{"id":2423,"date":"2020-04-02T22:08:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biggeesblog.cymru\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2020-04-17T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T14:39:36","slug":"global-warming-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biggeesblog.cymru\/index.php\/2020\/04\/02\/global-warming-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Warming. Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where I personally Stand On This Subject<\/span><\/h1>\n

First, let’s clear the decks. There are big differences between climate, weather and global warming\/ cooling.<\/p>\n

I live in Wales, the climate here is generally the same across the country, but varies slightly from area to area within Wales. In Aberaeron, I luckily live in a small area with a micro climate that tends to be warmer. Weather-wise, (we have very little frost) and it’s generally drier than other areas – often in quite close proximity to the town. If I moved to Florida, or Siberia I would be living in a different ‘climate’. When it comes to the weather, then obviously the weather in Wales, Florida and Siberia would also be different. When it comes to global warming\/ cooling, then we are talking about the average temperature of the world in relation to whether the trend is upwards or downwards.<\/p>\n

Global temperature varies, this is often misleadingly referred to as ‘climate change’. There is little argument that the average global temperature of the earth varies, either up or down. This is a constant variant. At different times the earth has been much warmer than it is now, at other times it has been cooler – a lot cooler. During the cool periods we have increased polar ice caps, and at times that ice has progressed nearer to the equator. Those periods are often referred to as ‘ice ages’ with varying sea level changes, depending on whether the ice is advancing or retreating. Over this there is no argument, apart from whether we are moving towards a period of warming, or towards a period of cooling. I personally believe, on the evidence of my own research that we are in between two ice ages, and that in fact, we are now slowly moving towards a period of cooling.<\/p>\n

There is however another comparatively recent hypothesis that the earth is warming dangerously quickly towards an apocalyptical end due to man. More stupidly, this hypothesis is said to be directly linked to man-made warming due to the release of carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sub>) into the atmosphere, thereby causing an enhanced greenhouse effect. More ludicrous still is the frequent interchange of the word carbon (a non-metal element<\/span>) and the gas carbon dioxide. And the daddy stupidity is the projection of CO2<\/sub> as some sort of poison! CO2<\/sub> is the foundation of life on the planet. Without it all plants die, when plants die, all other life forms die.<\/p>\n

We currently have a CO2<\/sub> concentration of 400 parts per million in our atmpsphere. Below 150 parts per million plants start to die. In the past, there has been concentrations of many thousands of parts per million in our atmosphere. During those periods, the earth was covered in lush green growth. Here is a discussion with Professor William Happer a leading expert in the field:<\/p>\n