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Many have taken the
position that the planet is in danger because of carbon
dioxide input to the atmosphere caused by burning fossil
fuel, they urge us to stop and consider it a moral
imperative. They present specific assertions of the harm
this added CO2 in the atmosphere has done or will do. But
how can anyone check out these claims of this harm, actual
or potential? With the advent of the Internet, it can be as
simple as doing a Google (or other search engine) search.
This paper does just that. There is a tremendous amount of
information available at the click of a button. This data is
not at all controversial; it has no political agenda (i.e.
there are many charts available, all about the same). This
information is used to check out these claims of gloom and
doom. The data presented here indicates that these claims
are either wildly exaggerated, or else concern processes
that have been occurring at about the same rate since long
before CO2 in the atmosphere increased. Furthermore it also
emphasizes the fact that the use of fossil fuel has been,
and continues to be, the main cornerstone, which has allowed
civilization to advance. It has alleviated abject poverty
for billions, and there is no substitute for it at this
time. End the use of fossil fuel, and this worldwide poverty
returns. Thus there is also a strong moral argument for the
use of fossil fuel. If this use of fossil fuel, at some time
in the future, does begin to pose a climate risk, the
solution is not simply to end it, but rather to balance
competing priorities.
Keywords: climate change data, climate change alarmists,
data on glaciers, energy for civilization, climate computer
calculations
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