Daily Archives: November 18, 2014

In the 15th century, people were afraid of falling off the edge of the Earth In the 21st century, Democrats are afraid that a metal pipe will destroy the Earth. That is why they call them “progressives.”

The graph below shows the increase in downwelling longwave radiation as CO2 increases. The red section shows the increase from 350 PPM to 400 PPM CO2. As you can see, increased CO2 does almost nothing to the radiative balance of … Continue reading →

The US is cold right now, largely due to very dry air. Note that dew points are below 0C across almost the entire country. This has two effects – it reduces the greenhouse effect, and reduces the amount of heat … Continue reading →

The graph below shows how the greenhouse effect varies with humidity during the mid-latitude summer. As you can see, there is a huge increase in downwelling longwave radiation going from no water vapor to 1% water vapor (10,000 PPM.) A little bit … Continue reading →

I am trying to explain the most basic concepts of science related to the climate debate here, and am getting an incredible amount of push back from some skeptics. This doesn’t bode well for winning the debate. Ignorance and arrogance … Continue reading →

One of the reasons why the US is record cold tonight, is because of a shortage of greenhouse gases to hold the temperature up – as seen in this Weatherbell map.

This is where I will be in the tropics next week. The sun is below the horizon for 12 hours a day. This is the North Pole in summer. The sun stays at the same elevation all day. Is the … Continue reading →

The experts at CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, and all the other communist news agencies told us that the voters were very angry at the GOP for the government shutdown last fall.

At midsummer, the poles receive the most solar insolation of any place on Earth. This is because the sun is higher in the sky for most of the 24 hour day at the pole, than it is in the tropics. … Continue reading →