Global Warming MisunderstoodThe Case for Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power 

ByLindsay Hackett B.Sc (Melb)NOVEMBER 2021

 

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Global Warming MisunderstoodThe Case for Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power 

(Published at: https://www.scribd.com/document/383385011/Global-Warming-Misunderstood)

CONTENTS

SUBJECT PAGE NO.

Introduction 3Paris Climate Agreement 3Electricity Generation 4The Popular Narrative and its Political Origins 6Consensus 6Fossil Fuels 8The Science is Not Settled 10 A note about data 10Uncertain Temperatures 10What comes first, and is there a Correlation? 12Water Vapour 17Methane 19 Absorption Spectra 20Cosmic Rays 21Plant Growth 21Summary 22Hurricanes 23Be Careful of the Data 24Sea Level Rise 25The Trees and the Forest 25Other Effects on Sea Levels 30Island Subsidence 32Vanuatu, Kiribati, and Tuvalu 34Satellite Imagery of Islands 38Nuclear Power 44Nuclear Waste Disposal 45Nuclear Today 46Conclusions 47

 

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Global Warming MisunderstoodThe Case for Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power 

Introduction

This paper presents evidence to show the current general understanding of climatechange is highly likely wrong. The paper is largely a compilation of data and evidencefrom various authoritative sources. This evidence has been put together with discussionthat indicates mankind’s emissions of carbon dioxide (CO

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) are not having a significantinfluence on global warming. The paper discusses options for electricity generation, theParis Climate Agreement, the popular climate narrative and its political origins, fossilfuels, that the science is not settled, hurricanes, sea level rise, and nuclear power. Thepaper is not exhaustive. It provides sufficient information to show there is no real basisfor the present actions and policies concerning climate change where these are basedon the reduction or elimination of man-made carbon dioxide emissions. Australian and other Governments are acting towards impoverishing their people bysupporting power generation from sources with high costs and unreliability, all based onmisguided beliefs about CO

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emissions. In Australia, such actions are seriously hurting Australia’s ability to compete in the global market.The majority of Australians object to paying exorbitant electricity charges because of Government pandering to unsound science and vocal activists who speak fromideological viewpoints, not facts. They object to the destruction in Australia, bothpotential and immediate, of manufacturing and indeed all businesses that need reliable,secure and affordable power.Basing climate science only on recent data without considering geological timescalescan be and is grossly misleading. Mankind is delusional if believing Earth’s climateshould and can be kept within the ranges experienced by mankind within recent history,when this is but a snippet of Earth’s climate over geological timescales.The prevailing belief that man-made CO

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emissions are the cause of or are significantlyenhancing global warming will remain hypothetical unless and until the evidence andarguments presented in this paper can be scientifically refuted or explained differently.

Paris Climate Agreement

There is much in the media about the Paris Climate Agreement and the withdrawal of the United States from the Agreement.The Agreement is an incentive for and driver of fossil fuel divestment. Under the ParisClimate Agreement, countries set their own targets (Nationally Determined Contributions)for reducing emissions. The targets are not legally binding and there are no penalties for non-compliance, but nations must update the targets every five years. The year 2005 isthe baseline.Money has been a sticking point throughout negotiations. Developing countries say theyneed financial and technological help to leapfrog fossil fuels and move straight torenewable energy sources. Currently they are promised US $100bn a year by 2020 - notas much as many countries would like. The agreement requires rich nations to maintaina $100bn a year funding pledge beyond 2020, and to use that figure as a "floor" for further support to be agreed by 2025. Such subsidies or grants can lead many countries