Editor's note: The following ten questions were compiled by Chris Martz and posted on his Twitter (X) feed. As we have regularly noted at Climate Realism, the media is so incompetent even at basic research that it would never be able to answer these fundamental climate questions. If they were able to do this, we would see balanced and accurate articles about climate issues, instead of the usual doom-and-gloom scare stories about a non-existent “climate crisis” that we see almost every day.
Guest Twitter repost from Chris Martz
Here are 10 fundamental questions that climate alarmists never answer.
➊ They claim that the earth is overheating. That it is “too hot”. So what is the correct global mean surface temperature (GMST) for life on Earth and why?
Please enter a numeric answer. Use units and round to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius. Then explain why this value is ideal and support your answer with evidence.
➋ What is the correct atmospheric CO₂ level for life on Earth?
What is best to optimize our agricultural productivity?
What CO₂ level makes the weather less scary?
In response, give an exact value as a mole fraction or percent by volume and then explain why this value is ideal.
➌ What exactly makes CO₂ “pollution”?
The EPA considers CO₂ as a pollutant according to the law on clean air as a pollutant, and its scientific justification is simply that it is “… 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑” .
https://epa.gov/climate-change/endangerment-and-cause-or-contribute-findings-greenhouse-gases-under-section-202a
That's pretty ambiguous.
Because by this standard, water vapor should also be classified as a “pollutant” because it is also a “greenhouse gas” (GHG) – it is also the most common and strongest greenhouse gas; It absorbs a wider range of IR wavelengths than CO₂.
So what actually constitutes CO₂ pollution?
➍ Why are temperature deviations from climatic conditions between 1850 and 1900 considered to be the determining factor in human well-being, given that the general condition of humanity has never been better than it is today? To what extent was the climate at the end of the Little Ice Age – the coldest period in the last 10,000 years – preferable to today? Why was the weather more favorable? By what measure? Be specific. Tell me that the climate was supposedly less dangerous in the 17th and 19th centuries.
➎ The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law in 2022, was popularized as the “biggest climate bill in history,” but since the bill was signed, climate alarmists insist that climate change has only gotten worse.
Why don't we see the bill having an effect?
https://axios.com/2024/07/21/biden-legacy-election-2024
➏ If we spend $75 trillion on decarbonizing the economy by 2050, how much will GMST reduce by the end of the century? Please give your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius and show your calculations.
What does the perfect climate look like? How do we know when we'll get there? By what measure?
➐ According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the estimated cost of net-zero emissions by 2050 in the US is $75 trillion ($3 trillion per year).
https://politico.com/news/2024/07/27/yellen-amazon-climate-change-00171522
That's a proud price.
And with roughly 260 million adult taxpayers, it would cost each of us $288,461.54 to reach “net zero emissions” by the target date. That's equivalent to people's salaries for three to six years.
Are you willing to spend that money or do you just expect everyone else to foot the bill for you?
Second, if you don't know the answer to question six, should we just spend this $75 trillion and see what happens?
➑ If “fighting climate change” is a concerted global effort, why are China and India given a free pass to continue emitting carbon dioxide indefinitely?
➒ Why are you so vehemently against the expansion of nuclear power? It is the safest and most sustainable “carbon-free” energy technology and, without regulatory compliance, is inexpensive compared to solar PV and wind power, which are inefficient, intermittent and costly additions to existing power generation sources.
➓ If humans are parasites on the earth because they destroy it, why do you fear that climate change could wipe us all out? Wouldn't that be better for the earth? Why not be the change you want to see and achieve “net zero” yourself?
I guarantee that no one will give me a coherent point-by-point answer.
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