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therightinsight.org/Barely-Measurable
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8/6/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Several recent media articles have suggested that even if the US adopted the Green New Deal, or somevariant thereof, which reduced or eliminated US CO2 emissions, the impact on global warming would be “barely measurable”. These ...
therightinsight.org/Climate-Insensitivity
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12/1/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The consensed climate science community has consensed on the hypothesis that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are largely or totally responsible for the recent increase in global average surface temperature. Some even refer to CO2 as the climate...
therightinsight.org/Climate-Change-Predictions-are-hard
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5/29/18 at 6:52 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“Predictions are hard, especially about the future.” Yogi Berra, American philosopher
The consensed climate science community and its animated spokespersons ...
therightinsight.org/Climate-Dichotomies
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1/28/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The UNFCCC program objectives center on stabilizing and ultimately reducing global annual CO2 emissions. The Kyoto Accords and the Paris Accords place great emphasis on developed country reductions in annual emissions. However, over the ...
therightinsight.org/Climate-Geopolitics
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1/19/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The global climate is changing, as it has over the entire period we have been able to study using a variety of proxies. The consensed climate science community attributes most or all of the climate change which has occurred since 1950 to ...
therightinsight.org/CO2-Control-Knob
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7/7/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Many members of the consensed climate science community refer to CO2 as the “control knob” of the climate. Some suggest that increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations resulting from human activities are solely responsible for the...
therightinsight.org/CO2-Saturation
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12/22/20 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The effect of CO2 in the globe’s atmosphere on global temperature is the result of the absorption of infrared radiation emitted from the surface of the globe toward space. The quantity of radiation emitted by the surface of the globe ...
therightinsight.org/Diminishing-Impact-of-Increased-CO2
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11/21/17 at 7:26 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.” --Richard P. Feynman
The impact of incremental increases in ...
therightinsight.org/Emissions-by-the-Numbers
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5/21/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
In my commentary “Emissions or Equity”, I discussed the philosophical issues regarding global “greenhouse gas” emissions reductions. Now let’s look at the numbers.
The graph below shows the trends in global ...
therightinsight.org/Emissions-or-Equity
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5/14/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The first argument of the consensed climate science community is that global “greenhouse gas” emissions must be reduced to avoid a potential future climate catastrophe if the global average near-surface temperature increase ...
therightinsight.org/Falling-into-the-Trap
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1/12/21 at 3:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Numerous individuals and organizations, including Clintel and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, have calculated the potential effect of US CO2 emissions reductions on global average temperatures or temperature anomalies in the future. These ...
therightinsight.org/Global-Greening
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9/4/18 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
A recent study by a multinational group of scientists has determined that: “From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric ...
therightinsight.org/ISO-Damage-Standard
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7/30/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The International Organization for Standards (ISO) promulgates a broad range of standards developed by one or more of its 163 national members and agreed to by the membership. Companies globally are encouraged to adopt these standards in ...
therightinsight.org/Paris-Paranoia-The-results-of-the-U-S-withdrawal-from-the-Paris-Climate-Agreement
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7/11/17 at 6:48 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Much has been said and written about the anticipated effects of President Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord. Several US cities and states have announced their intention to conform to the CO2 reduction ...
therightinsight.org/Parsing-the-Environmental-Defense-Fund
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8/21/18 at 6:58 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Wall Street Journal recently published an opinion piece by Fred Krupp, the President of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The piece was not accompanied by a disclaimer that the piece was the opinion of Mr. Krupp and did not ...
therightinsight.org/Pointless-Panic
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11/5/19 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
Current conversation regarding climate change is largely couched in terms such as “crisis”, “emergency” and “existential threat”. However, the use of these descriptors is political posturing, not ...
therightinsight.org/Sensitivity-Revisited
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3/10/20 at 6:00 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The sensitivity of the global climate to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, specifically to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 from 270 to 540 ppm, is one of the most critical issues in climate science. Sensitivity in combination with ...
therightinsight.org/The-Paris-Climate-Agreement
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7/4/17 at 7:23 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
The Paris Agreement “entered into force on 4 November 2016”. A total of 197 “parties” have “ratified” the Agreement. Ratification of the Agreement is voluntary. Establishment of Nationally Determined ...
therightinsight.org/Virtue-Signaling-When-Responding-to-Climate-Polls
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8/8/17 at 9:49 AM
- Climate Change
- Ed Reid
“Virtue Signaling refers to the public expression of an opinion on a given topic primarily for the purpose of displaying one’s moral superiority before a large audience to solicit their approval.”, Know Your Meme
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