Sorry Pope Francis, the State of the Planet Is Getting Better
But if it’s covered in trash, it’s a strange kind of trash that has caused global crop yields to increase by 160 percent since 1961 and deaths from droughts to be reduced by 99.8 percent since the 1920s.
It’s an odd kind of “mistreatment” of the planet over the life of the Industrial Revolution that’s resulted in the global life expectancy rising from 26 years in 1750 to 69 years in 2009. This is in spite of the fact that Earth’s population increased from 760 million to 6.8 billion and incomes (in real dollars) rose from $640 to $7,300 during the same period. The Pope made no mention of the fact that CO2 emissions rose by 2,800 times over this same span.
If the globe were truly turning into a great heap of exploited waste, you would expect natural resources to become more expensive as the cost of extracting rises and scarcity becomes the norm. But natural commodities are cheaper today than ever. The real price of almost all natural resources – from iron to salt to coal – is cheaper today in than 50 or 500 years ago. In Britain, artificial light is 20,000 times cheaper per man hour worked than it was in 1300.
On a global scale, with only a few exceptions like China, air and water is cleaner than ever. Since the late 1970s, pollutants in the air have plunged. In advanced countries, lead pollution declined by almost 100 percent, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide by more than 50 percent; ozone and nitrogen dioxide declined as well. A car today emits less pollution cruising at full speed than a parked car did in 1970. In the America of 1900, about 25% of all deaths were from contaminated drinking water. Today, hardly anyone here dies from this scourge. The Pope seems oblivious to the fact that the richer the nation is, the cleaner its environment.
Despite the masses wading around in the Pope’s seas of “filth,” and despite a world population of 7.3 billion, the poorer countries’ incomes have surged since 1975; since 1981, the number of Earth’s people in extreme poverty fell by an amazing 1 billion, even as the population increased by more than 1.5 billion.
But if there is one environmental issue that most exercises the Supreme Pontiff, it is global warming. “A very solid …
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Dr. Salby: CO2, whether man-made or not, does not ‘drive’ the climate system
CO2, whether man-made or not, does not ‘drive’ the climate system.
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2015/06/co2-whether-man-made-or-not-does-not.html
Author of the seminal book on climate: “Physics of the Atmosphere & Climate,” Professor Murry Salby is without doubt one of the best Climate Scientists on the planet.In a lecture in London on the 17th March, 2015, he reveals new work which shows that;The climate sensitivity is below 0.2c – confirmed by 3 independent methods.Most of the observed increase in atmospheric CO2 is not anthropogenic.CO2 movements and concentrations are largely determined by nature, not man; consequently, any cuts we make to our CO2 emissions will not have the desired effect, and are a costly waste of time.CO2, whether man-made or not, does not ‘drive’ the climate system.Professor Murry Salby has been vilified by enviro-alarmists and the left for his scientific results. Salby was disenfranchised and exiled from academia in Australia for daring to speak such “sacrilege.” (see Graphic)In a case similar to many others we have seen in Australia, and across the west, he was the subject of University hate and was finally sacked while he was on a lecture tour in Europe; his employer, Macquarie University of NSW, sacking him from his position as Professor of Climate Science. The University board cancelled his return ticket home, stranding him in Paris. All Salby’s work was confiscated and has still not been returned to him.(See this blog – Murry Salby and Mac Uni and Mac Uni’s reply)The pursuit of genuine Science in the field of climate – and free speech are Dead in most Western Universities:Other cases where top scientists were vilified and sacked or demoted by a University for the results of their science or for their views on the climate include:Bob Carter, Murry Salby Lennart Bengtsson, David Legates, George Taylor, Caleb Rossiter, Bjorn Lomborg, Henk Tennekes, Askel Winn-Nielsen, Alfonso Sutera, Anonio Speranza and scores of others.
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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Highest In A Decade
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Highest In A Decade
https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/arctic-sea-ice-extent-highest-in-a-decade-2/
As climate experts ramp up their lies about Arctic sea ice, extent is the highest for the date since 2005, and melt is the slowest since at least 2004. Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut If this weather forecast … Continue reading →
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Sorry Pope Francis, the State of the Planet Is Getting Better
Settled Climate Science? Research Finding Ocean Currents More Powerful Than CO2
Settled Climate Science…Really? Research Finding Ocean Currents More Powerful Than CO2
Article: Current knowledge about ocean circulations (AMOC and others) and their variability are so unsettled that the most sophisticated and powerful climate models are completely unable to accurately forecast these gargantuan climate forces. Ocean circulation is responsible for the immense…
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Nature Rebounds – the world is getting better, not worse
Nature Rebounds – the world is getting better, not worse
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/06/26/nature-rebounds-the-world-is-getting-better-not-worse
By JOHN MAULDIN The common meme in today’s world is that we are slowly (or perhaps even rapidly in some instances) destroying our global environment. Not just by way of global warming, but pollution, over-farming, water usage, and increasing use of all sorts of resources taken from the ground. Post-apocalyptic movies and books are the […]
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‘The answer is blowin’ in the wind’:’ Feeding oregano to cattle cuts their emission of wind – from both ends – by nearly half’
the answer is blowin’ in the wind
http://climatechangepredictions.org/uncategorized/3250
Scientists have found that feeding oregano to cattle cuts their emission of wind – from both ends – by nearly half. And that’s no small matter, for the methane they let loose – mainly by belching – is 23 times more effective in heating up the planet than carbon dioxide.The Telegraph (UK), 17 Sep 2010 see also – action plan
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