committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-23--Factually examining climate change

Factually examining climate change

Most of the world ’ s leading economic powers – excluding China Russia and Iran – are legitimizing misguided energy and electricity policies based on global warming/climate change ( GWCC ) ; the World Health Organization says , “ climate change is the number one health threat.
” This led to the 97 % consensus of scientists believe in anthropogenic global warming “ Cook et al .
( 2013 paper ) , ” which has been “ thoroughly refuted in scholarly peer-reviewed journals , ” and over ninety seven different articles here .
GWCC is now a political movement guided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of most pollution .
Laws , regulations , environmental awareness , and increased technological gains lowering emissions have done their job .
But climate change enthusiasts persist when China , India and Africa are dirtier , and ignore , “ U.S .
energy-related carbon dioxide fell by 2.8 % in 2019 , slightly below 2017 levels , ” according to the U.S. Department of Energy ’ s Energy Information Administration ( EIA ) .
Using critical reasoning the catch-all question to ask is whether or not carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) is killing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ titled , The Defense of CO2 says no .
A second report from Wise Energy objectively analyzes and refutes The Four Pillars Supporting Climate Change Claims from the United Nation ’ s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , the 97 % consensus ( already debunked in the first paragraph ) , climate-based computer models ( debunked here and here ) ; and extreme weather events .
What if GWCC was viewed as a hypothesis instead of a consensus generating controversy based off faulty modeling ?
Overhyped consensus and models without empirical evidence makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when there are multiple variables affecting : “ Differential rotation between the earth ’ s surface and earth ’ s core , and the entire solar system ’ s magnetic field and gravitation interaction .
There are ( then ) thousands of ( changing variables ) that affect future temperatures and climate.
” Then soberly examine decades of government monies corrupting universities , scientists/climatologists , and corporations .
No wonder skeptics abound in the GWCC debate .
A group of mostly retired engineers and scientists from NASA ’ s Johnson Space Center calling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report questioning the legitimacy of anthropogenic global warming .
Without serious debate “ science ( is ) mis-used in environmental policy.
” It ’ s why climatologists like Dr. Judith Curry are maligned and driven from academia over basing climate and energy policies on science instead of non-normative outcomes .
College professor ’ s become GWCC-whistleblowers opposite the global debate , and peer-reviewed studies showing a majority of scientists skeptical of GWCC crisis foment hateful mobs .
Meaning , science is ignored , our leading institutions become corrupted , and energy policy becomes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus have argued the GWCC movement has nothing to do with the climate .
Greenpeace co-founder , Patrick Moore , echoes these same sentiments .
Sensible environmentalists are left behind replaced by neo-Malthusian , anti-human doctrines who take the GWCC consensus , as an environmental-shibboleth .
When once and for all there is not a 97 % consensus about GWCC ( this 4:00 video explains it succinctly ) .
Energy and electricity policy proposals that deem anthropogenic global warming/climate change an “ existential threat ” to mankind is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( CO2 ) emissions from fossil fuels causes irreversible destruction .
This existential threat is “ highly questionable according to 31,487 American scientists ( 9,029 have Ph.D. ’ s ) ” who have signed the Global Warming Petition Project .
Then add from 2019 The Climate Intelligence Foundation ( CLINTEL ) , a group of 750 scientists and professionals who sponsored the World Climate Declaration to the United Nations and EU stating : “ Climate science should be less political , while climate policies ( energy policies ) should be more scientific .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming.
” On top of the 750 scientists , another group of 500 prominent scientists led by CLINTELL co-founder Guus Berkhout , from an organization called Friends of Science , a Canadian-based “ non-profit organization comprised of active and retired earth and atmospheric scientists , engineers , and other professionals ; ” sent a registered letter to the United Nations Secretary-General stating “ there is no climate emergency and climate policies should be designed to benefit the lives of people.
” Without proper vetting of the GWCC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proposals such as the American and European Green New Deal that will cause unimaginable harm to “ the environment , humans and wildlife ” become the norm .
No advocate for green new deals has ever explained how to rid the world of fossil fuels or decarbonize when over 6,000 products originate from a barrel of crude oil .
Then why push GWCC ?
Because of taxpayer monies , feed-in tariffs , and subsidies governments in the U.S. and elsewhere provide to unstable , chaotically intermittent , environmentally toxic , and grid-destroying renewables @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Michael Moore ’ s anti-renewables documentary , Planet of the Humans tells the “ dismal , ” factual story about renewables .
Additionally , the linchpin of renewables are electrical-grid scale battery energy storage systems ( BESS ) , which are not sustainable or technologically advanced to store enough energy to electricity for hours , days , weeks , or months ahead of time when the wind isn ’ t blowing , or the sun isn ’ t shining .
The only source of carbon-free energy to electricity that is reliable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean , and abundant are nuclear power plants .
Our world is still “ 85 % dependent on oil , natural gas and coal.
” But GWCC-advocates push for billions every year from taxpayers for wind turbines , solar panels , biofuels , and BESS ’ .
Men like Arnold Schwarzenegger see a “ gold mine in the ( California ) Mojave Desert , Al Gore envisions profits , Koch Industries rake earnings from solar and biofuels , groups like the Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists extoll climate doom and renewables @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found Bill McKibben made untold monies from left-leaning , political-environmental foundations pushing the GWCC narrative .
Billions of people globally are still in squalor , disease , poverty , malnutrition , and unreliable electricity without examining all the facts in the GWCC narrative .
Their lives resembling the dark ages over climate policies without the other side being heard , debated , and included in making energy policies .
Instead – examine the power and trillions – behind GWCC and renewables ; billions of lives are counting on this false , church-like muck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Most of the world’s leading economic powers – excluding China Russia and Iran – are legitimizing misguided energy and electricity policies based on global warming/climate change (GWCC); the World Health Organization says, “climate change is the number one health threat.” This led to the 97% consensus of scientists believe in anthropogenic global warming “Cook et al. (2013 paper),” which has been “thoroughly refuted in scholarly peer-reviewed journals,” and over ninety seven different articles here.
GWCC is now a political movement guided by environmentalists rejecting science showing the reduction of most pollution. Laws, regulations, environmental awareness, and increased technological gains lowering emissions have done their job. But climate change enthusiasts persist when China, India and Africa are dirtier, and ignore, “U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Using critical reasoning the catch-all question to ask is whether or not carbon dioxide (CO2) is killing the planet? A report from WiseEnergy.org titled, The Defense of CO2 says no. A second report from Wise Energy objectively analyzes and refutes The Four Pillars Supporting Climate Change Claims from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the 97% consensus (already debunked in the first paragraph), climate-based computer models (debunked here and here); and extreme weather events.
What if GWCC was viewed as a hypothesis instead of a consensus generating controversy based off faulty modeling? Overhyped consensus and models without empirical evidence makes for poor energy policies. Particularly, when there are multiple variables affecting:
“Differential rotation between the earth’s surface and earth’s core, and the entire solar system’s magnetic field and gravitation interaction. There are (then) thousands of (changing variables) that affect future temperatures and climate.”
Then soberly examine decades of government monies corrupting universities, scientists/climatologists, and corporations. No wonder skeptics abound in the GWCC debate. A group of mostly retired engineers and scientists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center calling themselves The Right Climate Stuff issued a report questioning the legitimacy of anthropogenic global warming. Without serious debate “science (is) mis-used in environmental policy.” It’s why climatologists like Dr. Judith Curry are maligned and driven from academia over basing climate and energy policies on science instead of non-normative outcomes.
College professor’s become GWCC-whistleblowers opposite the global debate, and peer-reviewed studies showing a majority of scientists skeptical of GWCC crisis foment hateful mobs. Meaning, science is ignored, our leading institutions become corrupted, and energy policy becomes an emotional affair. Leading environmentalists such as Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus have argued the GWCC movement has nothing to do with the climate. Greenpeace co-founder, Patrick Moore, echoes these same sentiments.
Sensible environmentalists are left behind replaced by neo-Malthusian, anti-human doctrines who take the GWCC consensus, as an environmental-shibboleth. When once and for all there is not a 97% consensus about GWCC (this 4:00 video explains it succinctly).
Energy and electricity policy proposals that deem anthropogenic global warming/climate change an “existential threat” to mankind is based on the fear that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels causes irreversible destruction. This existential threat is “highly questionable according to 31,487 American scientists (9,029 have Ph.D.’s)” who have signed the Global Warming Petition Project.
Then add from 2019 The Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL), a group of 750 scientists and professionals who sponsored the World Climate Declaration to the United Nations and EU stating: “Climate science should be less political, while climate policies (energy policies) should be more scientific. There declaration also said: “Natural as well as anthropogenic factors cause warming.”
On top of the 750 scientists, another group of 500 prominent scientists led by CLINTELL co-founder Guus Berkhout, from an organization called Friends of Science, a Canadian-based “non-profit organization comprised of active and retired earth and atmospheric scientists, engineers, and other professionals;” sent a registered letter to the United Nations Secretary-General stating “there is no climate emergency and climate policies should be designed to benefit the lives of people.”
Without proper vetting of the GWCC issue from over 32,000 scientists harmful policy proposals such as the American and European Green New Deal that will cause unimaginable harm to “the environment, humans and wildlife” become the norm. No advocate for green new deals has ever explained how to rid the world of fossil fuels or decarbonize when over 6,000 products originate from a barrel of crude oil.
Then why push GWCC? Because of taxpayer monies, feed-in tariffs, and subsidies governments in the U.S. and elsewhere provide to unstable, chaotically intermittent, environmentally toxic, and grid-destroying renewables (solar panels and wind turbines). Michael Moore’s anti-renewables documentary, Planet of the Humans tells the “dismal,” factual story about renewables.
Additionally, the linchpin of renewables are electrical-grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), which are not sustainable or technologically advanced to store enough energy to electricity for hours, days, weeks, or months ahead of time when the wind isn’t blowing, or the sun isn’t shining. The only source of carbon-free energy to electricity that is reliable, somewhat affordable, scalable, safe, clean, and abundant are nuclear power plants.
Our world is still “85% dependent on oil, natural gas and coal.” But GWCC-advocates push for billions every year from taxpayers for wind turbines, solar panels, biofuels, and BESS’. Men like Arnold Schwarzenegger see a “gold mine in the (California) Mojave Desert, Al Gore envisions profits, Koch Industries rake earnings from solar and biofuels, groups like the Sierra Club and Union of Concerned Scientists extoll climate doom and renewables for million dollar donations; and 350.org found Bill McKibben made untold monies from left-leaning, political-environmental foundations pushing the GWCC narrative.
Billions of people globally are still in squalor, disease, poverty, malnutrition, and unreliable electricity without examining all the facts in the GWCC narrative. Their lives resembling the dark ages over climate policies without the other side being heard, debated, and included in making energy policies. Instead – examine the power and trillions – behind GWCC and renewables; billions of lives are counting on this false, church-like muck being cast into the dustbin of history.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-23--EPA finally considering costs and benefits of rulemaking

Finally , the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) founded five decades ago in 1970 by President Richard Nixon is seeking comments ( link provided at the end of this article ) on proposed regulation changes that will provide Increased Consistency and Transparency of Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process ( EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-00044 ) .
A major focus of climate policies has been toward the energy industry that was virtually non-existent before 1900 .
Today , America has less than five percent of the world ’ s population ( 330 million vs. 8 billion ) .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not just an American business with a few refineries to service the demands of its residents , but an international industry with more than 700 refineries worldwide that service the demands of almost 8 billion living on earth .
Those manufacturers make the derivatives from oil that are needed to make more than 6,000 products that come from the derivatives of crude oil , including every part in solar panels and wind turbines as well as the various fuels to the world to operate planes , trucks , construction equipment , merchant ships @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As the homeless and poverty populations continue to grow in America it is becoming apparent that the unintended consequences of those stringent climate policies perpetuate into more costs onto the poorest residents as those policies are implemented .
To the detriment of the poorest , things like the Environmental Impact Report ( EIR ) and California ’ s Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA ) from1970 are being weaponized against projects that ultimately lands extra costs onto the laps of those that can least afford more expensive products and services .
As America recovers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not rid itself from the continuing high costs imposed by climate polices that other countries are not shackled by .
These high costs severely limit the country ’ s economic base and the potential for improvement for its underclass .
To the detriment of those that can least afford expensive energy , climate policies have driven up the cost of electricity and fuels , which have driven up the cost of virtually everything used in our daily lives .
Climate policies disproportionately harm its poorest residents particularly Latinos and African Americans .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the Clean Air Act may be accompanied by a benefit-cost analysis ( BCA ) to share with the public as any costs imposed on industry will trickle down to the products and services used by all of society , both rich and poor .
It is immoral that time after time , climate policies continually imposes new costs and restrictions on energy and home-building which guarantee that housing , electricity prices , and transportation will continue to rise , which harms working families and minority communities the most .
One would think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their rebellion with protests nationwide and worldwide about racial injustices by police departments following the “ live lynching ” of George Floyd would be the same folks being racially biased with more costs for energy that they can not afford and would culminate that pain into protests of “ enough is enough ” and seek changes to lower the costs of energy for the poor .
Vehicle transportation is the survival mechanism for low-income people .
If you try to increase the cost of automobiles and the costs of fuel , you hurt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and climate policy costs hidden in the all-in posted price of fuel at the pump are : federal tax , excise tax , state tax , local sales tax , cap and trade program compliance costs , low-carbon fuel standard program compliance costs , and renewable fuels standard program compliance costs .
Cheap expressions of sympathy and solidarity to inner-city residents from the affluent are negated with imposition of unbearable costs for the energy to survive .
Only by reducing rather than increasing the cost of energy , can we restore broad upward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to maintain a healthy democratic society .
The financial racial biasing of climate policies against the poorest residents , particularly Latinos and African Americans is unconscionable .
If you feel so inspired you can “ Comment Now ” at the EPA site to express your concerns with the cost impact on the poorest Americans that are already unbearable and leading to the growth of the homeless and poverty populations on our homeland .

Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) founded five decades ago in 1970 by President Richard Nixon is seeking comments (link provided at the end of this article) on proposed regulation changes that will provide Increased Consistency and Transparency of Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process (EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-00044).
A major focus of climate policies has been toward the energy industry that was virtually non-existent before 1900. Today, America has less than five percent of the world’s population (330 million vs. 8 billion). However, the oil and gas industry is not just an American business with a few refineries to service the demands of its residents, but an international industry with more than 700 refineries worldwide that service the demands of almost 8 billion living on earth. Those manufacturers make the derivatives from oil that are needed to make more than 6,000 products that come from the derivatives of crude oil, including every part in solar panels and wind turbines as well as the various fuels to the world to operate planes, trucks, construction equipment, merchant ships, cruise ships, and automobiles.
As the homeless and poverty populations continue to grow in America it is becoming apparent that the unintended consequences of those stringent climate policies perpetuate into more costs onto the poorest residents as those policies are implemented. To the detriment of the poorest, things like the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) from1970 are being weaponized against projects that ultimately lands extra costs onto the laps of those that can least afford more expensive products and services.
As America recovers from the COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates, America cannot rid itself from the continuing high costs imposed by climate polices that other countries are not shackled by. These high costs
severely limit the country’s economic base and the potential for improvement for its underclass.
To the detriment of those that can least afford expensive energy, climate policies have driven up the cost of electricity and fuels, which have driven up the cost of virtually everything used in our daily lives. Climate policies disproportionately harm its poorest residents particularly Latinos and African Americans.
If promulgated, future significant regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act may be accompanied by a benefit-cost analysis (BCA) to share with the public as any costs imposed on industry will trickle down to the products and services used by all of society, both rich and poor.
It is immoral that time after time, climate policies continually imposes new costs and restrictions on energy and home-building which guarantee that housing, electricity prices, and transportation will continue to rise, which harms working families and minority communities the most.
One would think that the same folks who are demonstrating their rebellion with protests nationwide and worldwide about racial injustices by police departments following the “live lynching” of George Floyd would be the same folks being racially biased with more costs for energy that they cannot afford and would culminate that pain into protests of “enough is enough” and seek changes to lower the costs of energy for the poor.
Vehicle transportation is the survival mechanism for low-income people. If you try to increase the cost of automobiles and the costs of fuel, you hurt low-income people. Some of the taxes and climate policy costs hidden in the all-in posted price of fuel at the pump are: federal tax, excise tax, state tax, local sales tax, cap and trade program compliance costs, low-carbon fuel standard program compliance costs, and renewable fuels standard program compliance costs.
Cheap expressions of sympathy and solidarity to inner-city residents from the affluent are negated with imposition of unbearable costs for the energy to survive. Only by reducing rather than increasing the cost of energy, can we restore broad upward mobility potential for the underclass and hope to maintain a healthy democratic society.
The financial racial biasing of climate policies against the poorest residents, particularly Latinos and African Americans is unconscionable. If you feel so inspired you can “Comment Now” at the EPA site to express your concerns with the cost impact on the poorest Americans that are already unbearable and leading to the growth of the homeless and poverty populations on our homeland.
This article originally appeared at Eurasia review.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-24--DOJ calls for Big Tech bias reform laws

DOJ calls for Big Tech bias reform laws

The US Department of Justice has issued a wish list of reform laws aimed directly at the big Internet media giants .
These proposals come on the heels of President Trump ’ s aimed at curbing politically biased censorship by the Big Tech giants like Facebook , Google , Twitter and YouTube .
However , the new laws that DOJ wants are both broader and narrower than what the EO calls for .
They are broader in that they would actually facilitate more censorship , but only of things like pornography , terrorism and criminal activity .
The new laws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focused .
In fact they would all help reform just a single section of a single law .
This is the infamous “ Section 230 ” that shields the Big Tech companies from legal action based on the content they deliver .
Here is how DOJ explains it in their 28 page : “ As part of its broader review of market-leading online platforms , the U.S. Department of Justice analyzed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 , which provides immunity to online platforms from civil liability based on third-party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in certain circumstances .
Congress originally enacted the statute to nurture a nascent industry while also incentivizing online platforms to remove content harmful to children .
The combination of significant technological changes since 1996 and the expansive interpretation that courts have given Section 230 , however , has left online platforms both immune for a wide array of illicit activity on their services and free to moderate content with little transparency or accountability .
The Department of Justice has concluded that the time is ripe to realign the scope of Section 230 with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reform is important now more than ever .
Every year , more citizens—including young children—are relying on the internet for everyday activities , while online criminal activity continues to grow .
We must ensure that the internet is both an open and safe space for our society.
” Note that this action does not flow from the executive order .
DOJ has been working this problem for a long time , going back at least to Trump ’ s July 2019 summit on Big Tech bias , if not longer .
They even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for which the video and submissions links are available on the DOJ website .
This is a very careful action , based on lots of research .
There is a one page that shows as much legal care as the Executive Order .
It lists these topic areas : Topic four is the one aimed at biased censorship of content .
It would prohibit moderation of content just because it is vaguely objectionable to the platform .
Unfortunately it is not clear that these reforms would be enough to keep Big Tech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it is so-called “ misinformation ” which is the huge present problem .
Nor would it keep services like Google News from systematically ignoring Conservative news sources , as they presently do .
It probably would not stop the use of bogus “ fact checking ” as an instrument of political censorship .
For those not familiar with censorship of climate change skepticism , Pat Michaels reports a doozy .
Something broader than Section 230 is needed to truly curb Big Tech ’ s politically motivated systematic censorship .
In this regard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just part of their reform agenda .
Here ’ s hoping they address political censorship directly , especially bogus fact-checking of legitimate climate change skepticism .
Stay tuned to CFACT as this story unfolds .

The US Department of Justice has issued a wish list of reform laws aimed directly at the big Internet media giants. These proposals come on the heels of President Trump’s Executive Order aimed at curbing politically biased censorship by the Big Tech giants like Facebook, Google, Twitter and YouTube.
However, the new laws that DOJ wants are both broader and narrower than what the EO calls for. They are broader in that they would actually facilitate more censorship, but only of things like pornography, terrorism and criminal activity.
The new laws are narrower in that they are extremely focused. In fact they would all help reform just a single section of a single law. This is the infamous “Section 230” that shields the Big Tech companies from legal action based on the content they deliver.
Here is how DOJ explains it in their 28 page report :
“As part of its broader review of market-leading online platforms, the U.S. Department of Justice analyzed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which provides immunity to online platforms from civil liability based on third-party content and for the removal of content in certain circumstances. Congress originally enacted the statute to nurture a nascent industry while also incentivizing online platforms to remove content harmful to children. The combination of significant technological changes since 1996 and the expansive interpretation that courts have given Section 230, however, has left online platforms both immune for a wide array of illicit activity on their services and free to moderate content with little transparency or accountability.
The Department of Justice has concluded that the time is ripe to realign the scope of Section 230 with the realities of the modern internet. Reform is important now more than ever. Every year, more citizens—including young children—are relying on the internet for everyday activities, while online criminal activity continues to grow. We must ensure that the internet is both an open and safe space for our society.”
Note that this action does not flow from the executive order. DOJ has been working this problem for a long time, going back at least to Trump’s July 2019 summit on Big Tech bias, if not longer. They even held a Section 230 workshop last February, for which the video and submissions links are available on the DOJ website.
This is a very careful action, based on lots of research. There is a one page synopsis that shows as much legal care as the Executive Order. It lists these topic areas:
“1. Incentivizing Online Platforms to Address Illicit Content
2. Clarifying Federal Government Enforcement Capabilities to Address Unlawful Content
3. Promoting Competition
4. Promoting Open Discourse and Greater Transparency”
Topic four is the one aimed at biased censorship of content. It would prohibit moderation of content just because it is vaguely objectionable to the platform.
Unfortunately it is not clear that these reforms would be enough to keep Big Tech from moderating political content on the grounds that it is so-called “misinformation” which is the huge present problem. Nor would it keep services like Google News from systematically ignoring Conservative news sources, as they presently do. It probably would not stop the use of bogus “fact checking” as an instrument of political censorship.
For those not familiar with censorship of climate change skepticism, Pat Michaels reports a doozy here .
Something broader than Section 230 is needed to truly curb Big Tech’s politically motivated systematic censorship. In this regard DOJ says that Section 230 reform is just part of their reform agenda. Here’s hoping they address political censorship directly, especially bogus fact-checking of legitimate climate change skepticism.
Stay tuned to CFACT as this story unfolds.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-25--California Department of Conservation could protect the environment without damaging the economy

The California Geologic Energy Management Division ( CalGEM ) prioritizes protecting public health , safety , and the environment in its oversight of the oil , natural gas , and geothermal industries .
This , while working to help California achieve its climate change and clean energy goals .
To do that , CalGEM uses science and sound engineering practices to regulate the drilling , operation , and permanent closure of energy resource wells .
 The rulemaking efforts toward protecting public health and safety and environmental quality needs to include a focus on energy and reliability .
Thus the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6,000 products made from the derivatives of petroleum .
They are reliant upon the numerous transportation infrastructures driven ( no pun intended ) by the fuels manufactured from crude oil , all of which did not exist before the 1900 ’ s .
The intermittent electricity from wind and solar are incapable of providing the derivatives and fuels that are the basis of the worlds ’ economies .
While the world is feverously trying to reduce emissions from fossil fuel usage , we get hit with the horrific contagious Coronavirus COVID-19 .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transportation that are very similar to what will be required to live with less fossil fuels in the future .
We have seen a serious reduction in the usage of the transportation infrastructures of airlines and cruise ships , as well as automobiles and trucks , and their impact on the leisure and entertainment industries , all to avoid crowds .
Before fossil fuels and the thousands of products made from petroleum derivatives , and electricity that followed , the world was a zero-sum snake pit that was a war against one another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shelter .
In the 1800 ’ s most people never traveled 100-200 miles from where they were born .
Life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 20 and 30 years of age .
The social lifestyles before 1900 had no such transportation choices , as they had no autos , planes , or cruise ships for transportation .
The inventions of the automobile , airplane , and the use of petroleum in the early 1900 ’ s led us into the Industrial Revolution .
Crude oil , natural gas , and coal changed – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ every person living in developed countries such as , the U.S. , Europe , Japan , South Korea , and Australia .
We would not be able to “ make products and move things ” if not for the thousands of products from petroleum derivatives that get manufactured from crude oil .
All of which wind turbines and solar panels can not manufacture .
A few of those products that are part of economies around the world .
Yet all the infrastructures that are increasing their demand and usage each year of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make thousands of products , inclusive of but not limited to : • Medications , vaccines , antibiotics , and medical equipment that are all made with the derivatives from petroleum .
Vaccines need refrigeration , and refrigeration need electricity , especially in the hospital sector where redundant generation capacity is a mandate… • Electronics that are all made with the derivatives from petroleum .
• Commercial aviation , with 23,000 commercial airplanes worldwide that has been accommodating 4 billion passenger annually .
• Cruise liners , each of which consumes 80,000 gallons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accommodating more than 25 million passengers annually worldwide .
• The 53,000 merchant ships burning more than 120 million gallons a day of high sulfur bunker fuel ( soon to be converted to diesel fuel to reduce sulfur emissions ) moving products worldwide worth billions of dollars daily .
• The military presence that protects each country from each other , is increasing each year to save the world .
• Usage of fertilizers that accommodates growth of much of the food that feeds billions annually .
• Vehicle manufacturing as all parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from fossil fuels .
• The usage of asphalt for road construction .
I appreciate the need to take care of our environment and I believe that all corporations need to remain good corporate citizens .
Thus by protecting the environment , investing in the local community and creating jobs that pay wages .
Wages that allow their employees to raise families close to the communities where they work .
All of this can be done .
Now more than ever , it will be important to focus on rebuilding California ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inclusive and thoughtful approach .
We need to be careful as we move forward and not allow for this to become a war of extremes .

The California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) prioritizes protecting public health, safety, and the environment in its oversight of the oil, natural gas, and geothermal industries. This, while working to help California achieve its climate change and clean energy goals. To do that, CalGEM uses science and sound engineering practices to regulate the drilling, operation, and permanent closure of energy resource wells.
The rulemaking efforts toward protecting public health and safety and environmental quality needs to include a focus on energy and reliability. Thus the world has become reliant on more than 6,000 products made from the derivatives of petroleum. They are reliant upon the numerous transportation infrastructures driven (no pun intended) by the fuels manufactured from crude oil, all of which did not exist before the 1900’s. The intermittent electricity from wind and solar are incapable of providing the derivatives and fuels that are the basis of the worlds’ economies.
While the world is feverously trying to reduce emissions from fossil fuel usage, we get hit with the horrific contagious Coronavirus COVID-19. We have seen extensive self-imposed social adjustments to transportation that are very similar to what will be required to live with less fossil fuels in the future.
We have seen a serious reduction in the usage of the transportation infrastructures of airlines and cruise ships, as well as automobiles and trucks, and their impact on the leisure and entertainment industries, all to avoid crowds.
Before fossil fuels and the thousands of products made from petroleum derivatives, and electricity that followed, the world was a zero-sum snake pit that was a war against one another scrounging for food, water, and shelter. In the 1800’s most people never traveled 100-200 miles from where they were born. Life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 20 and 30 years of age.
The social lifestyles before 1900 had no such transportation choices, as they had no autos, planes, or cruise ships for transportation. The inventions of the automobile, airplane, and the use of petroleum in the early 1900’s led us into the Industrial Revolution. Crude oil, natural gas, and coal changed – for the better – the lifestyles of every person living in developed countries such as, the U.S., Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Australia.
We would not be able to “make products and move things” if not for the thousands of products from petroleum derivatives that get manufactured from crude oil. All of which wind turbines and solar panels cannot manufacture. A few of those products that are part of economies around the world. Yet all the infrastructures that are increasing their demand and usage each year of those energy sources from deep earth minerals/fuels to make thousands of products, inclusive of but not limited to:
Medications, vaccines, antibiotics, and medical equipment that are all made with the derivatives from petroleum. Vaccines need refrigeration, and refrigeration need electricity, especially in the hospital sector where redundant generation capacity is a mandate…
Electronics that are all made with the derivatives from petroleum.
Commercial aviation, with 23,000 commercial airplanes worldwide that has been accommodating 4 billion passenger annually.
Cruise liners, each of which consumes 80,000 gallons of fuels daily, that have been accommodating more than 25 million passengers annually worldwide.
The 53,000 merchant ships burning more than 120 million gallons a day of high sulfur bunker fuel (soon to be converted to diesel fuel to reduce sulfur emissions) moving products worldwide worth billions of dollars daily.
The military presence that protects each country from each other, is increasing each year to save the world.
Usage of fertilizers that accommodates growth of much of the food that feeds billions annually.
Vehicle manufacturing as all parts are based on the chemical and by-products from fossil fuels.
The usage of asphalt for road construction.
I appreciate the need to take care of our environment and I believe that all corporations need to remain good corporate citizens. Thus by protecting the environment, investing in the local community and creating jobs that pay wages. Wages that allow their employees to raise families close to the communities where they work. All of this can be done. Now more than ever, it will be important to focus on rebuilding California’s economy and this is done by an inclusive and thoughtful approach. We need to be careful as we move forward and not allow for this to become a war of extremes.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-25--Another giant of science has passed

Another giant of science has passed

Another giant of science , history and scholarship has left our world .
Dennis T. Avery died June 21 at age 83 .
With the passing of this “ gifted scholar and communicator , the world became a less interesting place , ” former Heartland Institute president and CEO Joe Bast commented .
Avery ’ s career was indeed remarkable for its breadth and depth .
Born in 1936 in Lansing , Michigan , he earned degrees in journalism and economics from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin , then worked for a variety of federal government agencies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Analyst for the U.S. State Department .
Among his many other awards and honors , he received the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1983 .
After moving to northwestern Virginia in 1990 , he launched the Center for Global Food Issues and began his international consulting , lecturing and writing career .
His farming operations practiced no-till agriculture , which utilizes biotech seeds and herbicides to help preserve soil structure and organisms , moisture , organic matter and nutrients , thereby improving drainage and soil biodiversity , while reducing erosion .
Avery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his books and articles .
His 1995 book Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic : The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Farming was used in classrooms throughout the world .
His 2007 New York Times bestseller , Unstoppable Global Warming : Every 1500 Years ( coauthored by S. Fred Singer ) became “ the Bible of the fast-growing ‘ global warming skeptics ’ movement , ” Bast said .
( Dr. Singer died in April 2020 at 95 . )
Avery ’ s last manuscript , Climate and Collapse , will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitored developments in world food production , farm product demand , the safety and security of food supplies , and the sustainability of world agriculture .
As a staff member of the President ’ s National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber , he wrote the Commission ’ s landmark report , Food and Fiber for the Future .
He traveled widely as a speaker , testified before Congress , appeared on many radio and television news programs , and was often quoted in publications like Time magazine , The Washington Post and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ frequent speaker at climate change conferences hosted by The Heartland Institute ( available on YouTube ) , contributed to the Climate Change Reconsidered series produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change ( NIPCC ) , and traveled to Katowice , Poland to join other scholars in presenting contrarian , real-world opinions on climate change at the United Nations 24th Conference of the Parties ( COP-24 ) in December 2018 .
Countless people read his informative and entertaining articles on energy , environmental and agricultural issues , and on climate changes throughout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to flourish , while little ice ages and droughts caused many to disappear .
I was honored to edit and distribute some of his columns , and delighted to hoist occasional beers with him while we discussed these topics and the sad decline of civil , civilized discourse and debate over them in recent years .
As Joe Bast observed , “ In an age when angry exchanges between partisans get much more attention than scholarship and debate , Dennis maintained a dignified but not silent presence .
He was a true gentleman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patiently explain complex issues , even as others tried to shout down or cancel opposing views ” – or even prosecute and jail anyone presenting those views .
My family and I spent a glorious day on his farm , feeding and enjoying the animals , savoring a delicious dinner prepared by his delightful wife and Center for Global Food Issues associate Anne , and chatting on into the night about multiple topics .
His friends remember him as “ inquisitive , articulate , energetic , humble and well informed ” – as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and quick dry wit.
” Dennis was admired and loved by his family and his many colleagues and friends around the United States and world .
He revered history and conducted lengthy , painstaking research in search of the truth on every topic he addressed , even when truth was uncomfortable .
Dennis is survived by his wife Anne , sons Adam and Alex , daughter Amy , stepson Kevin , brother Lawrence , sister Carol , and five grandchildren .
A celebration of his life will be held at a later date @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Presbyterian Church ( 2001 North Coalter Street , Staunton , VA 24401 ) or a charity of choice in his name .
We will all miss him , but his amazing legacy will live on .

Another giant of science, history and scholarship has left our world. Dennis T. Avery died June 21 at age 83. With the passing of this “gifted scholar and communicator, the world became a less interesting place,” former Heartland Institute president and CEO Joe Bast commented.
Avery’s career was indeed remarkable for its breadth and depth. Born in 1936 in Lansing, Michigan, he earned degrees in journalism and economics from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin, then worked for a variety of federal government agencies before retiring in 1989 as Senior Agricultural Analyst for the U.S. State Department. Among his many other awards and honors, he received the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1983.
After moving to northwestern Virginia in 1990, he launched the Center for Global Food Issues and began his international consulting, lecturing and writing career. His farming operations practiced no-till agriculture, which utilizes biotech seeds and herbicides to help preserve soil structure and organisms, moisture, organic matter and nutrients, thereby improving drainage and soil biodiversity, while reducing erosion. Avery practiced and studied what he wrote about in his books and articles.
His 1995 book Saving the Planet with Pesticides and Plastic: The Environmental Triumph of High-Yield Farming was used in classrooms throughout the world. His 2007 New York Times bestseller, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years (coauthored by S. Fred Singer) became “the Bible of the fast-growing ‘global warming skeptics’ movement,” Bast said. (Dr. Singer died in April 2020 at 95.) Avery’s last manuscript, Climate and Collapse, will be published posthumously.
For many years he monitored developments in world food production, farm product demand, the safety and security of food supplies, and the sustainability of world agriculture. As a staff member of the President’s National Advisory Commission on Food and Fiber, he wrote the Commission’s landmark report, Food and Fiber for the Future. He traveled widely as a speaker, testified before Congress, appeared on many radio and television news programs, and was often quoted in publications like Time magazine, The Washington Post and The Farm Journal.
Dennis was a frequent speaker at climate change conferences hosted by The Heartland Institute (available on YouTube), contributed to the Climate Change Reconsidered series produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), and traveled to Katowice, Poland to join other scholars in presenting contrarian, real-world opinions on climate change at the United Nations 24th Conference of the Parties (COP-24) in December 2018.
Countless people read his informative and entertaining articles on energy, environmental and agricultural issues, and on climate changes throughout history, as warmer periods helped civilizations to flourish, while little ice ages and droughts caused many to disappear.
I was honored to edit and distribute some of his columns, and delighted to hoist occasional beers with him while we discussed these topics and the sad decline of civil, civilized discourse and debate over them in recent years. As Joe Bast observed, “In an age when angry exchanges between partisans get much more attention than scholarship and debate, Dennis maintained a dignified but not silent presence. He was a true gentleman and scholar, willing to calmly and patiently explain complex issues, even as others tried to shout down or cancel opposing views” – or even prosecute and jail anyone presenting those views.
My family and I spent a glorious day on his farm, feeding and enjoying the animals, savoring a delicious dinner prepared by his delightful wife and Center for Global Food Issues associate Anne, and chatting on into the night about multiple topics. His friends remember him as “inquisitive, articulate, energetic, humble and well informed” – as much as for his “ready smile and quick dry wit.” Dennis was admired and loved by his family and his many colleagues and friends around the United States and world. He revered history and conducted lengthy, painstaking research in search of the truth on every topic he addressed, even when truth was uncomfortable.
Dennis is survived by his wife Anne, sons Adam and Alex, daughter Amy, stepson Kevin, brother Lawrence, sister Carol, and five grandchildren. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to Covenant Presbyterian Church (2001 North Coalter Street, Staunton, VA 24401) or a charity of choice in his name.
We will all miss him, but his amazing legacy will live on.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-25--Exploiting Black/White relations to make America red

These are turbulent times in America .
For over 35 years CFACT has been committed to the rights , freedom and advancement of ALL people , everywhere .
Socialists exploiting black tragedy to foist their destructive ideology on an unsuspecting nation is a nightmare none of us deserve .
Black lives are too precious to let this go unchallenged .
On Tuesday , CFACT sponsored an online “ Truth Talk.
” Over 400 people registered .
This was the latest in CFACT ’ s series of live stream events in 2020 and featured Stacy Washington from National Center for Public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former CFACT alumnus and small business owner AK Kamara .
CFACT ’ s Christina Norman hosted the event .
The subject was the recent race riots and the radical Left ’ s efforts to exploit them .
You only need to pick up a paper to learn that the Green movement has also gotten in on the act ; attempting to link race to climate change to stay relevant .
NASA scientist Dr. Kate Marvel recently linked ‘ climate change ’ to ‘ white supremacy ’ saying , “ climate justice and racial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ll never head off climate catastrophe without dismantling white supremacy.
” Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg warned recently of the “ Colonial , racist , & patriarchal systems of oppression that have created and fueled ” climate change .
CFACT asked our panelists , all members of the minority community , what they think about this kind of rhetoric and the tactics of the Green Left .
Stacey Washington : “ That is just garbage… it ’ s kind of amazing to me Dr. Kate would say that white supremacy has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we need to have a one size fits all climate change policy and we need to take the language of the civil rights movement and couch that climate policy within the language of the civil rights movement , use that to bludgeon Americans into accepting a lot of command and control structures , instead of saying what works for these communities here…and how can the government cooperate and/or get out of the way of these communities as they address their energy needs their environmental needs , whatever their needs may be.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CFACT ’ s delegation to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit with CFACT in 2012 , recalled the cries for sustainability and redistribution of wealth .
He sees racial justice warriors recycling the same spiel .
“ They see that this is a hot button thing , ” he said , “ if they can repackage it , they can reshape the way we are governed.
” Each day brings new hypocrisy from the Left .
The conflation of free market principles and racism is a curious notion ; one that demands critical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amused at the prospect of the Left learning what a powerful force free markets have exerted to lift people out of poverty .
If the far Left gets its way , we can all look forward to a Socialist dystopia on the model of Venezuela .
Keeping people dependent on big government may make them reliable voters for the Left , but it comes at too high a price to their own well-being .
CFACT applauds our panelists for fearlessly calling out the Left .
Click here to watch the full discussion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and at each other ’ s throats .
That ’ s how they plan to conquer .
Don ’ t play their game .
There is so much more that unites us .
Let us love our neighbor , stand together for law and order and against injustice , and confound our would-be masters by living together in harmony .

These are turbulent times in America.
For over 35 years CFACT has been committed to the rights, freedom and advancement of ALL people, everywhere.
Socialists exploiting black tragedy to foist their destructive ideology on an unsuspecting nation is a nightmare none of us deserve.
Black lives are too precious to let this go unchallenged.
On Tuesday, CFACT sponsored an online “Truth Talk.” Over 400 people registered. This was the latest in CFACT’s series of live stream events in 2020 and featured Stacy Washington from National Center for Public Policy Research’s Project 21 and former CFACT alumnus and small business owner AK Kamara. CFACT’s Christina Norman hosted the event.
The subject was the recent race riots and the radical Left’s efforts to exploit them. You only need to pick up a paper to learn that the Green movement has also gotten in on the act; attempting to link race to climate change to stay relevant.
NASA scientist Dr. Kate Marvel recently linked ‘climate change’ to ‘white supremacy’ saying, “climate justice and racial justice are the same thing, and we’ll never head off climate catastrophe without dismantling white supremacy.”
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg warned recently of the “Colonial, racist, & patriarchal systems of oppression that have created and fueled” climate change.
CFACT asked our panelists, all members of the minority community, what they think about this kind of rhetoric and the tactics of the Green Left.
Stacey Washington: “That is just garbage… it’s kind of amazing to me Dr. Kate would say that white supremacy has anything to do with climate change…To say that we need to have a one size fits all climate change policy and we need to take the language of the civil rights movement and couch that climate policy within the language of the civil rights movement, use that to bludgeon Americans into accepting a lot of command and control structures, instead of saying what works for these communities here…and how can the government cooperate and/or get out of the way of these communities as they address their energy needs their environmental needs, whatever their needs may be.”
AK, who was a member of CFACT’s delegation to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit with CFACT in 2012, recalled the cries for sustainability and redistribution of wealth. He sees racial justice warriors recycling the same spiel.
“They see that this is a hot button thing,” he said, “if they can repackage it, they can reshape the way we are governed.”
Each day brings new hypocrisy from the Left. The conflation of free market principles and racism is a curious notion; one that demands critical examination. CFACT’s panelists were amused at the prospect of the Left learning what a powerful force free markets have exerted to lift people out of poverty.
If the far Left gets its way, we can all look forward to a Socialist dystopia on the model of Venezuela. Keeping people dependent on big government may make them reliable voters for the Left, but it comes at too high a price to their own well-being.
CFACT applauds our panelists for fearlessly calling out the Left.
Click here to watch the full discussion.
The Left wants us divided, resentful and at each other’s throats. That’s how they plan to conquer. Don’t play their game. There is so much more that unites us.
Let us love our neighbor, stand together for law and order and against injustice, and confound our would-be masters by living together in harmony.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-26--CO2 no threat to oceans

CO2 no threat to oceans

For the past three decades the public has been taught by the news media and the folks who make a living composing mathematical equations they claim to simulate how our planets climate operates , that our oceans are in jeopardy .
They have all told you one of the biggest falsehoods in human history .
They say that carbon dioxide , the only reason man can inhabit Earth , is actually causing the planet to heat up to a dangerous level and the oceans will become unlivable for marine life .
There is no proof of these lies whatever .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ warmer than colder conditions .
We do know that as many as nine times more folks perish from excessive cold than excessive heat .
The oceans are in fact prospering with more CO2 overhead .
Be that as it may much of the public has bought the scare .
Regardless of what scientists on the right side of the issue come up with to thwart the misinformation , they are drowned out by the media and the well financed climate modelers on whom governments around the world have showered countless billions of dollars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by science has succeeded in winning over the world ’ s governments to scientific reality .
Now comes along biologist Jim Steele of the CO2 Coalition and former Research Director of San Francisco State ’ s Sierra Nevada ’ s Field Campus to drop a blockbuster of truly new knowledge .
He has proven how our Oceans , all of them , are benefitting enormously by the increase in carbon dioxide which man ’ s industrialization has produced .
The global warming scaremongers have falsely preached that additional carbon dioxide could lower the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become acidic , killing off ocean life .
This is in fact physically and chemically impossible , and now we can better understand the enormous benefits CO2 is bringing to the oceans The Ocean “ acidification ” from carbon dioxide emissions preached by the scaremongers would require an impossible ten-fold decrease in the alkalinity of surface waters .
Even if atmospheric CO2 concentrations triple from today ’ s four percent of one percent , which would take about 600 years , today ’ s surface pH of 8.2 would plateau at 7.8 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health has improved as a result of greater CO2 , as it feeds phytoplankton that stimulates the oceans food chain .
CO2 allows phytoplankton such as algae , bacteria , and seaweed to feed the rest of the open ocean food chain .
As carbon dioxide moves through this food web , much of it sinks or is transported away from the surface .
A high surface pH allows the ocean to store 50 times more CO2 than the atmosphere .
Digestion of carbon at lower depths allows for storage there for centuries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from deep ocean waters to sunlit surface waters .
Upwelling injects far more ancient CO2 into the surface than diffuses there from atmospheric CO2 .
Upwelling at first lowers surface pH , but then stimulates photosynthesis , which raises surface pH .
It is a necessary process to generate bursts of life that sustain many ocean life forms .
When CO2 enters ocean water , it creates a bicarbonate ion plus a hydrogen ion , resulting in a slight decrease in pH .
However , photosynthesis requires CO2 .
So marine organisms convert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and pH rises again .
Contrary to popular claims that rising CO2 leads to shell disintegration , slightly lower pH does not stop marine organisms from using carbonate ions in building their shells .
The concentration of atmospheric CO2 is governed by the balance between stored carbon and CO2 released back to the atmosphere .
On land , carbon is continuously stored as organic material in living and dead organisms , with some carbon eventually buried in sediments .
During the last major glaciation , expanding glaciers destroyed much of the northern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earth ’ s ability to store terrestrial carbon .
Just as deforestation does today , that loss of forests should have increased atmospheric CO2 .
Instead , atmospheric CO2 decreased !
It appears that the missing CO2 was stored in the ocean .
Across the earth ’ s upwelling regions , ocean surface pH is primarily affected by the upwelling of ancient stored carbon , rather than human activities .
The ocean surface is seldom in equilibrium with the atmosphere .
Recent upwelling of subsurface carbon typically raises surface concentrations of CO2 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Upwelling of old carbon and other nutrients then stimulates photosynthesis in phytoplankton and sea grasses , which then reduces pH .
It is now esmated that 90 percent of the difference in pH between surface waters and deeper waters results from downward movement of ocean life .
When transformed into organic matter , CO2 can be rapidly exported downwards .
For example , anchovy and sardine fecal pellets sink 780 meters in a day .
Tiny diatoms , which account for half of the ocean ’ s photosynthesis , are believed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day because of their dense silica shells .
Upwelling is a vital dynamic that brings carbon and nutrients , otherwise sequestered in the ocean ’ s depths , back to the surface .
Although there may be negative consequences of low-pH and low-oxygen upwelled waters , without upwelling of low-pH waters , global marine productivity would be greatly reduced .
In the political arena of climate change , crucial factors are misleadingly ignored by those claiming that rising CO2 leads to shell disintegration .
First , shells of living organisms are protected by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes in ocean chemistry .
Mollusk shells are typically covered by a periostracum .
This allows mollusks to thrive near low pH volcanic vents , or in acidic freshwater , or when buried in low pH sediments .
Coral skeletons are protected by their layer of living coral polyps .
When shell-forming organisms die they lose that layer of protective tissue and their shells or skeletons may indeed dissolve .
However , dissolution also releases carbonate ions , which buffers the surrounding waters and inhibits any further change in pH .
Slightly lower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ converting bicarbonate ions into shell- building carbonate ions .
Some climate modelers incorrectly suggest that a small drop in pH will inhibit shell-building in marine organisms .
The ability to make shells despite experiencing atmospheric CO2 much higher than today has been preserved in massive deposits of calcium carbonate shells .
So what is the bottom line , the take home to share with friends .
The oceans will not become acidic — CO2 enriches all life in the ocean .
There is no evidence to suggest that the oceans are becoming less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to rising atmospheric CO2 .
CO2 is quickly consumed by photosynthesizing bacteria , plankton and algae .
Greater productivity allows more organic carbon to be exported to depths where it can be sequestered for hundreds to thousands of years .
It is highly likely that the recent increased productivity and increased sequestration of carbon has offset any pH effects from added atmospheric CO2 .
So now you have one more of the fraudulent global warming scares put to rest .
Note : Portions of this article have been excerpted from the paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with permission of the author Jim Steele and the publisher the CO2 Coalition .

For the past three decades the public has been taught by the news media and the folks who make a living composing mathematical equations they claim to simulate how our planets climate operates, that our oceans are in jeopardy.
They have all told you one of the biggest falsehoods in human history. They say that carbon dioxide, the only reason man can inhabit Earth, is actually causing the planet to heat up to a dangerous level and the oceans will become unlivable for marine life. There is no proof of these lies whatever. Civilization has generally been most prosperous under warmer than colder conditions. We do know that as many as nine times more folks perish from excessive cold than excessive heat. The oceans are in fact prospering with more CO2 overhead. Be that as it may much of the public has bought the scare.
Regardless of what scientists on the right side of the issue come up with to thwart the misinformation, they are drowned out by the media and the well financed climate modelers on whom governments around the world have showered countless billions of dollars.
Little of the true reality supported by science has succeeded in winning over the world’s governments to scientific reality. Now comes along biologist Jim Steele of the CO2 Coalition and former Research Director of San Francisco State’s Sierra Nevada’s Field Campus to drop a blockbuster of truly new knowledge. He has proven how our Oceans, all of them, are benefitting enormously by the increase in carbon dioxide which man’s industrialization has produced. The global warming scaremongers have falsely preached that additional carbon dioxide could lower the pH of the oceans to where they become acidic, killing off ocean life. This is in fact physically and chemically impossible, and now we can better understand the enormous benefits CO2 is bringing to the oceans
The Ocean “acidification” from carbon dioxide emissions preached by the scaremongers would require an impossible ten-fold decrease in the alkalinity of surface waters. Even if atmospheric CO2 concentrations triple from today’s four percent of one percent, which would take about 600 years, today’s surface pH of 8.2 would plateau at 7.8, still well above neutral 7.
Ocean health has improved as a result of greater CO2, as it feeds phytoplankton that stimulates the oceans food chain. CO2 allows phytoplankton such as algae, bacteria, and seaweed to feed the rest of the open ocean food chain. As carbon dioxide moves through this food web, much of it sinks or is transported away from the surface. A high surface pH allows the ocean to store 50 times more CO2 than the atmosphere. Digestion of carbon at lower depths allows for storage there for centuries. Periodic upwelling recycles carbon and nutrients from deep ocean waters to sunlit surface waters. Upwelling injects far more ancient CO2 into the surface than diffuses there from atmospheric CO2. Upwelling at first lowers surface pH, but then stimulates photosynthesis, which raises surface pH. It is a necessary process to generate bursts of life that sustain many ocean life forms.
When CO2 enters ocean water, it creates a bicarbonate ion plus a hydrogen ion, resulting in a slight decrease in pH. However, photosynthesis requires CO2. So marine organisms convert bicarbonate and hydrogen ions into usable CO2, and pH rises again. Contrary to popular claims that rising CO2 leads to shell disintegration, slightly lower pH does not stop marine organisms from using carbonate ions in building their shells.
The concentration of atmospheric CO2 is governed by the balance between stored carbon and CO2 released back to the atmosphere. On land, carbon is continuously stored as organic material in living and dead organisms, with some carbon eventually buried in sediments. During the last major glaciation, expanding glaciers destroyed much of the northern hemisphere’s forests and reduced the earth’s ability to store terrestrial carbon. Just as deforestation does today, that loss of forests should have increased atmospheric CO2. Instead, atmospheric CO2 decreased! It appears that the missing CO2 was stored in the ocean.
Across the earth’s upwelling regions, ocean surface pH is primarily affected by the upwelling of ancient stored carbon, rather than human activities . The ocean surface is seldom in equilibrium with the atmosphere. Recent upwelling of subsurface carbon typically raises surface concentrations of CO2 to 1000 ppm and temporarily lowers surface pH. Upwelling of old carbon and other nutrients then stimulates photosynthesis in phytoplankton and sea grasses, which then reduces pH.
It is now esmated that 90 percent of the difference in pH between surface waters and deeper waters results from downward movement of ocean life. When transformed into organic matter, CO2 can be rapidly exported downwards. For example, anchovy and sardine fecal pellets sink 780 meters in a day. Tiny diatoms, which account for half of the ocean’s photosynthesis, are believed to sink at rates over 500 meters per day because of their dense silica shells.
Upwelling is a vital dynamic that brings carbon and nutrients, otherwise sequestered in the ocean’s depths, back to the surface. Although there may be negative consequences of low-pH and low-oxygen upwelled waters, without upwelling of low-pH waters, global marine productivity would be greatly reduced.
In the political arena of climate change, crucial factors are misleadingly ignored by those claiming that rising CO2 leads to shell disintegration. First, shells of living organisms are protected by organic tissues that insulate the shells from changes in ocean chemistry. Mollusk shells are typically covered by a periostracum. This allows mollusks to thrive near low pH volcanic vents, or in acidic freshwater, or when buried in low pH sediments. Coral skeletons are protected by their layer of living coral polyps. When shell-forming organisms die they lose that layer of protective tissue and their shells or skeletons may indeed dissolve. However, dissolution also releases carbonate ions, which buffers the surrounding waters and inhibits any further change in pH.
Slightly lower pH does not stop ocean organisms from converting bicarbonate ions into shell- building carbonate ions. Some climate modelers incorrectly suggest that a small drop in pH will inhibit shell-building in marine organisms.
The ability to make shells despite experiencing atmospheric CO2 much higher than today has been preserved in massive deposits of calcium carbonate shells.
So what is the bottom line, the take home to share with friends. The oceans will not become acidic — CO2 enriches all life in the ocean. There is no evidence to suggest that the oceans are becoming less of a great habitat for marine life due to rising atmospheric CO2.
CO2 is quickly consumed by photosynthesizing bacteria, plankton and algae. Greater productivity allows more organic carbon to be exported to depths where it can be sequestered for hundreds to thousands of years. It is highly likely that the recent increased productivity and increased sequestration of carbon has offset any pH effects from added atmospheric CO2.
So now you have one more of the fraudulent global warming scares put to rest.
Note: Portions of this article have been excerpted from the paper Ocean Health Is There An Acidification Problem with permission of the author Jim Steele and the publisher the CO2 Coalition.
http://co2coalition.org/publications/ocean-health-is-there-an-acidification-problem/


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-26--Meet the new AOC: Jamaal Bowman

Meet the new AOC: Jamaal Bowman

Far Left candidate Jamaal Bowman appears poised to follow in the footsteps of his neighbor , Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , by winning a primary upset against a member of Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’ s leadership team in a district comprised of the Bronx and surrounding suburbs .
House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Eliot Engel has been in Congress since 1989 .
Initial returns showed Bowman ahead of Engel 61.8 % to 34.9 % .
Some media outlets have already called the race for Bowman , who made an ( almost ) victory speech , although the final results are delayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of absentee ballots will be added to the tally .
If , as seems likely , Bowman ’ s numbers hold , AOC and the squad will have a new ally who ’ s all-in with what he calls a “ Global Green New Deal , ” Socialized Medicine and the rest of their radical agenda .
“ My policies align with Socialism , so I guess I ’ m a Socialist , ” Bowman told an interviewer .
Bowman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America , and was endorsed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders the “ Justice Democrats , ” and a host of political pressure groups that were created to push the Democratic Party further Left .
On Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of her squad Bowman said , “ I mean they ’ ve broken though the glass ceiling , I mean we ’ re talking about four women of color existing within a white supremacy patriarchy and just destroying it left and right by speaking truth to power .
They created a platform.
” Bowman would “ defund the police ” and reallocate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He declared that “ Donald Trump and those who support him are definitely racists.
” Jamaal Bowman is confident that should Joe Biden win the White House , that the Left will be able to control him .
“ We have to hold him ( Biden ) accountable to the progressive values that we all are fighting for and make sure that he moves in the direction that the majority of the American people want .
The majority of the American people support universal healthcare through healthcare for all , they support a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guarantee , they support fully funding our schools , its about pressuring him and mobilizing to push him in a direction that the American people want.
” Jamaal Bowman served as principal of the public Cornerstone Academy for Social Action ( CASA ) Middle School in the Bronx , which was plagued by poor student performance .
About 90 percent of his pupils failed to meet standards on the state math exam in the 2017-18 academic year , according to the latest annual data available from the city ’ s Department of Education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for black people and that horror continues today for brown and poor people as well .
Slavery , Jim Crow , redlining , crack cocaine , and now standardized testing were all sanctioned by the American government , ” Bowman wrote in a now-deleted 2015 blog post .
“ All designed to destroy the mind body and souls of black and brown people ; All within our so-called democracy.
” Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren , and the “ Squad ” in the House of Representatives appear poised to gain a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politically correct Left .
Unless Rep. Eliot Engel is saved by an unlikely absentee ballot turnaround , you ’ ll be hearing a great deal more from Jamaal Bowman .

Far Left candidate Jamaal Bowman appears poised to follow in the footsteps of his neighbor, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, by winning a primary upset against a member of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team in a district comprised of the Bronx and surrounding suburbs.
House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Eliot Engel has been in Congress since 1989. Initial returns showed Bowman ahead of Engel 61.8% to 34.9%. Some media outlets have already called the race for Bowman, who made an (almost) victory speech, although the final results are delayed until June 30th when a large number of absentee ballots will be added to the tally.
If, as seems likely, Bowman’s numbers hold, AOC and the squad will have a new ally who’s all-in with what he calls a “Global Green New Deal,” Socialized Medicine and the rest of their radical agenda.
“My policies align with Socialism, so I guess I’m a Socialist,” Bowman told an interviewer. Bowman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and was endorsed by avowed congressional Socialists Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders the “Justice Democrats,” and a host of political pressure groups that were created to push the Democratic Party further Left.
On Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of her squad Bowman said, “I mean they’ve broken though the glass ceiling, I mean we’re talking about four women of color existing within a white supremacy patriarchy and just destroying it left and right by speaking truth to power. They created a platform.”
Bowman would “defund the police” and reallocate the funds for “collective actualization.” He declared that “Donald Trump and those who support him are definitely racists.”
Jamaal Bowman is confident that should Joe Biden win the White House, that the Left will be able to control him.
“We have to hold him (Biden) accountable to the progressive values that we all are fighting for and make sure that he moves in the direction that the majority of the American people want. The majority of the American people support universal healthcare through healthcare for all, they support a Green New Deal and a federal jobs guarantee, they support fully funding our schools, its about pressuring him and mobilizing to push him in a direction that the American people want.”
Jamaal Bowman served as principal of the public Cornerstone Academy for Social Action (CASA) Middle School in the Bronx, which was plagued by poor student performance.
About 90 percent of his pupils failed to meet standards on the state math exam in the 2017-18 academic year, according to the latest annual data available from the city’s Department of Education.
Bowman attacked the tests as racially biased:
“America was born of horror for black people and that horror continues today for brown and poor people as well. Slavery, Jim Crow, redlining, crack cocaine, and now standardized testing were all sanctioned by the American government,” Bowman wrote in a now-deleted 2015 blog post. “All designed to destroy the mind body and souls of black and brown people; All within our so-called democracy.”
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and the “Squad” in the House of Representatives appear poised to gain a new spokesman hailing from the deep roving, politically correct Left.
Unless Rep. Eliot Engel is saved by an unlikely absentee ballot turnaround, you’ll be hearing a great deal more from Jamaal Bowman.


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-27--Banning ‘neonics’ is bad for farmers and bees

As summer begins and we plant , spray and fertilize , we should know that Montgomery County , Maryland , prohibits “ weed-and-feed ” lawn fertilizer and most “ synthetic pesticides , ” but allows farmers , orchardists and homeowners to use “ organic ” products that can be dangerous to bees , other wildlife and humans .
New York is considering a five-year statewide ban on neonicotinoid insecticides .
It would likely result in the use of chemicals that may actually be much more toxic to the birds and bees it seeks to protect .
Other jurisdictions are pondering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Neonicotinoids were introduced in the 1990s to replace less targeted , more toxic pest control chemicals .
Primarily used to coat seeds , “ neonics ” significantly reduce the need for aerial and ground-level spraying that can harm bees and other pollinators .
This advance has helped boost crop yields while protecting the environment .
Losing neonics would put many states ’ farming economies at risk .
In Canada , the same misinformation that ’ s motivating U.S. bills persuaded Ontario lawmakers to pass a neonic ban in 2015 .
Farmers have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an alternative pesticide that is less effective and can ’ t even be used on some crops .
Activists had previously gotten a European neonic ban implemented in 2013 .
A subsequent study found the ban disastrously counterproductive .
British farmers were spraying four times more often than before , using older pesticides like pyrethroids and organophosphates that are less effective , must be sprayed several times during the growing season , and often harm bees , other non-target insects and even birds .
Insect pests increased dramatically , and the European canola @ @ @ @ @ @ @ losses of more than $ 430 million in just a few years .
Proposed legislation is often the result of environmentalist claims that bees are threatened by neonics .
However , actual data show the opposite is true .
Despite claims of a “ bee-pocalypse , ” except during a period of “ colony collapse disorder ” due mostly to Varroa mites , honeybee colonies have been rising worldwide since the 1990s , when neonics first came on the market .
Agriculture Department surveys show that U.S. honeybee hive numbers have increased seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and there are now over 150 thousand more beehives than in 1995 .
A closer look at New York ’ s crop yields also confirms that honeybee colonies are healthy .
Apple yields are almost exactly the same as they were 10 years ago , indicating that pollinators are thriving and busy doing their job .
Similar lessons apply elsewhere .
There ’ s no doubt that honeybees have problems .
Overwinter losses are still high some years and , while bees reproduce rapidly and beekeepers can quickly replenish their hives , these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ important industry .
Almost all experts agree , however , that the worldwide spread of the deadly Varroa destructor mite is the main culprit .
They arrived in the U.S. in the late 1980s and spread widely over the next decade .
The parasites attach to bees , suppressing their immune systems , carrying deadly diseases and creating pathways for other diseases to enter bee bodies .
Activists like to blame pesticides , but the vast canola fields in western Canada show how benign neonics actually are .
The canola is 100 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , successful beekeepers cart their hives into the middle of the canola fields because they produce delicious honey .
As domesticated bees recovered , anti-pesticide activists began talking about wild bees , which can also be important for pollination .
They get their facts wrong here , too .
This article originally appeared in the Washington Times

As summer begins and we plant, spray and fertilize, we should know that Montgomery County, Maryland, prohibits “weed-and-feed” lawn fertilizer and most “synthetic pesticides,” but allows farmers, orchardists and homeowners to use “organic” products that can be dangerous to bees, other wildlife and humans.
New York is considering a five-year statewide ban on neonicotinoid insecticides. It would likely result in the use of chemicals that may actually be much more toxic to the birds and bees it seeks to protect.
Other jurisdictions are pondering comparable actions that could pose similar problems.
Neonicotinoids were introduced in the 1990s to replace less targeted, more toxic pest control chemicals. Primarily used to coat seeds, “neonics” significantly reduce the need for aerial and ground-level spraying that can harm bees and other pollinators.
This advance has helped boost crop yields while protecting the environment. Losing neonics would put many states’ farming economies at risk.
In Canada, the same misinformation that’s motivating U.S. bills persuaded Ontario lawmakers to pass a neonic ban in 2015. Farmers have since reported paying four times more for an alternative pesticide that is less effective and can’t even be used on some crops.
Activists had previously gotten a European neonic ban implemented in 2013. A subsequent study found the ban disastrously counterproductive. British farmers were spraying four times more often than before, using older pesticides like pyrethroids and organophosphates that are less effective, must be sprayed several times during the growing season, and often harm bees, other non-target insects and even birds.
Insect pests increased dramatically, and the European canola (oilseed rape) industry suffered revenue losses of more than $430 million in just a few years.
Proposed legislation is often the result of environmentalist claims that bees are threatened by neonics. However, actual data show the opposite is true.
Despite claims of a “bee-pocalypse,” except during a period of “colony collapse disorder” due mostly to Varroa mites, honeybee colonies have been rising worldwide since the 1990s, when neonics first came on the market. Agriculture Department surveys show that U.S. honeybee hive numbers have increased seven out of the last ten years, and there are now over 150 thousand more beehives than in 1995.
A closer look at New York’s crop yields also confirms that honeybee colonies are healthy. Apple yields are almost exactly the same as they were 10 years ago, indicating that pollinators are thriving and busy doing their job. Similar lessons apply elsewhere.
There’s no doubt that honeybees have problems. Overwinter losses are still high some years and, while bees reproduce rapidly and beekeepers can quickly replenish their hives, these losses can significantly strain this small but important industry.
Almost all experts agree, however, that the worldwide spread of the deadly Varroa destructor mite is the main culprit. They arrived in the U.S. in the late 1980s and spread widely over the next decade. The parasites attach to bees, suppressing their immune systems, carrying deadly diseases and creating pathways for other diseases to enter bee bodies.
Activists like to blame pesticides, but the vast canola fields in western Canada show how benign neonics actually are. The canola is 100% grown with neonic-coated seeds, and large, successful beekeepers cart their hives into the middle of the canola fields because they produce delicious honey.
As domesticated bees recovered, anti-pesticide activists began talking about wild bees, which can also be important for pollination. They get their facts wrong here, too.
This article originally appeared in the Washington Times


committeeconstructivetomorrowcfactorg--2020-06-27--Tell EPA that benefit-cost analysis is a must

The Environmental Protection Agency has become synonymous with bureaucratic overreach .
The Green-Left captured America ’ s top environmental regulator years ago .
They wantonly employ EPA as a base from which to launch ideological attacks upon America ’ s free market economy .
All-too-often EPA ’ s costly rules result in little or no environmental benefit .
EPA reform is underway at last , but we need your help .
EPA proposed internal requirements for its staff to issue transparent analysis of the benefits and costs of rulemaking under the Clean Air Act .
Can you imagine that EPA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking honest and accurate cost estimates into consideration ?
Outrageous !
Click here now and add your public comment to CFACT ’ s .
Tell EPA that citizens deserve to know both the costs and benefits when environmental bureaucrats issue rules we all must obey !
Benefit-cost analysis is an essential tool of rational decision making .
It is employed throughout business and government .
You use it every day to make decisions for your family .
EPA should do no less .
Of course , the usual extremists are up in arms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) said , “ For the EPA to try to undermine the benefits of clean air amid our national public health crisis is unconscionable .
Our country is struggling with racial injustice and a global pandemic exacerbated by pollution .
Both are hitting Black Americans and communities of color hardest.
” Apparently we can now expect left-wing pressure groups to play the race card every time , no matter how absurd .
Want to do a number on the poor and “ communities of color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of energy , kill jobs and ship them overseas is the way to do it .
Click here and tell EPA that you demand the best available science and economics be put to use to provide transparent benefit-cost analyses before EPA bureaucrats issue future rules .
Clean air is essential .
It ’ s the law .
Yet we must not allow the unscrupulous Left and legions of blinkered bureaucrats to use our clean air to justify any more economy-crushing power grabs .
Is it too much to ask that government regulations do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s deadline to add your comment is August 1st , but click here and do it now .
If you ’ re like me , if you do it now , you ’ ll get ‘ er done .
If you put it off , who knows ?
Requiring EPA to count the costs before it regulates is too important not to weigh in .
We ’ re counting on you !

The Environmental Protection Agency has become synonymous with bureaucratic overreach.
The Green-Left captured America’s top environmental regulator years ago. They wantonly employ EPA as a base from which to launch ideological attacks upon America’s free market economy. All-too-often EPA’s costly rules result in little or no environmental benefit.
EPA reform is underway at last, but we need your help.
EPA proposed internal requirements for its staff to issue transparent analysis of the benefits and costs of rulemaking under the Clean Air Act. Can you imagine that EPA has actually been regulating our economy without taking honest and accurate cost estimates into consideration? Outrageous!
Click here now and add your public comment to CFACT’s.
Tell EPA that citizens deserve to know both the costs and benefits when environmental bureaucrats issue rules we all must obey!
Benefit-cost analysis is an essential tool of rational decision making. It is employed throughout business and government. You use it every day to make decisions for your family. EPA should do no less.
Of course, the usual extremists are up in arms.
John Walke, Clean Air Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said, “For the EPA to try to undermine the benefits of clean air amid our national public health crisis is unconscionable. Our country is struggling with racial injustice and a global pandemic exacerbated by pollution. Both are hitting Black Americans and communities of color hardest.”
Apparently we can now expect left-wing pressure groups to play the race card every time, no matter how absurd.
Want to do a number on the poor and “communities of color?” Regulations that raise the cost of energy, kill jobs and ship them overseas is the way to do it.
Click here and tell EPA that you demand the best available science and economics be put to use to provide transparent benefit-cost analyses before EPA bureaucrats issue future rules.
Clean air is essential. It’s the law. Yet we must not allow the unscrupulous Left and legions of blinkered bureaucrats to use our clean air to justify any more economy-crushing power grabs.
Is it too much to ask that government regulations do more good than harm?
EPA’s deadline to add your comment is August 1st, but click here and do it now. If you’re like me, if you do it now, you’ll get ‘er done. If you put it off, who knows? Requiring EPA to count the costs before it regulates is too important not to weigh in. We’re counting on you!