Happy Thanksgiving from Canada (Thorpe Watson)

Source: personal e-mail

HAPPY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING! Thorpe Watson October 14, 2019 This weekend we will be giving thanks for all the bounty we enjoy in our lives. But we must not forget to give thanks for hydrocarbon fuels (aka “fossil fuels” – coal, oil, and natural gas), without which this bounty would not be possible. In fact, we should also give thanks for the gas of life, carbon dioxide (“CO2”), without which plant and animal life is not possible. A WORLD WITHOUT CO2 IS A WORLD WITHOUT PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE! However, the gas-of-life, CO2, has been falsely accused of creating a “climate emergency”. Politicians are using this scientific fraud to promote various agendas, including higher taxes, bigger governments, a rejection of capitalism, globalization, and the banning of fuels that generate CO2 (i.e. fossil fuels). Economies that reject the use of hydrocarbon fuels are termed “carbon-free economies”.

A carbon-free economy, as proposed by the Greens, NDP, and Liberals, would subject us to the poverty and misery of a third world country. An impoverished economy will not be able to adapt to the current cooling trend nor will it be able to develop alternative sources of energy.

I am in favour of seeking alternative sources of energy but we must avoid the premature abandonment of fossil fuels. Wind farms are currently a favoured source of energy but have proven to be unreliable, uneconomical, and a threat to bird and bat populations. I refer to wind turbines as “bird blenders”.

Politicians (and the fake-news media) are lying when they claim we have an ability to fight climate change and when they tell us that CO2 is a pollutant. Please read my latest musings (copied below), which present the unintended consequences of the war on CO2.

Also, my son and I have recently published a book on Amazon, Kindle format, which provides a more detailed analysis of what will become known as mankind’s greatest hoax, “MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE”. The title of our book is: “Misadventures with Carbon”. http://watsongallery.ca/ClimateReality/MisadventuresBook/OrderBook.htm Best wishes and HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Thorpe Watson

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UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR ON CO2 The war on carbon dioxide (“CO2”) continues with “millions” of children being recruited to allegedly “fight climate change”. Greta Thunberg appears to have been designated the leader of this children’s movement to prevent a “climate emergency” by emotionally appealing for the reduction of CO2 emissions.

Are these children aware that CO2 is as important as water, oxygen, and sunlight in sustaining life on the planet as a vital component of the carbon cycle? Probably not!

And it is extremely unlikely they know where this colorless, odorless gas is stored and how it greens the planet. CO2 is stored in the oceans (40,000 gigatonnes of contained carbon, “GtC”) with a small amount (2%) allowed to green the planet by leaking into and circulating through the atmosphere as a trace gas at 400 parts per million (“ppm”).

The ocean store of bio-available CO2 has never been as low as it is today, almost solely as a result of the ongoing, natural sequestration of CO2 to form carbonate sediments.

Since the dinosaur era, the CO2 store has lost 160,000 GtC, thereby reducing the atmosphere’s CO2 content from 2,000 ppm to 400 ppm.

The planet will become a desert when the CO2 content of the atmosphere falls below 150 ppm. For optimum growth, greenhouse operators must raise the CO2 content to a level above 1,000 ppm.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere will remain CO2 starved even after the consumption of all known reserves of hydrocarbon fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. This consumption will add 10,000 GtC to the current store of 40,000 GtC; that is, it will increase the atmosphere’s CO2 content from 400 to 500 ppm.

Obviously, it is not only impossible to generate too much CO2, it is also impossible to generate sufficient CO2 to create a fertile atmosphere with a CO2 content greater than 1,000 ppm. Although the atmosphere will remain CO2 starved, such a partial replenishment of the store will materially extend the planet’s Green Period.

Contrary to the nonsensical, global-warming orthodoxy, our CO2 emissions do not give us the power to stabilize the planet’s ever-changing climate. However, a politicallymandated, carbon-free economy will certainly condemn us to the poverty and misery of a third-world country. Is this a politically intended consequence of the war on CO2?

In conclusion, we must treasure CO2 and allow our CO2 emissions to replenish the severely-depleted store of bio-available CO2. Any initiative to remove CO2 from the atmosphere should be viewed as an attempt to develop the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. A world without CO2 is a world without plant and animal life.

Furthermore, we must cherish our children and shield them from the fraudulent prophets of doom. I sincerely believe that climate fearmongering is a form of

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psychological child abuse contributing to childhood anxiety disorders, depression, and even increasing suicide rates.

Thorpe Watson, PhD Warfield, British Columbia, Canada

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