More Global Cooling This Week

We are expected to get enough snow Sunday night and Monday morning to break the record for snowfall in a winter season here in Cincinnati.  So far, it has snowed 41.2 inches this year, and the previous record was 42.4 inches in the 77-78 season.  77-78 was a colder year, but this year has been quite cold.  The coldest low this year was about -12F, and there have been a lot of days where the low was below zero.  There were several snows in early December, and that is unusual in this area.  We usually don't get snow until mid-December.  It didn't snow any in the latter half of December, but it made up for that in January and February.  We had snowfall after snowfall, with weather that was really cold with no sun.  These little snows just built up.  Cincinnati has used about twice as much salt on the roads this year compared to an average year.

Recently, some UK scientists have said that we can eliminate all CO2 emissions, and it won't stop global warming.  You might think it odd that I agree with them totally.  That's because global warming isn't being caused by CO2 emissions by humans burning fossil fuels.  Of course, they are trying to say that it's too late to reverse the phenomenon.  Of course, they are wrong on several levels.

First, we could reduce levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.  Do we not remember why cars have catalytic converters?  Automobiles used to emit carbon monoxide instead of carbon dioxide.  Carbon monoxide is poisonous, and these emissions got all of the attention in the early 1970's.  I believe General Motors invented the catalytic converter, and it provides a catalyst that facilitates a chemical reaction that converts the hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrous oxide to carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor.  The beauty of the catalytic converter is that it produces harmless gases that occur naturally in the atmosphere.

The carbon dioxide is great because it facilitates growth of plant life.  We could eliminate the CO2 excesses by simply planting a bunch of trees.  Why don't we do it?  How much money does our government spend on talking about the problem and studying it?  We spend billions of dollars trying to prove whether there is global warming.  Too many scientists and environmentalists are receiving government grants that focus on proving that humans, and Americans in particular, are causing the global warming.  We could spend that money planting trees along the highways, in parks, or around government buildings.  That, at least, would do something toward reducing carbon dioxide levels.  That is unlikely to do anything since I don't believe CO2 is the cause of global warming, but the believers could plant the trees and do something meaningful.

This 2013-2014 winter season has been amongst the coldest on record in most of the United States.  The MessAPolitico still says that the global warming is man-made.  They say that the science is known today.  We are told that 100% of the scientists agree that greenhouse gas emissions are causing the global warming.  They also say that the cold weather is "climate change" that is also caused by greenhouse gas emissions.  CO2 continues to be the gas of greatest concern to the MessAPolitico.  So why not plant the trees and convert the CO2 to oxygen?