Science: I love science; and I admire the scientists whose integrity, work ethics and native talents have made this a better world. Any criticism of scientists found on this site should be considered in the context of the profound respect I have for my colleagues.
Global Warming: That said, I do have a grudge. Scientists love to impress each other: for most the goal is notoriety before wealth. This is a mixed blessing. For example, global warming may not be an easily understood environmental phenomenon, but without doubt it creates political heat. Because so much influence and prestige are at stake, political and even scientific battle lines have been drawn, and separate camps formed. The most conspicuous casualty of this tumult has been the rigorous culture of unfettered intellectual interchange, a foundation of scientific progress. For some it almost seems a tool for intellectual bullying, if not scientific bigotry?
The Solution: In this stifling atmosphere, I believe the basic points have been overlooked by almost everyone. To find the truth, look for the SIMPLY APPARENT. First; plant life is composed mostly of carbon dioxide and water. Second; at one point earth’s foliage was magnificently abundant; so abundant that it piled up too fast to be recycled, resulting in immense buried carbon deposits. Third, with reduced carbon dioxide available for photosynthesis, to say nothing of the water frozen at the poles, this planet became mostly barren. So what to do--dredge up the carbon; burn it back into the biosphere; hope the earth heats enough to melt polar ice; and reap a windfall of plant life. Imagine a rain forest in Saudi Arabia as it once was. Hunger would vanish even with a world population vastly exceeding the present. Energy sufficient for all our needs could be directly obtained by gleaning fallen foliage that otherwise would pile up again into carbon deposits.
Paradise: So, shield your eyes from the political fire, see the apparent, and realize that freeing carbon from its underground prison is the key to turning earth into the paradise many of us believe it is destined to become.
Interesting perspective about paradise.
ReplyDeleteI noticed this months Science Journal had an article about air pollution in SE Asia. I guess it makes air colder since it has more particles to heat up. Anyway, this kills the expected the ocean water temperatures which thus makes more typhoons than ever before.
The interesting thing here is it is a story on global warming but completely not because of Ozone issues. Almost like they are saying 'yea, we are going to find SOMETHING against pollution'
Dennis for president!
ReplyDeleteOr, maybe vice-president as that seems to lend the greatest scientific cred on this issue.
not to mention, we have determined a means of punching holes as deep as 20 miles into the earth and extracting billions of gallons of condensed dead dinosaurs and/or plankton that is toxic in its current state. We crack it down in giant cookers then put it in these little devices that wander all over the surface of the planet spewing out carbon dioxide and water that adds to the biomass on the planet's surface and in its seas. Thanks Sir Dennis
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where did I hear that "replenish the Earth" thing?
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