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by Richard Lindzen and William
Happer
June 16, 2024
from
CO2Coalition Website
Physics proves that
policies
by the United States
and Other
Countries
to Reduce
CO2 Emissions
to Net
Zero by the Year 2050
and
eliminate Fossil Fuels
will
have a trivial effect
on
Temperature and Weather,
but
disastrous Effects for the
Average
Citizen and
Countries
Worldwide...
We are career physicists with a special expertise in radiation
physics, which describes how
carbon dioxide (CO2)
affects heat flow in Earth's atmosphere.
Saturation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)
has long claimed that the,
"evidence is clear that carbon dioxide
(CO2) is the main driver of climate change,"
where they define "main driver" to mean "responsible for more
than 50% of the change."
To the contrary,
physics proves that carbon dioxide is not
now, nor at higher levels, "the main driver of 'climate
change'."
At the level carbon dioxide is at now, about 420
parts per million (ppm), physics is clear that it no longer is an
effective greenhouse gas.
Carbon dioxide's ability to warm the planet is now very small
because its effects on Earth's heat flow are what is called in
physics "saturated."
Further increases in carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere cannot cause 'catastrophic'
global warming or 'extreme
weather', only slight and beneficial increases in warming,
neither can methane and nitrous
oxide, whose level is so small that they are irrelevant to
climate...
Net Zero by 2050 Will Have Only a
Tiny Effect on Temperature
As we have demonstrated in a technical report,
reducing United States and worldwide CO2 emissions to
Net Zero by 2050 will avoid only a
tiny temperature increase:
These numbers are trivial, but their
cost is immense...
Disastrous Net Zero
Effects on the U.S. and Worldwide
The United States and worldwide Net Zero
regulations and subsidies will have disastrous effects,
including but not limited to, essentially eliminating in numerous
countries, but not all:
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gas cars and trucks, and forced
purchasing of electric vehicles (EVs)
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fossil fuel electric plants that provide
the majority of electricity worldwide
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gas furnaces, gas stoves and gas heaters,
and requiring heat pumps and electric appliances
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fossil fuels because they are the source
of approximately 90% of human carbon dioxide emissions
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fossil fuels critical to producing
nitrogen fertilizer that feeds nearly half the world
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weekend car driving and restricting
airplane travel
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farms and a shift in diets away from meat
and dairy products related jobs and revenue they create
-
substantial market investments in
businesses that create jobs and GDP because of subsidies and
regulations diverting huge amounts of capital to achieve Net
Zero, for example, $12 trillion in global renewable energy
investment
-
the increased food that more carbon
dioxide creates
In addition, various countries require companies
to report carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and what
they are doing to reduce them.
However, since carbon dioxide is saturated, that
data is immaterial, misleading and very expensive.
Therefore it should not be done...
More Carbon Dioxide Means More
Food
Contrary to common reporting,
carbon dioxide is essential to life
on earth...!
Since carbon dioxide is now saturated, more
carbon dioxide increases the amount of food available to
people worldwide, with no risk of catastrophic global
warming or extreme weather.
For example,
if carbon dioxide doubled to 800 ppm, carbon
dioxide will increase the food available worldwide
by approximately 60%.
Accordingly, Net Zero regulations and subsidies
in the United States and worldwide must be stopped as soon as
possible to avoid disastrous effects on Americans, America, and
people and countries worldwide
Further,
fossil fuels must continue to be
used and expanded to provide more carbon dioxide and make
more nitrogen fertilizer to make more food available around the
world, and to provide reliable and inexpensive energy for people
everywhere.
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