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Understanding Pope Francis’ Encyclical on ‘Climate Change’
By denying poor countries access to fossil fuels, or a realistic replacement to promote their development, Pope Francis is indeed condemning them to perpetual poverty. Neither Solar, nor wind energy sources are viable substitutes due to their poor output and their vast demand for land. Let’s start by the conclusion, and along the way understand why Pope Francis’ latest effort to attract people to the Church of Climate Change is a failure: Pope Francis has made an enormous mistake while attempting to weigh in on the global warming/climate change debate. His perceptions on both global warming and climate change as well as other topics that he took a shot at, such as the use of fossil fuels and their role in the appearance of “catastrophic” atmospheric events related to the emission of carbon dioxide, which incidentally is a well-known and scientifically proven live-giving gas, are proof that he did not have any scientists by his side before or during the writing of the document. The Pope started his peregrination towards the “scientific consensus” altar on the left foot. Along with his lack of scientific understanding, which has been demonstrated on the text of the encyclical, the Pope of the people also banned news coverage of his meeting with United Nations representatives and in doing so discriminated against journalists who wished to attend. The reason for the ban was the reporters’ public skepticism about the theory of anthropogenic global warming (AGW). The 184-page long Holy Encyclical dedicated several of its paragraphs exclusively to address the environmental concerns contained in the Pope’s mind. These paragraphs are the ones that will have the attention of this article. Let’s take a look at the first of the Pope’s statements directly addressing climate. This paragraph is full of factual errors that can be easily pointed out and corrected with data from well-known international agencies whose observations and the evidence obtained during the process paint a different picture. First, the planet is not getting warmer. According to data from the NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Earth stopped warming 18 years ago and the planet has seen a new global cooling trend for the past 10 years. The next point where the Pope is incorrect is on the alleged rising sea levels. In this case, NOAA’s own data also refutes the Pope’s claim about significant increases in ocean levels and the supposed coming catastrophic rise due to global warming. In reality, oceans have risen na average of 8 inches per 100 years, since there is a registry. Then, there is the Pope claim that man-made global warming causes events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, drought and heat waves to become more prevalent and intense. However, evidence and historical perspective say otherwise. As explained by James H. Rust, a retired professor of nuclear engineering, and fervent critic of the current ‘business as usual’ situation on energy policies, “suggesting carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is causing these changes is very tenuous when examining similar past events in times when carbon dioxide changes were not occurring.” Last but not least, on the paragraph above, the Pope blames Carbon Dioxide for the current and impending heat and the general contamination of the environment. As explained by Rust, neither CO2 not any other greenhouse gas influences solar radiation because they are transparent in the wavelength spectrum. CO2 is not an environmental contaminant either as it is the main source of ‘food’ for plant life, which is what animals, plants and us humans eat. If there is one significant outcome that must be noted from the presence of large amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere is that CO2 abundance promotes better agricultural output. In sum, CO2 is a life-giving gas. Without delay, let’s read and then analyze Pope Francis’ beliefs on what he calls a “vicious circle” regarding the carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. In the paragraph below, he references statements that have also been disproven with Science, not doctrine. Warming has effects on the carbon cycle. It creates a vicious circle which aggravates the situation even more, affecting the availability of essential resources like drinking water, energy and agricultural production in warmer regions, and leading to the extinction of part of the planet’s biodiversity. The melting in the polar ice caps and in high altitude planes can lead to the dangerous release of methane gas, while the decomposition of frozen organic material can further increase the emission of carbon dioxide. Things are made worse by the loss of tropical forests which would otherwise help to mitigate climate change. Carbon dioxide pollution increases the acidification of the oceans and compromises the marine food chain. If present trends continue, this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us. A rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world’s population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our mega cities are situated in coastal areas.[/quote] Since most of the Pope’s assertions are linked to carbon emissions, let’s emphasize again that CO2 is not a pollutant, but a gas that serves a food source for plant life. CO2 abundance translates into more robust flora, both agricultural and wild rain forests, which he incidentally mentions as being threatened. As it has been pointed out by experts, CO2 can be considered a fertilizer which promotes more significant plant growth […] Read the rest below at the source link
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