Positive Feedback

Positive generally refers to something good and negative to something bad. However this is not always the case.

Man made climate change via the burning of fossil fuels which adds CO2, an alleged heat trapping GreenHouse Gas (GHG) to the atmosphere is said to involve an example of positive feedback. Despite the word positive this is generally seen to be a negative consequence since more CO2 means more heat which means more water vapor through evaporation and since water vapor is also a GreenHouse Gas (GHG) this means more heat etc. until we cook human fricassee. Positive feedback is unusual in Nature and fortunately for those whose palate does not crave baked human celebrations can begin as scientists discover that human induced CO2 does not create a positive feedback but rather a negative one instead. So to stoke the confusion, where climate change is concerned positive is negative and negative is positive.

Apparently more warmth generates a positive response from clouds which generates a negative feedback for temperatures. Phew! We wipe our brow from the heat and for the escape!

Alarmists postulate increasing humidity in the atmosphere as temperatures rise which will further amplify the temperature increase. Reality does not agree.

However, alarmists should not lose hope. There is a positive feedback in Nature which they can cheer. One can only hope that they will see fit to join us in celebrating the positive feedback that human ingenuity has on our species and the planet. There does not seem to be a limit to our wondrous ability to advance our knowledge of how reality functions and to better our lot in life.

We have access to technology today that the Kings of yore could not even fathom. Alarmists are wrong. Humans are not fouling our nest. We are increasing the comforts available to all on our revered blue planet.

Can you imagine a time in the past in which it would be fun to reside as a colonist? A visit via books and pictures is enough to convince yours truly that we live in the best of times. Contemplation of the changes witnessed in my brief sojourn on this planet are enough to convince me that my children and grandchildren have yet to see the best of times during their residence on Earth. My eyes will close on wonders heretofore not imagined and this is a cause for personal sadness. But in each life death must cut short the trip into Human Ingenuity - The Never Ending Story.