New Study Finds No Increase In Atmospheric CO2 In Last 160 Years

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters finds that there has been no rise in the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere for the last 160 years or during the last five decades.

Here’s a quote from ScienceDaily.com:

ScienceDaily (2009-12-31) — Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. However, some studies have suggested that the ability of oceans and plants to absorb carbon dioxide recently may have begun to decline and that the airborne fraction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions is therefore beginning to increase. In contradiction to those studies, new research finds that the airborne fraction of carbon dioxide has not increased either during the past 150 years or during the most recent five decades.

This means that man made emissions of CO2, primarily from power production and industrial activity, have had no effect on the slight rise in temperature the earth experienced in the 1990’s.  The hysteria and international regulation of carbon dioxide production being promoted by the global warming crowd isn’t based on science, but on a anti-capitalistic philosophy that is designed to destroy modern western culture, like that found in America.

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Galatians 4:4-7 (ESV)

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.”

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The following video is the new ad that the National Guard will be playing at movie theaters nationwide…

Gore Backtracks on CO2 Climate Influence

Despite having preached for years that the connection between global warming and man-made carbon dioxide production was “settled science”, Al Gore is now partially backing off on his assault on CO2 production and focusing on other man-made pollutants.

From WorldBBNews.com:

Gore explored new studies – published only last week – that show methane and black carbon or soot had a far greater impact on global warming than previously thought. Carbon dioxide – while the focus of the politics of climate change – produces around 40% of the actual warming.

Gore acknowledged to Newsweek that the findings could complicate efforts to build a political consensus around the need to limit carbon emissions.“Over the years I have been among those who focused most of all on CO2, and I think that’s still justified,” he told the magazine. “But a comprehensive plan to solve the climate crisis has to widen the focus to encompass strategies for all” of the greenhouse culprits identified in the NASA study.

After conceding that “simply laying out the facts won’t work”, Gore is now developing programs to appeal to people of different religious faiths to fight “climate change” out of a sense of moral or religious duty.

The reason that “simply laying out the facts won’t work” is that Gore is factually wrong on climate change in general and the role of CO2 and the earth’s temperature in particular.  Gore used this fallacy in his movie An Inconvenient Truth and it has now become gospel truth to the millions who have watched it.

The following video briefly explains that Gore made a huge mistake in analyzing ice data and the relationship between the earth’s temperature and carbon dioxide by ignoring his own time lines, which clearly indicate that temperature dictates the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, not vice versa.

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Video: Columbus Day Celebrates Western Civilization

On Monday, Oct. 12, millions of schoolchildren will be given a history lesson on Christopher Columbus, the explorer generally credited with discovering the Americas while searching for a shorter sea route to Asia.  Columbus hoped his journey would accomplish three things: bring an economic advantage in trading for Spain, test the worldview of science and geography, and help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the indigenous peoples they would meet.

Although it can be debated which of these was most important to Columbus himself, he undoubtedly had to have the backing of the Spanish monarchy, the scientific community, and the Church in order to finance and manage the extraordinary voyage he was to undertake.

Today, many school systems prefer to present Columbus as a racist, bloodthirsty conqueror who spread disease to indigenous American populations and raped and pillaged his way through the Caribbean.  This is a “politically correct” revision of history that has gone overboard in trying to counteract the saintly image of Columbus that had been taught in American schools until recently.

Like every person, Columbus had his flaws and had his good qualities.  His voyages brought radical change to the world of science, the economies of Europe, and the political and religious structures of his day.  Of course, as in any endeavor, there were unintended consequences, some of them good and some bad.

The bottom line is that Christopher Columbus ushered in a new era of exploration that broke down old superstitions and led to rapid advancement of scientific progress.  It became possible to question ill-founded religious and political authority and made self-determinism possible.  Within five hundred years, slavery would be wiped out in the western civilizations, man would set foot on the moon and explore the outer reaches of the solar system, and advances in medicine and technology would allow people to lead healthier, longer, and more productive lives around the world.

The following video from the Ayn Rand Institute offers an interesting view on Columbus and his historic voyage to the New World:

TIME For Kids Magazine Promotes False Global Warming Hysteria to Children

In a September issue of  TIME For Kids children are told that the famed Northwest Passage through the Arctic Seam is open to commercial traffic for the first time because of global warming:

Scientists say global warming is responsible for the Arctic thaw, which is causing many frozen channels to open.

That part is true.  There had been a small global warming trend that began in the 1970’s and stopped in 1998.  However, there is mountains of scientific data that suggest that the trend since 1998 has been toward global cooling.

However, Time For Kids went on to misrepresent the current trend in the summer meltdown of Arctic ice:

Part of the Arctic sea ice melts each summer before refreezing in the winter. Recent satellite images show the ice is shrinking more than ever.

If you have read this blog or followed the news with an impartial mind, you know that the Arctic icecap reached it’s lowest recorded size in 2007 and has been growing for two consecutive years.

Is it possible that the crack team of professional journalists at TIME magazine just got the story wrong? No. The more plausible explanation is that these reporters, like most of the mainstream media, found that the story as they reported it fit their liberal worldview and that no further research was necessary.

Obviously, this blog has a conservative bias and is determined to counteract liberal lies where ever they are found.

But the followers of this blog or TIME For Kids or any news media outlet should take the time to examine both sides of any issue in order to come to a better understanding of the truth.

Read more about this controversy at Climate Sanity.