Global Warming and Vice President Al Gore

Al Dente

Mr. Gore had a hand in creating this web site, in a roundabout way. I read the stories about Al Gore’s mansion, the small town that could be powered from the amount of energy used at “Casa Gore,” and his justification for using that much power. I became interested in the climate change phenomenon and did quite a bit more reading.

I was mulling over the idea of the “Carbon Offset Credit.” The earth is a fairly closed system, just like people riding in an elevator. Is it possible to fart in an elevator and not be a jerk? How about if I pay someone else to not fart? Would that make the atmosphere any more pleasant? This line of thinking brought about the birth of “The Fart Offset” we sell here in our store. These offsets use the same carbon offsets that the Hollywood elite use to assuage their conscience. We purchased a large volume of carbon credits from a reputable dealer who invests in wind-farm projects, bio-mass energy projects, and industrial efficiency upgrade projects. Those credits are divided up at our Boca Raton headquarters and sold as certificates for “personal emission mitigators.”

Back to the environment:

Now, Old Mrs. Dente’s little boy Al is not a scientist, although I have worked in technical fields most of my adult life. I am technically literate. I read articles from both sides of the global warming controversy and have come to a few conclusions about this climate change problem.

Mankind has very little to do with climate change. There. I said it. Natural forces control the vast majority of any climate change. No matter how much CO2 is put into the atmosphere, it has very little consequence other than making the plants grow better. If we are to be concerned about what mankind is doing to affect global warming, then we should concentrate more on banning irrigation of all kinds, as water vapor in the atmosphere has a much greater greenhouse effect than CO2. We’ll worry about who is going to feed us later; we need to solve the global warming crisis first.

Heating and cooling of the earth is cyclical. When discussing the horrors of glaciers melting, I am amused by recalling the story I read about the silver mine in Switzerland that has been recovered as the ice has retreated. It appears that the miners stacked their tools neatly inside the mine and left for the winter. That year, the snows just never went away, and the ice eventually took over. Greenland’s ice covering has not always existed. The Vikings had vast farms in Greenland that produced a lot of food.

Insolation seems to be the major driver for the climate cycles. Although surface air temperatures are not affected by variations in solar output, the troposphere and the ocean’s subsurface temperatures are. It turns out that Venus and Mars are increasing their temperatures at the same time we are. Could it be the sun warming things up? Interesting, isn’t it, that solar output has also increased during this time?

There is money to be made in global climate change hysteria. Lots of it. Most of the money will be made by scaring the bejesus out of people and making them do silly things to try and stop the change, such as the Kyoto accord. It is estimated that if the US signs on to Kyoto, we will spend trillions (that is trillions with a T) of dollars to prevent a 0.06 degree centigrade warming over the next 20 years.

Once again, back to saving the environment. I agree we should do as much as we can to not pollute. Everything we throw up into the air comes back out one way or the other. We should strive to make our environment as clean as possible. But although limiting air pollution of any kind is a good idea, bankrupting Western Civilization to do so is a bad idea.