Global Warming and the Kyoto Protocol

[US Boquete Warden]

First, my background.  I am an environmental engineer (Florida International University).  I also have a BS in Criminal Justice (FIU), a Masters in Public Administration, a Masters in Civil Engineering (FSU), I completed law school in Universidad de ISAE, here in David, and I’m currently working on two Master programs (Derecho Procesal and Derecho Procesal Penal) and should finish in December 2017. But my most prevalent accomplishment is a compiling of over 16 years of involvement with environmental science, water resources and sewer treatment.  I am a Vietnam vet and so in harmony to the late 60s and early 70s, I too was a believer in the evil contributions to the environment caused by man.  The operative word here is WAS.

As a young student at FIU, one of my professors explained that man's footprint on earth was miniscule.  At that time, the world population stood at about 5 billion.

As a tree huger, I dismissed the thought and kept my prevailing belief of man's global destruction.  It was not until much later in my life that I objectively revisited my professor's teachings about the insignificance of man's footprint.  Then, I felt I had a significant amount of maturity, with practical and empirical knowledge, and greater resources to refine my understanding of the issues involving "global warming".

First the foot print; without a reference point, the massive numbers of people, and their emissions of pollution seem tremendous.  But, let me start with:  "Over population of earth".  In the 1970s when my professor first challenged my understanding of man’s squeeze on earth, It was alleged (at 5 billion), that we were going to live like sardines.  This silly idea was better visualized (represented) by packing the entire population of the earth into an area that would allow 2 square feet per person.  At today's global total of 7 billion, that would require 14 billion square feet. Since one square mile has 27,878,400 square feet, you would need a total area of about 252 square miles (about 16miles x 16 miles) to house my silly depiction.  Chiriquí, a state in Panama where I now live, occupies about 2506 square miles, so we have a little more wiggle room to the above silly ocupation.

A second example, using the formula to determine the weight of solids in water (Lbs=MG*8.34*ppm), if we assume that the average weight of a human is about 120 lbs, the entire population on earth weighs about 840 billion pounds. Now, if we take the salt content alone in only two cubic miles of ocean water, the salt (ALONE) weighs over  850 billion pounds.  In terms of the air, at sea level (14.7 lbs/in²), the air in an area of about 14 square miles (about 3.75miles x 3.75 miles) weighs about the same as the entire population of the earth.  The point here is that humanity as compared to the size of the earth is insignificant.

The atmosphere is composed of 78% nitrogen, about 18 to 20% oxygen and about 3 to 4% other gases (The variance is constantly shifting depending on many factors). 

These 4% other gases are responsible for the “greenhouse” effect.  It’s mainly made up of 95% water vapor, about 3.8% CO₂, and the balance is methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone (there are also a trace of many other gases).

The ocean is the main producer of CO₂, and it is supplemented by everything that is alive on earth and those emissions associate with the inner earth.  It is estimated that man contributes to approximately 1% of the total CO₂. Hence, 99% ± 3 to 4%, is produced by nature. So…if we eliminate man…the CO₂concentration would not make any difference since it is less than the 3 to 4% variance of natural CO₂production.

As far as CO₂, you well know that without this gas life would not exist as we know it.  It's being produced by nature in quantities far beyond what the atmosphere can hold.  This gas is 1 ½ times heavier than air and thus precipitates under calm conditions, mainly at night and cooler climates. The media would have you believe that we´re emitting tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere annually, so as to insinuate that it stays up there! The variance of CO₂ concentration fluctuates with the amount of heat in the air and NOT the other way around.

The issue of rising oceans due to melting glaciers is very interesting. Base on my studies, I am sure rising ocean levels are cause by many factors NEVER mentioned by the GLOBAL WARMING agenda.  For example, according to the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian there are about 550 volcanoes above ground and that about 70 erupt each year. HOWEVER, this number is insignificant if you consider that under the ocean there are about 4.5 million "volcanoes".  Mostly active in the platonic ridges that wraps around the earth and mostly in the ocean floor.  So then, if eruptions are constantly occurring and Islands are constantly in the making, is it possible that this intrusion into the ocean floors can be the real cause of the very gradual ocean rise?

So what's my point?  And why are there many people ringing the panic alarm? Well, if people like Obama and Al Gore have their way, the cost of all goods and services, (it is estimated that TODAY, the average annual cost of Global warming regulation is about $1,000 per person in the USA) through the implementation of Climate Change agreements like the Kyoto Protocol, are due to cause a brutal increase, affecting every living person on earth. At full implementation the cost of goods and services will double if not triple. For these “concerned” leaders, like Al Gore, who would head de Kyoto Protocol banks, a very small percent of the increase (TAX) will flow through their pockets making them the riches men that ever walked on earth by many multipliers.  And so, the greatest pain will be borne not by the rich, but once again, by the very poor.  All this under the pretext that the reduction of CO₂ measures will curb global warming.

It’s important to note that I do acknowledge that what man does contribute is to local environmental pollution. That if you discharge trash on the roads, rivers, and oceans, and emit harmful gases into the atmosphere, we do harm to our surroundings.

I could spend several hours on this email with very solid facts to back me up, however, I suggest you visit YOUTUBE and search for "Global Warming Fraud".  I suggest you start with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BGZnDkOVQ

This is an eight-part documentary that covers many issues on this subject.  A great book on this topic is "The politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism", by Chris Horner.

[JudyS]

Unbelievable!  With your background, you are denying climate change is happening?  That is what I got from what you wrote.

 

 

[JohnF13]

Judy, the climate ALWAYS changes.  Changing the moniker from “global warming” to “ climate change” is merely the warmists attemt to cover up years of totally wrong modeling and egregiously false computer predictions.  Does anyone still believe the hockey stick?

[JudyS]

I am not going to get into this BS on CL. This topic belongs in the Rant Group on boquete.ning, a group CL should consider starting so stuff like this doesn't start cluttering up the forum. It is totally irrelevant to life in Chiriqui, except as we are all on the same planet.

[Bonnie]

There are two U.S. Wardens in Boquete. Hank Landis, the originator of this thread is one. I am the other.

Hank, I too question whether this belongs on a forum about Boquete and Chiriqui. This kind of thing can be debated ad nauseum, to the detriment of the sharing of information about our community here in Panama. I have witnessed this kind of topic go terribly awry on the "other" forum. I'll let Bud and Marcelyn be the judges.

[Keith Woolford]

2 hours ago, JudyS said:

It is totally irrelevant to life in Chiriqui

Climate change is certainly relevant to agricultural producers and farmers here who have to adapt to new weather patterns and other consequences.

However I agree that the debate about man's influence on climate change doesn't belong here.

Interesting that the opinions come from a representative of the U.S. State Department.

Edited October 22, 2017 by Keith Woolford

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Having received numerous inquiries (complaints) about this topic, we stepped back and looked at it from the "30K foot level". The originator provided a lot of factual data, to which others reacted, some favorably and some unfavorably.  We concluded that the topic of the environment does affect Panama in several ways, not just agriculturally. Note that a separate topic was posted earlier today discussing a ~100 year low rainfall level having a negative impact on and threatening operations of the Panama Canal. There are other examples.

On the other hand this topic is very global, beyond Panama's control, and fraught with concepts that quickly can become emotional for many.

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