“An Inconvenient Truth” by Al Gore – Written in 2006, it documents the Fast Pace and Wide scope of Global Warming:
Global warming is measured by the amount of CO2 emitted in the atmosphere in parts CO2 per million atmosphere or PPM.
The Conclusion that even if we act promptly and resolutely, the world is on a path to reach 650PPM by the end of the century is almost too frightening to accept.
So if Global emissions peak in 2020 and then fall by 3 percent a year for a few decades – we have no chance of preventing emissions rising well above a number of critical tipping points that will spark uncontrollable Climate change. The Earth’s climate would enter a chaotic era lasting thousands of years before natural processes eventually establish some sort of equilibrium. Whether human beings would still be a force on the planet or even survive is a moot point. One thing seems certain: There will be far fewer of us.
“Leading – Edge Research from top scientists around the world has documented that the hottest years (on this planet or 3rd rock) was year 2005 due to the pace and wide scope of Global Warming.”
The last Ice Age was 11,000 years ago; it is predicted that we will have another Ice Age within the next 50 years (Al Gore, “Inconvenient Truth.”)
Over time from about 550,000 years back to the year about 2000 the parts per million of atmosphere (PPM) and CO2 has gone from about 70 PPM 550,000 to about 330 PPM 2000.
Over time from about year 2000 to year 2014 the PPM will raise from about 330 PPM to about 450 PPM in some parts of the Globe and that about year 2050 the PPM could reach over the tipping point and hopefully below 650PPM.
Global Warming:
A large part of the resources of the global marketing and PR industries are now devoted to trying to convince the public that Fossil Fuel emissions are good for us. In one of the most creative tactics in advertising history, the coal industry is now trying to persuade us that coal-fuelled electricity is an environmentally sound form of energy.
To do so they have deployed the intentionally misleading term “Clean Coal.” The phrase is used in the climate change debate to give the impression that coal is or can be benign because of the possibility that carbon emissions might be captured and stored underground.
In truth, as we will see in Chapter 6, carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power plants is a technology still on the drawing board that will not have any effect on emissions for at least 20 years, if at all.
Put a crab in cool water it jumps out; put a crab in hot water it jumps out; but put a crab in warm water and gradually turn up the heat and we have crab meat.
Clive Hamilton author “Requiem for a Species” Why we resist the Truth about CLIMATE CHANGE
Earth – The third (3rd) rock in our Solar System; guess what? It is not our Solar System or our 3rd Rock.
We are lucky enough to have the ability to survive on this 3rd Rock and so long as the temperature and other climate conditions remain within specific ranges and other climate conditions then we will be able to continue to survive as part of the planet.
As a species we have the ability to allow conditions to remain within livable conditions or the ability to change the temperature and or the climate of the3rd Rock.
Unfortunately, we as a species have chosen not to allow conditions to remain within a condition desirable for our species to continue to exist and that is what we must write about.
Climate Change
What could cause us to do things that we know will cause our climate to go outside of our livable range (as a species)?
As one Tobacco Company memo noted:
Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the “body of fact” that exists in the mind of the General Public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy!
As the 1990s progressed and the rear guard action against restrictions on smoking faded, the advancement of sound science coalition started receiving funds from Exon (among other oil companies) and its junk science website began to carry material attacking climate change science. Monbiot wrote that this website has been the main entry point for almost every kind of climate change denial that has found its way into the mainstream press.
Having been set up by Phillip Morris, TASSC was the first and most important of the Corporate Funded Organization denying that Climate Change is taking place. It has done more damage to the campaign to halt it than any other body.
Climate Change…Between 2011 and 2012
From 2011 until November 2012 I wore light clothing (in the South); thinking that Nov., Dec., Jan. and Feb. 2012 that my attire would change.
However, Feb. same attire; Mar. 1 thru 14 same; then conditions changed in Georgia and also (in Island) it was reported that livestock had to be dug out from ice and snow and placed in indoor shelter, Eastern Europe – large amount of rain and flooding and on and on.
Detroit Michigan had little snow along with other parts of North America and so on.
To my knowledge this was a good example that my knowledge of Climate Conditions was changing; what do you think?
LINTON MATHEWS REPORTING
IN CLOSING:
I Remember as a teenager with my 1951 2 door Chevy Coup, gasoline cost about 32 cents a gallon. Now the cost per gallon is about $3.40 cents.
If the Major Oil Companies need an excuse (for not switching over to a new and cleaner form of energy) then $3.40 per gallon fuel is it even if it’s their excuse that ends up killing us all.
References: to name a few
MOVIE – THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW/DENNIS QUAID
MOVIE – WATERWORLD/KEVIN COSTNER
BOOK – “An Inconvenient Truth” Al Gore
BOOK – “Requiem for a Species” Clive Hamilton
Linton L. Matthews
Lithonia, GA 30058
