Global Warming Fear Mongering

Open Letter to Senators Graham and Lieberman:

EIN News says, "Senate Trio to Pursue Separate Climate Talks; Group Aims for Bill That Could Secure 60 Votes. Even before a Senate committee could begin marking up the "Kerry-Boxer" climate bill, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) announced Wednesday a separate track of negotiations over climate policy that makes his original bill look somewhat irrelevant. Kerry said he, Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) would work with business groups and the White House and seek a compromise that could get 60 votes in the Senate. (washingtonpost.com)

I have the utmost respect for the integrity of both of you Senators. Unfortunately, I believe you have been caught up in the fear mongering of global warming and have not given adequate consideration to whether there is any sound scientific basis to whether carbon dioxide has a significant effect on global warming.

I have gone into considerable detail on many posts to my blog on Climate Control and in individual communications, which I have generally made public. This information has likely escaped your attention, but can be seen at http://arthur-climatecontrol.blogspot.com.

Knowing that you are quite busy with various Senate bills, I now give you the bottom line on Climate Control.

All gases in the atmosphere are greenhouse gases. Some have more and some have less greenhouse effect. However, the greenhouse effect is a combination of its heat transmission and its concentration in the atmosphere. Pure carbon dioxide is a more effective greenhouse gas than are pure nitrogen and oxygen, which are the main components of the atmosphere. However, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is only 0.038%. Calculation shows that it's contribution to the total greenhouse effect is 0.015%. If we double the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, it's greenhouse effect would still be only 0.03% of the total.

Do you want to spend billions of dollars controlling something that's not worth controlling? Consider also that the greater the percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the better the availability of raw material for plant growth.

I respectfully recommend that you folks give up this self-destructive program.