the glow of the great technological luxuries that the creativity of man has provided, are causing Global Warming as a whole. Scientists are now looking at the information becoming available, that carbon dioxide, which it has been claimed is the big culprit, is indeed increasing. But the data is showing is that it is increasing only after the temperature has risen. When you look at a graph of the rise and fall of earth temperature and compare it to the rise and fall of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere, they are nearly identical. What is different is that the level of carbon dioxide in the air continues to rise even after the temperatures have begun a cycle of cooling. More importantly, if you look at the bottom end of all of the graphs, the CO2 does not begin to rise until after the temperature has begun a serious rise. It is taking several years of increasing temperatures before the CO2 then begins to rise.

This information is showing that the whole fundamental assumption of the theory of climate change is showing to be entirely wrong. Temperature rise, which is a natural occurring cycle on earth, is what is causing the rise in CO2.

Humans actually produce only a small percentage of all of the CO2 that is produced in the atmosphere. Of the 210 billion metric tons of CO2 that is produced each year, humans contribute only 6.3 billion tons of that total, or approximately 3% of the total. Other sources such as the oceans, vegetation, and soils produce far more CO2 than does man and his carbon burning cars and factories.

When you consider that water vapor comprises the largest component of greenhouse gases at 96.9% and carbon dioxide represents only 2% of all greenhouse gases, it dwarfs the amount of mans contribution to miniscule. What is 3% of 2% Alex? It almost doesn’t even register.

Water vapor in the atmosphere is the dominant green house gas effecting temperature on earth. This is most evident when you compare the night to day temperature changes in arid climates to humid climates. The night to day change of temperature in the dry, arid desert can vary as much as 40-50 degrees from night to day. However, the temperatures in humid locations will only vary 15-20 degrees from night to day. It can be further evidenced when you compare the drop in overnight temperature in an average climate area when it is cloudy versus when it is clear. Temperatures will drop to only 65 degrees when it is cloudy but will drop to 40 or 50 degrees when it is clear. Water vapor retains heat.

At any one time water vapor accounts for 36 to 70 percent of the total greenhouse gas effects. If clouds are included, it jumps to 66 to 86 percent. Carbon Dioxide comes in a distant third for only 9 to 27 percent of the total greenhouse effect. And remember, man's activities account for less than 3% of all of the carbon dioxide produced, so at the most, man is responsible for less than 1 percent of all of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Alarmist environmentalists are leading us down a path that is ultimately going to cost our government and our economy billions of dollars to try and develop new ways to reduce our carbon footprint in the world. The net effect of all of this expenditure is going to have little to no effect on reducing carbon dioxide levels, let alone, slowing climate change. More responsible scientists have already uncovered new evidence that shows us actually going to a cooling period on earth.

We can ill afford to continue to be led down a path that mired in inaccuracies, hype and flawed predictions while we pad the pockets of scientists and researchers who will reap the benefits of government funded research that produces incorrect analysis and results, and merely furthers their own cause. Like my grandfather told me, "Follow the Money". Find out who stands to benefit from any given movement.