A realistic vision of the climate problem (part 1)
By guest blogger.
I.1 The story of the media and politics
The classic story that appears in the media boils down to this: both theCO2 concentration (1) and the temperature rise (2), a relationship between the two is assumed (correlation) (3). According to the media/politicians, the temperature increase is the result of the increase inCO2 concentration (4) (causation). It is believed that an increase in those two, temperature andCO2 concentration, would be harmful (5). Because the rise in temperature is melting the polar ice and glaciers, sea level rise is accelerating, there are more floods, dry periods, hurricanes, forest fires, entire ecosystems are disappearing... and changes the entire climate (6).
Only humans are responsible for the increase inCO2 concentrations and therefore only humans are responsible for the aforementioned climate change and its consequences (7). According to the media and politicians, however, there is a solution to combat the uninhabitability of the Earth, namely to keep people's CO2 emissions net zero: the "NET-ZERO" solution (8).
In short, this is the story, the narrative, that media and politicians bring with great conviction. Reference is made to a consensus in science, which many believe is "settled". On the basis of this text, one will be able to form an opinion whether this is the case.
This text examines what can be found about each numbered claim in scientific articles, d.w.z. dat only the subject of CO2 and its relationship to the climate are discussed. So, nothing (not much) about weather extremes, windmills, polar bears, etc...
Mainly quotes from scientific publications are used and in between there are only some binding texts or clarifications. So it is mainly science that "speaks", literal quotations are used in English, not translations that sometimes depend on interpretations. The quotations can be verified on the basis of the provided references. If some readers do not agree with the content of these articles, they can submit their scientific criticism directly to the authors, or else to the editors of the papers.
https://www.climategate.nl/2024/12/een-realistische-visie-op-de-klimaatproblematiek-deel-1/
