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4. Gary Novak on Global Warming
Copyright by Gary Novak
It exists, but not due to greenhouse gases.
- The atmosphere is only 0.04% carbon dioxide, of which only 3% stems
from human activity. Therefore, human activity cannot create global
warming stemming from carbon dioxide, though natural causes of global
warming certainly can exist. (Explanation)*
- The oceans regulate CO2 in the atmosphere to the minutest detail, as
indicated by an El Nino in the Pacific Ocean, which causes CO2
measurements in the air to increase, and then they renormalize when the
El Nino disappears.
- The oceans are heating up drastically, and the atmosphere only
slightly, as indicated by polar ice caps melting and increased rainfall.
This points to a hot spot in the earth's core heating the oceans, not
human activity. See Ice Age Theory.
- Twenty thousand scientists signed a petition saying carbon dioxide
is not creating global warming (link at bottom of page).
- Why are many of the "top scientists" saying humans create global
warming? They got into the game after the consensus was supposedly
established (by the media and propagandists). They weren't good enough
scientists to look at the starting point and see the errors. They
assumed it was already worked out. They are go-along scientists, just
like the promoters of relativity, who were propagandized from K-12 on
and never questioned the origins of the assumptions.
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Summary
Global warming is occurring due to oceans heating, not greenhouse
gases. The oceans are heating due to hot spots rotating in the earth's
core, which is the cause of ice ages.
Oceans regulate the amount of CO2 in the air, as indicated by the
chemistry and the stability over time at extremely low levels. Otherwise
there would a large amount in the air, and it would fluctuate drastically
(like smog does).
Principles of chemistry indicate that regulation by oceans must be
absolute. CO2 disolving in water establishes an equilibrium. Equilibrium
means absolute regulation.
Production and sequestration of CO2 are totally irrelevant, because
they do not regulate. They would leave excessive and highly varied amounts
in the air, if oceans were not regulating.
Main Points
The effect of so-called greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide is
extremely minuscule.
- Only around 380 parts per million of the atmosphere is carbon
dioxide.
- Only 3% of the CO2 results from human activity.
- Only about 2-5% of the infrared radiation can be absorbed by a
greenhouse gas, as shown by the IR absorption spectrum, which consists
of a narrow band of frequencies.
- The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is not determined by production,
because it is regulated by the oceans. Cold oceans absorbs more, and
warm oceans release more back into the atmosphere.
- The 30% increase in atmospheric CO2 over the past century indicates
oceans heating (due to other causes), and it is too minuscule to be
relevant. It is an indicator, not cause, of oceans heating.
- Air has a much lower heat capacity than water, which means oceans
can heat the air, but the air cannot significantly heat the oceans.
- Water in the air is a greenhouse gas which swamps the others. It is
about a hundred times more prevalent than CO2 in clear air, and millions
of times more significant on a cloudy day. Yet moisture only changes
temperatures about 10-20 degrees on a cloudy day. This means CO2 must be
changing temperatures less than 0.000001 degrees all of the time.
- When el Nino heats the Pacific, CO2 increases in the atmosphere; and
after El Nino, it normalizes. It wouldn't normalize if oceans were not
reabsorbing the CO2. And if oceans can reabsorb that CO2, they can
absorb any other CO2.
- Plants desperately need more CO2 to grow on. Their growth increases
substantially when more CO2 is provided. The oceans had to be large to
aquify the planet, but then they absorbed too much CO2 for good plant
growth.
Explanations
Water vapor is a a greenhouse gas which is far more significant than
carbon dioxide, because there is about a hundred times as much of it in
the air, depending upon humidity. Its primary effect is to reflect
radiation. It produces a highly varied effect which swamps the
significance of carbon dioxide.
Since carbon dioxide absorbs and re-emits radiation, rather than
reflects it, the radiation is sent in all directions, and only a small
percent would be sent back towards the earth. Also, only a very narrow
band of wavelengths is absorbed by CO2.
Compare the numbers to water vapor. There's less than 1% as many
molecules of CO2; it absorbs less than 1% of the radiation; and it sends
less than 10% back to earth. That's 100 x 100 x 10 times less effective
than water vapor, which totals one million times less effective. If a
cloudy day changes the temperature by 10 degrees, carbon dioxide would be
a millionth as effective, which would be 0.00001 degrees. The quantities
are absurd.
Concerning carbon dioxide, the amount in the air is unrelated to the
amount produced. Ocean temperatures determine how much is in the air. An
equilibrium is created at the ocean surface, and it regulates the amount
in the air. So if there is more carbon dioxide in the air, it means ocean
surfaces are warming.
Propagandists sometimes claim that the oceans are not absorbing the CO2
that humans create. If not, then the oceans are not in equilibrium. If the
oceans are not in equilibrium, humans are in big trouble, because there is
200 times as much CO2 in the surface oceans and 7,000 times as much in the
deep oceans compared to the amount humans produce. A nonsteady state for
such large quantities would swamp the atmospheric effects. The fact that
there is so little variation in atmospheric CO2 over the centuries
demonstrates that it is regulated. And most importantly, the science of
the subject states that absorption of gases by liquids is controlled by
concentrations and achieves a steady state.
Then there is the implication that whatever oceans do, it is not fast
enough to keep up with human activity. The yearly exchange rate is said to
be 16 times the amount humans produce. This means all of the CO2 humans
produce in one year could be absorbed by the oceans in 23 days (while it
has 365 days to do it).
A point about global warming is not being mentioned by either side. It
is the fact that only the air temperature is being measured. But air has a
very low heat capacity, and it is a very small percent of the surface mass
of the earth. To determine global warming, temperatures should be measured
for the water, rocks and soil—not the atmosphere.
The promoters of the issue use a computer model to determine the
temperature of the atmosphere, since it cannot be directly measured over
such a large three dimensional volume. They claim there has been less than
one degree increase over the past century. Satellite measurements show a
decrease in atmospheric temperature, which is probably due to increased
cloud cover reflecting away solar energy. The satellite measurements are
more reliable than the computer models.
The polar ice caps are melting, but water temperature is the primary
cause. Another indication of water temperatures increasing is increased
rainfall in the upper plains over the past twenty years. The humid air
originates in the Pacific Ocean, which must be getting warmer.
The cause of the oceans warming cannot be the atmosphere, which has
very low heat capacity, but must be due to heat from within the earth's
core, as described on other pages dealing with climate and the earth's
core.
The globe is heating, but the cause is hot spots rotating in the
earth's core and heating the oceans, not greenhouse gases. This can be
known from the fact that the past ten ice ages have cycled at 100 thousand
year intervals. Environmental factors would not be so cyclic.
There are numerous indications of the oceans heating up. One is
increased rainfall in the upper plains, where the moisture originates in
the Pacific Ocean. A few years ago, Chicago was flooding due to a rise in
Lake Michigan; and another canal had to be built around Niagara Falls to
drain it.
It is known that underground temperatures are increasing, as indicated
by ice melting on Minnesota lakes during cold temperatures last winter.
Change in intensity of the sun's energy is not indicated as the cause
of oceans heating, because such would heat land and air more than oceans,
while satellite measurements indicate atmospheric cool-down, which would
be due to increased cloud cover.
For these reasons, to claim humans must reduce carbon dioxide emissions
is about like saying the outdoors must be heated during the winter.
Even though most scientists do not agree that so-called greenhouse
gases create global warming, journalists get their stories from the
minority and claim there is no question about it. One reason is because
the minority opinions come from the government and UN; and the journalists
have the same motive, which is to promote population control.
Motives
The promotion of propaganda on greenhouse gases is an attempt to
justify population control without scientific credibility. This is known
because the propagandists link global warming to population control.
The driving force behind the claim that humans are responsible for
global warming is that atheists are using it as a new form of
environmentalism, since all other forms got extremely stale. Ten years
ago, they were directly linking global warming to population control.
Since then, a more serious concern has developed. If an ice age is
starting, and it should be, atheists are big losers on all fronts. So they
are trying to convince people that there is nothing natural about the
present form of global warming.
Fraud at Every Turn
Look at how this subject is explained on the web site of the Union of
Concerned Scientists.
It says this:
The "greenhouse effect" refers to the natural phenomenon that keeps
the Earth in a temperature range that allows life to flourish. The sun's
enormous energy warms the Earth's surface and its atmosphere. As this
energy radiates back toward space as heat, a portion is absorbed by a
delicate balance of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere—among them
carbon dioxide and methane—which creates an insulating layer. With the
temperature control of the greenhouse effect, the Earth has an average
surface temperature of 59°F (15°C). Without it, the average surface
temperature would be 0°F (-18°C),---
Scientists have concluded that human activities are contributing to
global warming by adding large amounts of heat-trapping gases to the
atmosphere.---we release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into
the air. Related link:
Global Warming FAQ
Now read the same thing described more honestly:
The "greenhouse effect" refers to the natural phenomenon that keeps
the Earth in a temperature range that allows life to flourish. The sun's
enormous energy warms the Earth's surface and its atmosphere. As this
energy radiates back toward space as heat, a portion
is absorbed by the atmosphere, which consists of nitrogen (78%), oxygen
(21%), water vapor
(1-3%), carbon dioxide (0.04%) and traces of other similar substances,
which creates an insulating layer. With the temperature control of
the greenhouse effect, the Earth has an average surface temperature of
59°F (15°C). Without it, the average surface temperature would be 0°F
(-18°C),---
Scientists have concluded that human activities are contributing to
global warming by adding large amounts of heat-trapping gases to the
atmosphere.---we release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into
the air.
They pulled a switcharoo in their description. It is the total
atmosphere which heats the planet 59 degrees, while they say a "delicate
balance of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere—among them carbon dioxide
and methane—which creates an insulating layer."
There is always a word game involved in the rationalizations. They said
"a portion is absorbed by a delicate balance..." The heat is absorbed by
molecules. A delicate balance is an abstract relationship which doesn't
absorb anything.
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"Total human CO2 emissions primarily from use of coal, oil, and natural
gas and the production of cement are currently about 5.5 GT C per year.
To put these figures in perspective, it is estimated that the
atmosphere contains 750 Gt C; the surface ocean contains 1,000 Gt C;
vegetation, soils, and detritus contain 2,200 Gt C; and the intermediate
and deep oceans contain 38,000 Gt C (3). Each year, the surface ocean and
atmosphere exchange an estimated 90 Gt C; vegetation and the atmosphere,
60 Gt C; marine biota and the surface ocean, 50 Gt C; and the surface
ocean and the intermediate and deep oceans, 100 Gt C (3)."
CO2 Science
Org
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*Explanation: For several years, both sides agreed that only 3% of the
CO2 in the atmosphere was of human origins. But recently, wild versions
have replaced the 3% figure. There is more propaganda and fraud than
science in this subject. But the 3% figure looks realistic to me, because
all biology gets recycled every few years, and it is largely carbon.
But I want to emphasize that this point is not very relavent for two
major reasons. 1.) The oceans regulate the amount of CO2 in the
atmosphere. As a laboratory scientist, I see how CO2 moves into and out of
solutions from the air. It is a controlled process. 2.) Everything in the
atmosphere is a greenhouse gas including the oxygen, nitrogen and wator
vapor. Wator vapor is extremely variable, and it totally swamps any
possible effect by CO2.
CO2 is effect of global warming, not cause. It increases when the
oceans warm and release more.
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Related Links:
Intelligent Design of the Globe

There are too many strokes of luck in design of the globe to attribute
them to the big bang. Intellignet design is the only explanation.
Oceans are a visible example. As explained on the "global warming"
page, oceans regulate the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Cold
oceans absorb more, and warm oceans release more.
The oceans had to be very large to create sufficient rainfall. The
problem is, large oceans absorb too much CO2 which is needed by plants.
Reducing the ocean size in half still would not produce enough CO2 for
good plant growth, while the environment would be mostly desert.
So the oceans had to be designed for rainfall, while the biochemistry
of photosynthesis had to adapt to extremely low levels of CO2.
However, there was a partial fix. Adding salt to the oceans would cause
them to release more CO2 into the atmosphere. It would be bad for the fish
but good for the plants. So the fish had to adapt to salt water to allow
plants to get some CO2.
There is another complexity involved. Warmer oceans release more CO2
than colder oceans. So why not just make the oceans warmer? The answer is
that they were warmer a billion years ago, but they have been cooling down
since.
A billion years ago, all continental plates were combined into one
large land mass. There were no mountains, because the plates were thin.
They just stuck together instead of buckling.
There was more heat being liberated by the earth's core when tectonic
plates were thin. This means oceans were warmer. And in turn, this means
there was more rainfall.
The vegetation at that time consisted of nonwoody plants. Think of them
as over-sized rhubarb. They thrived on high rainfall. In fact, it was
heavy vegetation that caused dinosaurs to get large. Heavy mass was needed
to plow through vegetation.
Now the tectonic plates are much thicker. This means there is less heat
being conducted from the earth's core into the oceans, which means colder
oceans, and which means less rainfall everywhere.
So another contradiction is that warmer oceans require a thinner mantle
on the earth. It occurred during the dinosaur years and earlier, but now a
more arid and mountainous ecology exists.
Heat in the Earth's Core

It is not known why the earth's core is hot, but there are lines of
evidence. The changing thickness of the earth's crust indicates a constant
cooling, which indicates that the heat was created at the beginning of the
earth's formation.
About a billion years ago, all of the continents had come together
forming a large super continent called Pangea. There were no mountains at
that time. An "ice age" caused the whole land mass to be covered with ice,
which destroyed all terrestrial life. After the ice melted, terrestrial
life reevolved from the sea creatures.
The absence of mountains means the tectonic plates were very thin and
light. If they were as thick and heavy as modern plates, they would have
buckled and slid over and under each other as they collided to form Pangea,
and mountains would have been the result. Since the plates were thin and
light, they just welded together as they collided.
For example, a significant earthquake occurred in central South Dakota
in 1983. Earthquakes were supposed to be impossible in the area, because
there is supposedly one continuous sheet of granite under the entire
state. Earth quakes are caused by two plates sliding past each other. It
means there are two plates which fit together so precisely that they look
like one. This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that there are two
very distinct soil types above each plate. Loam sits over the east river
plate, and a heavy gumbo sits over the west river plate.
So the tectonic plates were thin and light in earlier times, and now
they are getting thick and heavy. This means the earth is losing heat, and
the heat in the earth's core must have been there at the beginning of the
earth's creation. The heat apparently resulted from small particles
gravitating toward a center, and the process of colliding and compressing
created heat through friction.
Additional evidence is in the observation that planets which are
farther away from the sun are losing heat faster than they are acquiring
it from the sun. They apparently acquired their heat during their
creation.
Heat in the core of planets cannot be entirely due to nuclear
reactions, because that source would require a gradual build-up rather
than a gradual loss of heat. However, nuclear reactions could be occurring
in the core, because heat and pressure should promote them. But then they
must be producing heat at a lower rate than it is being lost through
radiation into space. Otherwise, there would not be the observed
cool-down.
It seems likely that ice ages on earth are caused by a nuclear hot spot
in the core rotating toward the surface and heating the Pacific Ocean. The
primary evidence for this is that the past ten ice ages have been cycling
at 100 thousand year intervals. Environmental changes are not apt to be so
cyclic, but a convectional oscillation in the earth's core could be.
It's quite significant that a large number of coral reefs are dying
from over-heating. Humans are not causing the oceans to over-heat; it
appears to be caused by heat from the earth's core.
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Lake City audience and calls for a reasonable and doable change of human
behavior. (Salt Lake Tribune; Apr. 9, 2006)
- What's
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greenhouse effect, discoveries and global action, Kyoto Protocol; charts
and maps of CO2 emissions; history of Earth's climate; growing danger.
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of Forestry and Environmental Studies, urging the scientific community
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despite decades of first-rate science and policy analysis. (PhysOrg;
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