Global Warming Examined
May 21, 2015
G.D.O'Bradovich III
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We have read for several decades that the earth is warming because of the use of fossil fuels and the release of carbon dioxide. The following image is typical of the explanation demonstrating man's activities as the cause of global warming.
The components of our atmosphere are easily accessible:
Nitrogen N2
Oxygen O2 Argon Ar |
78.084%
20.946% .934% |
The remainder of the atmosphere consist of other gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane and water vapor. The following table shows the rounded atomic weights of certain elements.
Nitrogen
Oxygen Helium Carbon |
14
16 4 6 |
The following table shows the approximate atomic weights of various compounds ordered from lowest to highest.
Helium
Nitrogen Methane Oxygen Carbon Dioxide |
H
N2 CH4 O2 CO2 |
4
28 28 32 48 |
From the above table we understand why helium balloons rise. The helium (4) in the balloons are lighter than nitrogen (28) and oxygen (32). Since nitrogen and methane have similar weights, we expect them to mix together. This mixing allows methane to reach the upper atmosphere as easily as nitrogen. Carbon dioxide is the heaviest (48) of the compounds in the atmosphere and we expect CO2 to be present in lower elevations and not in higher elevations trapping solar radiation. Since tree lines vary worldwide, this may be a confirmation that tree lines are the result of not enough carbon dioxide to sustain the trees of that specific environment.
Because carbon dioxide is heavier than the majority of the atmosphere, (99.9% of the atmosphere is either nitrogen or oxygen), we suspect that the vast majority of carbon dioxide ends up in the oceans (covering 75 % of the world's surface). Once in the ocean, the carbon dioxide is utilized by plant life and is turned into oxygen gas and carbon.
We conclude that carbon dioxide is not a factor in global warming.
Because carbon dioxide is heavier than the majority of the atmosphere, (99.9% of the atmosphere is either nitrogen or oxygen), we suspect that the vast majority of carbon dioxide ends up in the oceans (covering 75 % of the world's surface). Once in the ocean, the carbon dioxide is utilized by plant life and is turned into oxygen gas and carbon.
We conclude that carbon dioxide is not a factor in global warming.