400 ppm Oh My!

Some people want to believe so desperately that human induced CO2 additions to the atmosphere are the cause of climate change that they are willing to ignore reality and say the most stupid things in defense of the cherished meme.

To a scientist reality is her guide. To an activist the agenda is her guide.

Dedication to reality generates a change in course for a scientist when her theory is trumped by Mother Nature. Science says: modify or abandon the theory.

Dedication to an agenda generates stupidity, tunnel vision and denial when the agenda is threatened by non-supporting data. Activism says: modify data and abandon reality.

Originally we were told that global warming will produce warmer weather throughout the year. OK, that seems logical.

Met Office Say Warm Springs Due To Climate Change–March 2012! | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

But what happens when the climate changes to produce colder weather?

Julia Slingo is the current Chief Scientist at the UK Met Office. (April 2013)

Slingo now tells us cold springs are also due to climate change

Well, Julia is adaptable but she is really saying that CO2 is so adaptable that it can produce both warm and cold springs. CO2 is a magic gas that can perform tricks to produce whatever weather you see outside your window.

Left out of the discussion is the exact mechanism by which CO2 manages to accomplish this feat. How does CO2 choose which trick it is going to perform in any given year? How can we predict what CO2 will do if we do not understand the algorithm that CO2 obeys?

Since there is no way to predict a scenario because there is no algorithm we might want to entertain the possibility that CO2 has nothing to do with the weather or the climate and that someone has been peddling snake oil.

Perhaps this is why we are not served a CO2 index with our nightly weather forecasts. We receive the humidex, UV index, pollen index and Air Quality index all of which allow us to prepare for tomorrow’s atmospheric conditions. But no CO2 index. Isn’t this peculiar since we are told that CO2 emissions are ruining the planet? Climate change is the most important issue to confront humankind so we are warned. And yet no mention of the controlling factor on our nightly weather reports.

What would a CO2 index tell us? How should we act if CO2 concentration is reported to be 400ppm? Put on your coat? Not wear a coat? Bring an umbrella? It tells us nothing.

Could that be a clue that CO2 has nothing to do with the weather or the climate?

Climate alarmists are making a big deal out of the fact that we may soon pass 400ppm in CO2 concentration. So what? Can we expect another Sandy the day after that great milestone? Will we break the world record for maximum temperature that was set in Death Valley, CA on July 10, 1913? Will we be covered in snow by a May blizzard?

Or will the 400ppm milestone pass much like the Y2K bug and go gentle into that good night?

We owe CO2 an apology. With joy the plants will dance.

We need to stop all activities aimed at decreasing human emissions of CO2.

CO2 is green. We need more of it not less.

CO2 has been exhaled during the creation of this post. No living thing was harmed. Some even liked it.