The Truth About Global Warming

Global Warming is a hoax. The facts do not support the theory that man made activity is causing the earth to warm up.

Let us begin with the facts about carbon dioxide. This gas is not a pollutant. It is a necessary and natural part of our atmosphere. Human beings breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants do the opposite as they absorb carbon dioxide and emit oxygen. This is the respiratory system that sustains life. If either component of the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle is eliminated, life on the planet would come to an end.

Abundant levels of carbon dioxide stimulate plant growth. In 279 published experiments, plants which were fertilized with carbon dioxide demonstrated enhanced growth rates even though the soil content or water levels where not ideal. Carbon dioxide is an effective fertilizer which helps the growth of plants over larger geographical areas, and increases the food supply across the globe.

Carbon dioxide cannot cause global warming. If it did Mars would be extremely hot as 95% of the atmosphere of Mars is carbon dioxide. Mars is actually the exact opposite. It is not a hot furnace, it is an ice cube. Obviously, carbon dioxide cannot warm the earth and cool down Mars at the same time. There is no correlation between levels of carbon dioxide and temperature.

It is fairly easy to establish that man-made carbon dioxide does not significantly effect temperature. The Sargasso Sea is a 2 million square mile region of the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists have measured the marine organism remains at the bottom of the sea to determine the average temperatures of the earth going back 3,000 years. This is actual data and not merely a computer model.

Scientists discovered that the average temperature on Earth has remained within a limited range of 3 degrees Celsius over 3,000 years. The warmest times occurred between 1,000 B.C. and 1,000 A.D. The period is referred to as the Medieval Climate Optimum, and during this period, grapes grew in England and farming succeeded in Greenland. The period ended around 1300 A.D. and temperatures never reached that level of warming again. As a matter of fact, the twentieth century is right in the middle of that 3 degree temperature range, and is average in temperature levels.

If man-made carbon dioxide was causing rising temperatures, the twentieth century would be the warmest. But, it is not even close to the warmest.

Source: Peg Luksik, Calling Joe Friday, WWW.PEGLUKSIK.COM