The Climate-Industrial Complex (CIC) is fighting hard to keep the US in the Paris Accord (to the extent it ever was in it given that the Senate has never consented to it), which I call the Paris non-treaty Treaty. And President Trump promises a decision after the G-7 meeting this weekend.
The CIC is being assisted by a number of climate alarmist fellow-travelers. They claim that it will not do any harm to keep the US in the endless UN talkfests promoting the CIC agenda. But this is nonsense. The Treaty will accomplish nothing useful, will harm the environment, and pose some legal risks that are likely to be used by the CIC to support their anti-environmental war on plants.
The Fundamental Reason to Get Out: The “Treaty” Makes Everyone Worse Off Except the CIC
The purpose of the “Treaty” is to motivate developed countries to commit to endlessly larger reductions in their CO2 emissions. But there is no rational reason for making such reductions and many rational reasons for increasing emissions. Increasing CO2 emissions is what we should be doing because using fossil fuels helps humans to accomplish their work much less expensively and more efficiently and because higher atmospheric levels of CO2 help the environment, especially plants. And enhanced photosynthesis helps plants provide the oxygen needed by animals and humans.
The “renewable” alternatives to using fossil fuels advocated by the CIC are much more expensive, much less reliable, and impractical. Using these alternatives results in a lower standard of living and diversion of resources from other urgent human needs such as health and education.
The “Treaty” puts the US and other developed nations at an economic disadvantage to less developed nations such as China and India since the less developed countries are exempt from CO2 reductions for decades to come. After many years of trying to become energy independent, the US now has the opportunity of realizing the dream of energy dominance by being the world’s energy superpower in natural gas, oil, and coal. The CIC wants the US to give up this strong economic and security advantage in support of its absurd war on green plants.
Increased Atmospheric CO2 Has No Significant Effect on Global Temperatures
Increased atmospheric CO2 has been shown to have no significant effects on global temperatures. And even if this were not the case, Earth needs as much warmth as it can get as long as the increases are non-catastrophic (which minor human-caused emissions are certainly not).
So why on Earth would the US want to support or even be a party to a “Treaty” that tries to do the wrong thing for the environment and human welfare and puts the US at a severe economic disadvantage? The US should be opposing the “Treaty” and what it stands for in every possible way. The first thing to do is to exit the “Treaty.” This is what President Trump proposed during the campaign, and what he should do now without further delay. If the “Treaty” “dies” as a result, the US and the world will be much better off.
Now he has checked out the EU, the President has set things up nicely for a grand exit from the Paris Agreement. Angela has figured things out. No more consensus. And Germany needs to spend more on defense or the US will exit NATO, no more Uncle Sugar.
Remember that there has never been one single scientifically acceptable link between levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide causing increased atmospheric or terrestrial temperatures or changes in climate; quite the opposite is true: changes in climate drive atmospheric carbon dioxide content. There is no physical path for carbon dioxide to cause warming of the atmosphere nor is such a path thermodynamically possible and the concept of an atmospheric”greenhouse effect” is not scientifically proven to exist either. For a more in-depth analysis of the science involved, please go to http://principia-scientific.org/two-new-studies-destroy-climate-crisis-greenhouse-gas-carbon-claims/
Doc, I agree the US does not need to aim to reduce CO2 emissions.
But i am unsure the nation should be aiming to increase CO2 as you argue. That seems like an orwellian big government idea. It’s provocative and fun I grant you.
Maybe the USA should not have a CO2 goal at all?
We don’t need the federal government either preventing non existent climate change or helping plants, either.
Let markets determine combustion emissions. Increasing combustion per se should not be a goal. Markets may find non combustion alternatives.
Living 39 years within the cookoo world of the Usepa is going to have impacts. It would be easy to become a contrarian. They don’t like co2 emissions and since they are often wrong, how about championing the actual benefits of CO2 emissions? It is an essential trace gas without which no photosynthesis, no plants, and no herbivores.
That makes some sense and is intellectually cathartic as well as amusing. It’s nice to have a sense of humor and to maintain a positive outlook.
I like my solution. CO2 is Essential for life on this planet. It’s good to be thankful for it and otherwise out co2 out of mind. We don’t need to reduce it, we don’t need to increase it.
We furthermore don’t need to pump it underground. That is especially lunatic.
CO2 only provides biological value exposed to sunlight. Putting it underground is insane. Right up there with giving al Gore the $15trillion bucks he thinks he needs.
Does everybody see why this is a democratic policy trump might want to keep around in public debate for elections to come?
Peace thru strength versus economic empoverishment thru Eco insanity.
Agree 100% Now is the time for all those agree to write President Trump. Some how the group including the Pope don’t mind our grand children wasting another $2.5 billion on this scam.
Louis W Powers Author 2012 “The World Energy Dilemma”