By John Mikkelsen
I’VE seen the light, the truth about “carbon pollution” in simple terms as explained by some Green Dream Believers and disciples of the new Climate Change religion.
So why am I still in the dark? I’ve always wondered how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, Greens leader Adam Bandt, the nowhere-near-independent Teals and a host of other climate change advocates keep banging on about “carbon pollution” and how we must eliminate it to save the planet while creating thousands of new Green Renewables jobs.
I thought they were talking about carbon dioxide or CO2, an essential trace gas which now measures slightly over 400 parts per million or a miniscule 0.04 percent of the atmosphere. Science confirms it has been present at much higher levels due to natural influences in the past, when trees thrived and coral reefs proliferated. (From Wikipedia: Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere were as high as 4,000 ppm during the Cambrian period about 500 million years ago, and as low as 180 ppm during the Quaternary glaciation of the last two million years.
Reconstructed temperature records for the last 420 million years indicate that atmospheric CO2 concentrations peaked at approximately 2,000 ppm during the Devonian (400 Ma) period, and again in the Triassic (220–200 Ma) period and was four times current levels during the Jurassic period (201–145 Ma).[16][17])
How can they call it “carbon pollution” when we know it is essential to all life on Earth?
How can they call it “carbon pollution” when all living organisms breathe it out as part of the respiration process and then plants absorb it and return oxygen to the atmosphere as part of nature’s perfect master plan?
Well, just as decades ago in TV ads we were told “oils aint necessarily oils,” carbon pollution ain’t necessarily carbon pollution.
My re-education on how all this is really supposed to work began years ago, courtesy of a newspaper column I wrote where I suggested people who lie awake at night worrying about breathing and adding to the “carbon pollution” need worry no more as there were a couple of ingenious devices developed which could sequester their own personal greenhouse contributions (at least from their lungs).
With a global population now approaching 8 billion and each human exhaling an average of about 1kg of CO2 daily, that’s nothing to sneeze at. In fact it inspired the developers of the amazing “Living Green Screen Mask,” hailed as “a living, carbon-capturing face mask which also filters bacteria, and the “Binchotan” (Japanese for “White Coal”) bracelet.
If you combined these colourful accessories back then, you would not only be noticed in a crowd (any crowd), more importantly you would capture and store CO2, filter out microbes, generate feel-good negative ions and ward off electromagnetic waves from the cellphone powered by the electricity you have just generated with your bracelet, all at the same time you are helping to save the planet. Or so I thought when I passed the information on to readers, with just a hint of sarcasm.
According to the angry nest of Green hornets and climate worriers I stirred with my helpful information, the CO2 which humans breathe out is not pollution. Some also said the CO2 spewed out by volcanoes was not pollution since it was natural and possibly responsible for higher CO2 levels in the past which was all good because humans weren’t responsible.
They were adamant that we were not contributing to “carbon pollution” through breathing. Some mistakenly thought the carbon dioxide we breathed out was the same volume we breathed in, when in reality through respiration, we breathe out about four times as much.
Others said the CO2 we breathe out today is the carbon we ate yesterday and this was “good carbon” seeing it was perfectly in balance with nature.
Apparently it does not matter whether you are a vegetarian or a meat eater, the principle remains the same. Garbage in, garbage out, I guess (just like today’s climate computer models which churn out the desired predictions).
Now to their explanation of why we really need a carbon tax in the form of carbon offsets or whatever other form our leaders dictate.The same CO2 suddenly becomes “carbon pollution” when it is produced by power stations, cars, trains, planes or anything else burning fossil fuels and releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere. Here it upsets the balance of nature and drives “climate change” – even though it’s only about 3 percent of total CO2 emissions.
Water vapour is acknowledged by NASA as a much more efficient greenhouse gas and on average makes up about 10 times as much of the atmosphere but there is no need to tax that because it wouldn’t be possible and also because it eventually condenses into rain which helps cool things down until the CO2 warms them up again, more water evaporates in a type of atmospheric global warming perpetual motion. (Or maybe it’s not really warming, some say it’s just cooling more slowly than it should).
Trees are good as they help to restore the balance except when they were part of former climate-sceptic PM Tony Abbott’s direct action plan which apparently could not work as well as a carbon tax or a “carbon price”.
Simple really…We have been told for many years there is a scientific concensus that anthropogenic CO2 we emit is responsible for “climate change” and this is accepted by “every reputable climate scientist in the world.” Julia Gillard said all that before she ended her stint as PM by pledging “There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead…” then changing her mind. Oops… Albo and his side-kick Bowen still sing from the same old climate change song sheet and are determined to speed Australia down a destructive road to “net zero” emissions regardless of the cost to the economy and the cheap, reliable source of energy we once enjoyed. And don’t mention the naughty “N” word which still remains on the banned list here, while other nations are increasingly turning to modern nuclear reactors as a better alternative which won’t have to be scrapped and added to landfill within a couple of decades.
Meanwhile there never was any climate concensus, with many eminent international scientists such as Profs Richard Lindzen, Henrik Svensmark, John Christy, Judith Curry Dr Ferenc Miskolczi, Dr Miklos Zagoni, our own Prof. Ian Plimer, Dr David Evans and the late Pro Bob Carter at odds with the unproven CO2 hypothesis. More than 1800 scientists, academics and professionals have also recently signed a petition refuting man-made global warming and stating “There is no climate emergency”.
It highlights the fact we really do need a proper scientific debate to sort out the claims made by the Green Dream Believers.
Oh and in case you’re wondering, the Green Screen Mask and the White Coal bracelet never set the world on fire, in fact they quietly disappeared without a trace and failed to re-appear even during the height of the Covid Pandemic … funny that!
*John Mikkelsen is a former editor of three Queensland regional newspapers, columnist, freelance writer and author of the Amazon Books Memoir, Don’t Call Me Nev. (https://www.amazon.com.au/Dont-Call-Nev-John-Mikkelsen/dp/B09S244GP1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)
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zzz3856 – Citation required. Are you sure you weren’t zzz in science class?
Marvelous statistics quoted in the Comments section. To get off the breathing Guilt trip, try this =
“Use, but do not abuse, the resources.”
Remember that over-population is a myth. A mind-set of ‘too many people’ is merely an excuse for genocide. And who goes first?! Me? You? Instead “There is Enough, for Everyone” when we re-define ourselves as Producers (multiplying bio-diversity) not merely Consumers, & besides, the birth rate of ALL cultures & religions are dramatically reducing as people get more & more educated through both the technological, & telepathic, www.
As for Extreme Weather, perhaps there’s a plausible explanation: making it rain in one place may produce severe drought in another. Been quoting for 20 years=
“You won’t have earth changes but you WILL have more violent weather & greater extremes in temperatures, both hot & cold. People think you’re getting global warming because of all the pollution you put into the atmosphere & that’s true, but you’ll also get colder extremes as well. Fooling with the atmosphere causes both.”
Carbon ain’t pollution, but there’s two almost inexhaustible energy sources available to mankind, where nothing needs to burn! See=
Mankind is VERY slow to Wake Up, therefore focus on Solutions, not exclusively on the Problems of dismally performing “green” energy when it fails to deliver base-load power, & the battery back-ups simply run out. Lots more at https://magpiehouse.com.au .
zzz3856 said – “Don’t the elites and governments realise they are killing/harming themselves and their families…”
Well that known serial paedophile and child trafficker, Scotty from Marketing, harmed himself and his family to the tune of $52 MILLION, just for throwing a bunch of people he neither knows nor cares about (26 million Australians) into the wood chipper.
Pathologic psychopaths do that sort of thing.
In any case, once they kill off 95% of the planet’s population and they’re living safely in their fabulously appointed underground bunkers, they’ll have all the time in the world to remodel the Earth into the tropical paradise that they always dreamed about for just themselves and the abominations they call their families.
And they’ll have all the babies and blood they could ever want to satisfy their Luciferian cravings, FOREVER.
Don’t the elites and governments realise they are killing/harming themselves and their families by tampering with the balance of nature too, or has their egoism gone far beyond reason?
Atlanteans too tampered with the balance of nature and thought themselves Gods.. look what happened to them! The past is becoming the present.
Which is the point made in the article!
zzz3856 said – “… CO2 creates oxygen in the body…”
… if you’re a PLANT, which uses the Carbon Dioxide as a source of Carbon to build organic materials, and then exhales the Oxygen.
Animals, on the other hand, mostly use Oxygen for cellular metabolism, which generates Carbon Dioxide as a byproduct, which the Animals then exhale.
A perfectly elegant cycle of co-dependence. The MORE Carbon Dioxide, the MORE Plants, and thereby, MORE organic feedstock and MORE Animals.
And without Oxygen OR without Carbon Dioxide, we ALL die – Animals AND Plants.
The fact that the Globalists refuse to discuss serious solutions such as Gen IV nuclear power plants to replace coal-fired ones tells you that they know climate change isn’t a threat to our planet.
CO2 creates oxygen in the body… the breath of life.
Great article CN. The Green Dream Believers are dishing up a dog’s breakfast but since saving the earth is proving to be an expensive sham let’s look at some who are doing very well from it.
“The grand spectacle of hypocrisy and elitism, also known as the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos has just ended.
That’s right. The so-called ‘saviours of humanity’ have left the champagne and caviar behind in the Swiss Alps, flying out in their private jets, having solved all of the world’s problems, the greatest of which apparently is ‘disinformation’.
Let’s pull back the curtain on this theatre of the absurd to expose some fundamental flaws about Davos and the WEF
• Davos is an exclusive club for the rich and powerful, where they talk about “inclusive growth.”
• The irony is thick as they discuss saving the planet while emitting more carbon through their private jets.
• Taxpayers foot the bill for security at Davos, while regular folks are not invited to the party.
• World leaders perform on a stage, managed by corporations and billionaires, with controversial decisions dressed up as “global initiatives.”
• The discussions on economic inequality at Davos are ironic, as the global elite wear expensive watches while talking about poverty alleviation.
• It’s time to end the Davos charade.
Elitism and Exclusivity: A Club for the ‘Do as I Say, Not as I Do’ Brigade
Davos is essentially an exclusive club where the price of admission is either a billion-dollar bank account or a country to run.
Here, in this high-altitude haven, the rich and powerful pat each other on the back and talk about ‘inclusive growth’.
The irony is so thick here you could cut it with a knife – but only if that knife is gold-plated and part of a set at a five-star chalet.
The Environmental Comedy Show: Private Jets for Climate Change
The Davos crowd loves to talk about saving the planet.
But apparently, the planet-saving memo doesn’t apply to their travel plans.
Last week, the airport in Davos looked like a private jet showroom, emitting more carbon in a weekend than some small countries do in a year.
If hypocrisy were a renewable resource, Davos would be the greenest place on Earth.
Security and Costs: Because Billionaires Need Protection from the Snow?
The security bill for this elite shindig is picked up by the taxpayers – yes, the regular folks who aren’t invited to the party.
It’s like throwing a lavish bash at your house but sending the bill to your neighbour.
And what are they protecting against in Davos? A snowball fight?
Political Puppet Show: World Leaders on Strings
Davos is where you can watch world leaders and politicians perform in their natural habitat: a stage managed by corporations and billionaires.
It’s a place where controversial decisions are dressed up as ‘global initiatives’.
The only thing missing is a sign that says: ‘No real-world problems were solved during the making of this summit.’
Klaus Schwab: The Ringmaster of the Globalist Circus
Klaus Schwab, the man behind the curtain, has been criticised for running the WEF like a personal fiefdom.
Under his watch, Davos has become less about solving global issues and more about the glorification of a global elite that believes they know what’s best for the rest of us.
Digital Privacy: Because What’s a Little Surveillance Among Friends?
In Davos, they talk about digital privacy and security like it’s a bad thing… unless it’s their own.
The same folks who advocate for data sharing and surveillance are the ones using encrypted emails and secure phones.
It seems like ‘digital privacy’ in Davos is just code for ‘do as we say, not as we do (online).’
Global Economic Inequality: Let Them Eat Cake (But Not Here)
The discussions on economic inequality in Davos are akin to holding a Weight Watchers meeting at a buffet.
The globalist elite talk about poverty alleviation while wearing watches that could fund a small school.
If irony were a currency, Davos would be the world’s richest city.
Geopolitical Tensions: Where Cold Wars Get Lukewarm
Davos has a unique ability to turn geopolitical tensions into awkward dinner conversations.
It’s like inviting your divorced parents to Christmas dinner and hoping they’ll get along.
Spoiler: They won’t.
Game Over: Time to Turn Off the Davos Show
It’s high time we switch off this annual parade of pretense and privilege.
Let’s demand real action and accountability, not just well-rehearsed speeches and empty promises.
We need solutions rooted in reality, not in the lofty heights of the Swiss Alps.
It’s time to ground the private jets and bring these conversations back to earth – where the real problems need solving.
Let’s create a world where progress isn’t measured by the number of billionaires in a room but by the impact on the lives of the billions outside it.
Enough of the Davos charade – it’s time for the real work to begin.”
Credit: George Christensen, Nation First
Find more about George at http://www.georgechristensen.com.au
No Savings With ‘Green’ Energy: It’s 4 To 6 Times MORE Expensive
https://www.technocracy.news/?s=is+Green++expensive
This is the homework people must do before they’ll have any understanding whatsoever of atmospheric physics and atmospheric CO2 levels. They must understand;
– Planck’s Law, which partially explains the spectral-energy distribution of radiation emitted by a blackbody.
– Wien’s Displacement Law, which describes the difference between the temperature of a blackbody and the wavelength at which it emits the most light.
– Kirchhoff’s Radiation Law, which relates emissive power to absorptivity.
– The Second Law of Thermodynamics, which explains that the transfer of heat from a body at a given temperature to a body at a higher temperature is impossible.
– The Stefan-Boltzmann Law, which shows that the total radiant heat power emitted from a surface is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature.
– Stokes shift, on why fluorescence emits with a lower energy than the original absorption.
– Henry’s Law, which proves that the weight of a gas dissolved by a liquid is proportional to the pressure of the gas upon the liquid.
– Water vapour absorbs outgoing longwave infrared radiation (heat) across almost all of the 37,000 spectral bands, leaving just three gaps for CO2 to have any effect whatsoever.
– CO2 primarily absorbs outgoing longwave infrared radiation as photons at 14.8 microns wavelength (Planck’s Law), the most energetic of the three gaps.
– The temperature of absorption at 14.8 microns is -80 degrees Celsius (Wien’s Displacement Law), which is found in the lower stratosphere, well above the troposphere where weather exists.
– Minus 80 degrees Celsius is 95 degrees lower than average surface temperature.
– The Second Law of Thermodynamics proves heat doesn’t flow from cold zones to hotter zones.
– CO2 cannot “trap heat.” It can only delay outgoing heat momentarily so high up in the atmosphere it’s irrelevant.
– Atmospheric CO2 is contingent upon seawater temperature (Henry’s Law).
– Only the sun has the energy to heat 1.335 billion cubic kilometres of water.
– To control Earth’s climate, you must control the sun.
– The “climate debate” is now and always has been political and anti-scientific.
The factors which bring warmth to this planet’s surface are: 1, the plasma inner core, 2, the heat of nuclear decay of fissile material in the outer core and mantle, 3, volcanism and tectonic spreading, 4, the adiabatic pressure gradient of atmospheric gases under the constant pull of gravity, 5, the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum delivered from the sun, 6, orbital variations (Milankovitch cycles) and 7, the EM spectrum delivered from the galaxy.
The sun has the biggest influence on surface temperature as its contribution is largest by far. “Popular” energy balance equations do not correctly consider all the input factors. The sun’s output is not stable and is subject to a multitude of cycles from the 11-year sunspot cycle to the 12,000-year galactic EM sheet reversal cycle, (an artefact of the Parker instability of rotating magnetic fields).
The planet’s surface is 71% water and water vapour absorbs EM across most of the 37,000 spectral bands, ranging from ultraviolet to the 0.37 Kelvin cosmic background radiation. Even water vapour cannot warm the planet’s surface due to the second law of thermodynamics, but it can delay the escape of heat energy which is why cloudy and/or humid nights are warmer than clear and/or low-humidity nights.
The much vilified and politicised carbon dioxide molecule does intercept escaping heat in three spectral bands but it can only do so in frozen stratospheric zones and has zero effect on weather or climate. The claimed surface heating properties of CO2 are political fiction pushed by politicised segments of academia and most of the corporate media at the behest of the globalists who gain so much wealth and political control from it.
“The “elites” are producing the plastic and chemicals. We should therefore be better off getting rid of THEM.”
Given that the rich 1% produce some 80% + of human generated carbon emissions which they themselves are keen to cut back there is MUCH to recommend that solution!
I reckon there’s enough people among the other 99% to operate the guillotine levers in case AI doesn’t cut it.
God bless our carbon producing earth, and God bless our fantastically created human bodies that live within the natural carbon cycles that allow life on earth to thrive.
Russell… Yup.
Since 1880, it has been known that extra CO2 enhances plant growth. Which kinda suggests we should be aiding reforestation by pumping heaps more CO2 into the atmosphere. That would mean more oxygen, which would make life easier for old people who live in high altitudes. Obviously, we should be using abiotic natural fuels such as coal and oil to convert to energy, to further enhance life on earth.
Oh, but wait, Mr Harari says we all must die to save the planet and evidently this includes all life.
Life extinction… to save the planet.
My idea above would solve most of the World’s problems if the elitist families took action on my advice.
Like the idiots that want the population reduced by 8.5 billion, these “green dreamers” could always alleviate pressure on the World situation as they see it by doing away with themselves and their families. That would go towards solving both problems.
Here’s another take on CO2 from all respiration: From Prof Daniel Nebert in American Thinker – “Each human exhales about 2.3 pounds of CO2 per day, which means Earth’s 8 billion people produce daily 18.4 billion pounds of CO2. But humans represent only 1/40 of all CO2-excreting life on Earth. Multiplying 18.4 billion pounds by 40 gives us 736 billion pounds of CO2 per day. This approximates the overall CO2 excreted by the total animal and fungal biomass on the planet.Daily emissions from worldwide industry in 2020 were estimated to be 16 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. If one metric ton is 2,200 pounds, then “total industrial emissions” amount to 35,200,000,000 (35.2 billion) pounds of CO2 per day. This means that the entire animal and fungal biomass (736 billion pounds) puts out more than 20 times as much CO2 as all industrial emissions (35.2 billion pounds)!Can any clear-thinking person comprehend the facts above and still create a company with idiotic plans to “sequester CO2” or “sequester carbon”? Scientifically, “net zero” and “carbon footprint” are meaningless terms. There is no “climate crisis.”https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/01/todays_climate_crisis_is_a_fairy_tale.html
Too bad babies and bathwater are always mixed, it’s as if they were put into a blender, maybe this is deliberate huh.
Without any argument we should stop throwing plastic and chemicals everywhere.
This basic principle gets conflated into exterminating billions of useless eaters.
It’s not the same thing !!! The “elites” are producing the plastic and chemicals.
We should therefore be better off getting rid of THEM.
As many others have stated before me, humans are the carbon that the Globalists want to reduce. They aim to reduce our numbers to half a billion by whatever means they deem necessary.
Is CO2 the same stuff that is pumped into green houses? I think so.
If greens were serious and scientific about any imaginary carbon excess they would be recommending designing giant butt plugs for volcanoes, seriously
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