Why Earth?
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In another remarkable feat of engineering NASA has landed it's most recent Martian rover, "Perseverance" on Mars. The primary purpose of this new wonder of modern science is to search for signs of current or previous life. Any current life they might find would be of the micro-organism variety. This would be tremendously exciting from a scientific and even a cultural level, but not really "blow your mind" Earth shattering.
I do not to wish diminish in any way the significance of such a potential discovery, but let's be honest, when we Earthlings think of life, it is on a much grander scale. On Earth, life is everywhere. There are so many species of animals that there is not even an exact count. Best estimate is around 8.7 million spices of which 1.5 million have been documented, and that is just animals. To date 297,326 different species of plants have been identified, but many more are still waiting to be documented. Earth is and has been for eons, an incubator for life.
Mars on the other hand, is a frigid cold dessert with a thin atmosphere composed almost totally of of carbon dioxide (95.32%). Earlier I pointed out that if there were no greenhouse effect on Earth, the Sun, on its own, would only be capable of warming our planet to a chilly -15°C or about 5° F. Mars due to its further distance from the Sun has an average temperature of about minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 60 degrees Celsius).
This is a somewhat significant fact to take into account when discussing "climate change." The Earth's atmosphere, even with man's contribution, contains less that 420 parts per million. expressed as a percentage of our total atmosphere, that would be .04 %. Again, earlier we explained the actual "enhanced" greenhouse theory. How a slight warming caused by man's increased contribution of CO2 would release more water vapor into the atmosphere which would compound or "enhance" the initial warming since water vapor is the primary greenhouse gas. This additional atmospheric water vapor would then generate increased warming.
That is the theory. The theory that is hidden in a deliberate misrepresentation fed to the public An example of this can be found on the Bloomberg site. (emphasis mine)
Scientists don’t usually think about CO2 as a percent of the earth’s atmosphere. It’s better to envision a sample of atmospheric gas divided into a million equal parts. Carbon dioxide now makes up about 418 parts per million (ppm) of that air. The CO2 level is the world’s thermostat. The higher it goes, the warmer things will get. At this rate the planet could warm by a dangerous 3°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.
That obviously cannot be not true, Mars is proof that it is not true. It is also not true that a 3°C rise above "pre-industrial" levels would be dangerous, but perhaps that for later. If CO2 was indeed the the world's thermostat and the "higher it goes, the warmer things will get," Mars would be considerably warmer despite it's distance from the Sun, its atmosphere is 94.5% CO2, Earths is .04%.!
No, without the water vapor feedback of their theory, there is no dangerous warming, no climate change, no climate chaos or whatever they are calling their fear porn this week.
Even the description the Bloomberg article uses is false. A thermostat is not fuel, it is not heat or cold, a thermostat is a control mechanism. A thermostat is what controls the temperature not what creates it. So what does control the atmospheric temperature on Earth? Actually NASA gives us a very good description of Earth's true thermostat, but you must go as a child.
Secondly, clouds also have an important effect on Earth’s temperature. But it’s a bit complicated: Clouds can both cool down and warm up the temperatures on Earth.
Clouds can block light and heat from the Sun, making Earth’s temperature cooler. You’ve probably noticed this kind of cooldown on a cloudy day.
However, some heat from the Sun does get down to Earth. Clouds can trap that heat from the Sun. At night, when there’s no sunlight, clouds are still trapping heat. It’s sort of like clouds are wrapping Earth in a big, warm blanket.
So clouds can have both a cooling effect and a warming effect. When it comes to Earth’s climate, do clouds warm more than they cool, or is it the other way around? Well, that depends on where the clouds are in Earth’s atmosphere.
Clouds within a mile or so of Earth’s surface tend to cool more than they warm. These low, thicker clouds mostly reflect the Sun’s heat. This cools Earth’s surface.
Clouds high up in the atmosphere have the opposite effect: They tend to warm Earth more than they cool. High, thin clouds trap some of the Sun’s heat. This warms Earth’s surface.
What about when you look at the effect of all clouds together? Cooling wins. Right now, Earth’s surface is cooler with clouds than it would be without the clouds.
Clouds are Earth's thermostat and no matter how warmist manipulate the narrative and the science, the Sun is the source of the heat, without the Sun there is no heat to be trapped. The warm blanket would have nothing to wrap in, to contain. If you have been following along you might remember this which we referred to earlier from the IPCC:
In reality, due to feedback, the response of the climate system is much more complex. It is believed that the overall effect of the feedback amplifies the temperature increase to 1.5 to 4.5°C. A significant part of this uncertainty range arises from our limited knowledge of clouds and their interactions with radiation.
Here is where they really give up the game, you can see it when they try to keep the narrative in line for the kids. Can't have the kids thinking the clouds are going to save them from evil mankind and their selfish "fossil fuels." Here is how they finish up their discussion on climate and clouds...for the children.
Climate scientists predict that as Earth’s climate warms, there will also be fewer clouds to cool it down. So, unfortunately, we can’t count on clouds alone to slow down the warming.
In order to finish here with a clear understanding of what they would have us believe. According to the warmist narrative, the one thing that is essential to create global warming is increased water vapor in the atmosphere. Yet somehow this increased water vapor in our atmosphere is going to be the reason for less clouds to cool us down.
Google what causes clouds?
The long answer is cosmic man, just cosmic.
If Elon Musk is going to Mars to escape global warming, he better bring some clouds to wrap himself in.
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