Table of Contents 

Chapter Pages

Table of Contents 3-5

Foreword 6-9

Section 1 The Science of Climate "Change"10-50

1.0 Chapter 1 Is the World's Climate Warming? 10-12

Table 1 Temperature Accuracy 10

1.1 Development of Weather Instrumentation 11-12

Table 2 Technological Developments in Weather 11-12

2.0 Chapter 2 Natural Disasters and Climate Change, Oh, My!

A Walk Through the Global Warming Land of Oz 13-18

2.1 Floods 14-15

2.2 Hurricanes 15-16

2.3 Droughts 16

2.4 Tornadoes 16

2.5 Wildfires: Disasters Where Man Lends a Hand 16-18

2.5.1 Maintenance Deferred 17-18

2.5.2 Fire Suppression 18

3.0 Chapter 3 Is Man Capable of Changing the Global Climate? 19-35

3.1 The Earth's Heat Management 19-21

3.1.1 Energy From the Sun 19-20

3.1.2 Residual Heat and Radioisotopic Heating 20

3.1.3 Heat Losses 20

3.1.4 Earth's Insulation-- Clouds 20

3.1.5 Earth's Surficial Heat Storage System-- Water 20-21

3.2 Sunspots and Climate 21

3.3 Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mechanics 21,25

Figure 1 Heat Exchange 22

Figure 2 Sunspots versus Irradiance 23

Figure 3 Sunspots from 1650 to 2006 24

3.4 Carbon Dioxide Measurements 25

3.5 Volcanism and its Relationship to Climate Change 25-26

3.6 Carbonate Disintegration and its Impact on the Atmosphere 26,29

Figure 4 Carbon Dioxide Sources 27

Figure 5 Oxygen Sources 28

3.7 Respiration-Produced Carbon Dioxide and the Atmosphere 29

3.8 Plant-Produced Carbon Dioxide and the Atmosphere 29

3.9 Human-Produced Carbon Dioxide 29-30

3.10 Photosynthesis and its Effect on the Atmosphere 30

3.11 Carbon Sequestration and the Atmosphere 30-31

3.12 Carbon Sequestered by Plantlife 31

3.13 Carbon Sequestered by Animal Life 31

3.14 Carbon Sequestered by Carbonates and Bicarbonates 31-32

3.15 Summary of Carbon Dioxide Sources 32

Figure 6 Carbon Sequestration 33

Table 3 Gas Exchange and Thermodynamics 34-35

4.0 Chapter 4 Other Questions 36-47

4.1 What Would Happen if Atmospheric CO2 Doubled? 36

4.2 What About Other Greenhouse Gases and Their Effects on Climate Change? 36

4.3 What About Ice Cores That Suggest Increased Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere? 36-37

4.4 The Little Ice Age 37-38

4.5 Much Warmer Climates of the Past 38

Figure 7 Glacier Mechanics 39

Figure 8 Coral Reef Mechanics 40

4.6 Don't Problems with Coral Reefs Indicate Oceanic Warming and Sea Level Rising? 38

4.7 Doesn't the "Dead Zone" Off Oregon's Coast Arise From Global Warming? 41

4.8 Hasn't Man Changed the Climate Before? Local And Regional Climate Changes 41-43

4.9 What Studies Need to be Done to Determine if Global Warming is Happening? What Data do We Need?       43

4.10 What Would Happen if the Earth Warmed? 43-45

4.11 What About Highgrading, Junk Science, and Poor Scientific Reporting? 45-46

4.12 What was Piltdown Man? 46-47

Section 2 Politics 48-62

5.0 Chapter 5 Environmentalism

Who Gains from Global Warming? 48-58

5.1 Environmentalism Versus Conservation What is an environmentalist? What is a conservationist?

49-50

5.2 Environmental Organizations 50-51

5.3 Blame the United States 51-52

5.4 If It Sounds Good, Do It. 52-53

5.5 Species "Loss" 53-54

5.6 A Squirrel's Tail 54-55

5.7 Alternative Energy and the Environmental Lobby 55

5.8 The "Evils" of Logging 56-57

5.9 Who Profits from Environmentalism? 57

5.10 The Waste in Global Warming Politics 57-58

5.11 What Can You Do? 58

6.0 Chapter 6 Environmentalism and Socialism 59-62

6.1 Global Fears to Bring Global Government 60

6.2 What is Socialism? 60

6.3 Bias of the World Media 61-62

Section 3 Conservation 63-79

7.0 Chapter 7 Conservation and Man 63-68

7.1 Stewardship and the Judeo-Christian Tradition 63-64

7.2 Home Conservation 64-65

7.2.1 Energy-Saving Appliances 65

7.2.2 Fluorescent Lights: Saving Energy with Better Lighting 65-66

7.2.3 LED Lighting 66

7.2.4 Clothes Washers and Dryers: How to Pick Them 66-67

7.3 Insulation and Energy Savings 67

7.4 Recycling 67

7.5 Water Conservation: the Wise Use of Water 67-68

8.0 Chapter 8 Alternative Vehicle Fuels 69-72

8.1 Biogasoline and Biokerosene 69-70

8.2 Hydrogen 70

8.3 Propane 70

8.4 Natural Gas 70-71

8.5 Methanol 71

8.6 Ethanol 71-72

8.7 Biodiesel 72

9.0 Chapter 9 Alternative Electrical Generation 73-76

9.1 Geothermal Energy 73-74

9.2 Nuclear 74-75

9.3 Fusion 75

9.4 Solar 75-76

9.5 Wind 76

9.6 What Should the United States do? 76

10.0 Chapter 10 Conservation Decision-Making 77-79

10.1 Think Things Through 77-78

10.2 Ignore Fads 78

10.3 Understand the Mechanisms Involved 78-79

10.4 Just the Facts 79

11.0 Data Sources 80

12.0 Scripture References 80

13.0 Glossary 80

14.0 Glossary of Federal Agencies 81

15.0 Appendix 1 Socialism 81

16.0 Appendix 2 Types of Socialism 82-83

16.1 Communism 82

16.2 Fascism/National Socialism 82

16.3 Parliamentary Socialism 82-83

16.4 International Socialism 83

17.0 Appendix 3 Thermal Effects of a Carbon Dioxide Increase on the Atmosphere 84-85

Table 4 Effects of CO2 Doubling on Heat Capacity of Dry Atmosphere at Sealevel 85