Kenneth Burridge (Editor-in-Chief of EV.com) talks about myths and facts relating to: Global Warming, Climate Change and the Climate Crisis. One of my pet peeves in this world is misinformation. I won’t point fingers at any one particular News Corporation (this time) for purposely misleading the public to perhaps sell more papers, maintain market share, [Continue]
Climate Change Myth 007: “So fine 2010 may have been the warmest year on record, but the average temperature in a single year does not mean that global warming is really happening.” Absolutely correct, but Global Warming hasn’t just been happening in the last year, but almost any larger time frame you care to pick. [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #008 “The planet is so big it can handle whatever climate changes that might happen”. True enough, the planet will be around, but the real question is how many humans will be around and actually enjoy living there? Spokespeople for the US Chamber of Commerce, that in theory represents all businesses and [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #009: “Humans are rather insignificant when compared to the size of the planet and thus really can’t cause changes.” This was easily true at one time, but since 1800 the human population has increased by six times and the global economy has increased by a factor of 50. That economic increase has [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #010: “Just like in a glass of ice tea–melting ice from global warming won’t raise the ocean levels.” Other related comments include “Ocean levels won’t rise, since frozen water takes up more space than liquid water, so when the ice melts at the poles it should actually reduce sea levels.” Rush Limbaugh, [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #011: “What’s the big deal so the ocean has risen a few centimeters, it won’t affect anything” In the last 100 years the sea levels have risen about 1.7 mm per year and the rate has been increasing. Even a 1/3 of an inch (1 cm) increase can cause 3.2 feet (a [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #012: “Global temperatures change quite a bit as the planet goes into and out of ice ages, what we are currently seeing is normal.” True enough there have been 7 ice age cycles in the last 650,000 years, with the last one ending a mere 7000 years ago, so the planet is [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #013: “Carbon dioxide is not some type of nasty pollution, plants need it grow and the percentage in the atmosphere changes all the time due to natural processes that aren’t caused by the actions of man.” CO2 by itself is not itself a pollutant though a 10% concentration of it can cause [Continue]
Climate Change Myth #014: “The carbon creating activities of humans add up to almost nothing compared to how much carbon a volcano releases into the atmosphere” Volcanoes release significant amounts of carbon more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year according to USGS (see: Volcanic Gases and Their Effects for more [Continue]
