Diogenes
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➊ You claim that the Earth is overheating. You say it’s “too hot.” So, what is the correct global mean surface temperature (GMST) for life on Earth and why? Please provide a numerical answer. Use units and round it to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius. Then, explain why that value is ideal and cite evidence to justify your answer.
➋ What is the correct atmospheric CO₂ level for life on Earth? What level optimizes our agricultural productivity? What CO₂ level will make weather less scary? Give your answer as an exact value in a mole fraction or volume percentage, and then explain why that value is ideal.
➌ What makes CO₂ “pollution”? The EPA considers CO₂ to be a pollutant, legally speaking, under the Clean Air Act, and their scientific justification is simply that, it “…𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒.” https://epa.gov/climate-change/endangerment-and-cause-or-contribute-findings-greenhouse-gases-under-section-202a…That seems pretty ambiguous. Because by that measure, water vapor should also be classified as a “pollutant” because it’s also a “greenhouse gas” (GHG) — in fact, it’s the most abundant GHG and it absorbs a wider spectrum of IR wavelengths than CO₂. So, what makes CO₂ pollution?
➍ Why are temperature departures from 1850-1900 climate conditions deemed as the human welfare control knob given that the overall human condition has never been better than it is today? How is was climate during the end of the Little Ice Age — the coldest period in the last 10,000-years — preferable to today’s? On what account was the weather more benign? By what measure? Be specific. Tell me how the climate was supposedly less dangerous in the 17-19th centuries.
➎ The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that President Biden signed into law in 2022 was popularized as the “biggest climate bill in history,” but ever since the bill was signed, climate alarmists insist climate change has only gotten worse. Why are we not seeing the bill work its magic? What’s not working? https://axios.com/2024/07/21/biden-legacy-election-2024…
➏ The estimated cost of net zero by the year 2050 in the U.S. is $75 trillion ($3 trillion per year), according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. https://politico.com/news/2024/07/27/yellen-amazon-climate-change-00171522… That’s a hefty price tag. And with ~165 million U.S. taxpayers, it would cost each of us >$450,000 to get to “net zero” by the target date. Are you willing to shell out that money, or do you just expect that everyone else will foot the bill for you?
➐ If we spend $75 trillion to decarbonize the economy by 2050, by how much will it reduce the GMST by the end of the century? Please provide your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius and show your calculations. What does the perfect climate look like? How will we know when we get there? By what measure? If you don’t know the answer to question six, are we supposed to spend $75 trillion and just see what happens?
➑ If “combating climate change” is a global concerted effort, why do China and India get a free pass to continue emitting CO₂ without bound? Why are they never criticized?
➒ Why are you so vehemently opposed to the deployment of nuclear power? It is the safest, most sustainable “carbon-free” energy technology, and without the compliance regulations, it isn’t expensive when compared to solar PV and wind, which are inefficient, intermittent, costly add-ons to existing electricity generation sources.
➓ If humans are parasites on the Earth and we are destroying it, why not be the change you want to see and decarbonize yourself?
➋ What is the correct atmospheric CO₂ level for life on Earth? What level optimizes our agricultural productivity? What CO₂ level will make weather less scary? Give your answer as an exact value in a mole fraction or volume percentage, and then explain why that value is ideal.
➌ What makes CO₂ “pollution”? The EPA considers CO₂ to be a pollutant, legally speaking, under the Clean Air Act, and their scientific justification is simply that, it “…𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒.” https://epa.gov/climate-change/endangerment-and-cause-or-contribute-findings-greenhouse-gases-under-section-202a…That seems pretty ambiguous. Because by that measure, water vapor should also be classified as a “pollutant” because it’s also a “greenhouse gas” (GHG) — in fact, it’s the most abundant GHG and it absorbs a wider spectrum of IR wavelengths than CO₂. So, what makes CO₂ pollution?
➍ Why are temperature departures from 1850-1900 climate conditions deemed as the human welfare control knob given that the overall human condition has never been better than it is today? How is was climate during the end of the Little Ice Age — the coldest period in the last 10,000-years — preferable to today’s? On what account was the weather more benign? By what measure? Be specific. Tell me how the climate was supposedly less dangerous in the 17-19th centuries.
➎ The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that President Biden signed into law in 2022 was popularized as the “biggest climate bill in history,” but ever since the bill was signed, climate alarmists insist climate change has only gotten worse. Why are we not seeing the bill work its magic? What’s not working? https://axios.com/2024/07/21/biden-legacy-election-2024…
➏ The estimated cost of net zero by the year 2050 in the U.S. is $75 trillion ($3 trillion per year), according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. https://politico.com/news/2024/07/27/yellen-amazon-climate-change-00171522… That’s a hefty price tag. And with ~165 million U.S. taxpayers, it would cost each of us >$450,000 to get to “net zero” by the target date. Are you willing to shell out that money, or do you just expect that everyone else will foot the bill for you?
➐ If we spend $75 trillion to decarbonize the economy by 2050, by how much will it reduce the GMST by the end of the century? Please provide your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius and show your calculations. What does the perfect climate look like? How will we know when we get there? By what measure? If you don’t know the answer to question six, are we supposed to spend $75 trillion and just see what happens?
➑ If “combating climate change” is a global concerted effort, why do China and India get a free pass to continue emitting CO₂ without bound? Why are they never criticized?
➒ Why are you so vehemently opposed to the deployment of nuclear power? It is the safest, most sustainable “carbon-free” energy technology, and without the compliance regulations, it isn’t expensive when compared to solar PV and wind, which are inefficient, intermittent, costly add-ons to existing electricity generation sources.
➓ If humans are parasites on the Earth and we are destroying it, why not be the change you want to see and decarbonize yourself?
