Table of Contents

Chapter Pages

Table of Contents 3-7

Foreword 8-12

Section 1 The Science of Climate "Change" 13-67

1.0 Chapter 1 Is the World's Climate Warming? 13-17

Table 1 Temperature Accuracy 13

1.1 Development of Weather Instrumentation 14-17

Table 2 Technological Developments in Weather 15-16

2.0 Chapter 2 Natural Disasters and Climate Change, Oh, My! A Walk Through the Global Warming Land of Oz 18-27

2.1 Floods 20-22

2.2 Hurricanes 22-23

2.3 Droughts 23

2.4 Tornadoes 24

2.5 Wildfires: Disasters Where Man Lends a Hand 24-27

2.5.1 Maintenance Deferred 25-26

2.5.2 Fire Suppression 26-27

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

28-49

3.1 The Earth's Heat Management 28-31

3.1.1 Energy From the Sun 28-29

3.1.2 Residual Heat and Radioisotopic Heating 29-30

3.1.3 Heat Losses 30

3.1.4 Earth's Insulation-- Clouds 30

3.1.5 Earth's Surficial Heat Storage System-- Water 31

3.2 Sunspots and Climate 31-35

Figure 1 Heat Exchange 32

Figure 2 Sunspots versus Irradiance 33

Figure 3 Sunspots from 1650 to 2006 34

3.3 Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Mechanics 35-36

3.4 Carbon Dioxide Measurements 36-37

3.5 Volcanism and its Relationship to Climate Change 37-38

Figure 4 Carbon Dioxide Sources 39

Figure 5 Oxygen Sources 40

3.6 Carbonate Disintegration and its Impact on the Atmosphere 41

3.7 Respiration-Produced Carbon Dioxide and theAtmosphere 41-42

3.8 Plant-Produced Carbon Dioxide and the Atmosphere 42

3.9 Human-Produced Carbon Dioxide 42-43

3.10 Photosynthesis and its Effect on the Atmosphere 43-44

3.11 Carbon Sequestration and the Atmosphere 44

3.12 Carbon Sequestered by Plantlife 44-45

3.13 Carbon Sequestered by Animal Life 45

3.14 Carbon Sequestered by Carbonates and Bicarbonates 46

3.15 Summary of Carbon Dioxide Sources 46

Figure 6 Carbon Sequestration 47

Table 3 Gas Exchange and Thermodynamics 48-49

4.0 Chapter 4 Other Questions 50-67

4.1 What Would Happen if Atmospheric CO2 Doubled? 50

4.2 What About Other Greenhouse Gases and Their

Effects on Climate Change? 50-51

4.3 What About Ice Cores That Suggest Increased Carbon

Dioxide in the Atmosphere? 51-52

4.4 The Little Ice Age 52-53

4.5 Much Warmer Climates of the Past 53

Figure 7 Glacier Mechanics 54

Figure 8 Coral Reef Mechanics 55

4.6 Don't Problems with Coral Reefs Indicate Oceanic Warming and Sea Level Rising? 56-57

4.7 Doesn't the "Dead Zone" Off Oregon's Coast Arise From Global Warming? 57-58

4.8 Hasn't Man Changed the Climate Before? Local And Regional Climate Changes 58-60

4.9 What Studies Need to be Done to Determine if Global Warming is Happening? What Data do We Need?     60-61

4.10 What Would Happen if the Earth Warmed? 61-64

4.11 What About Highgrading, Junk Science, and Poor Scientific Reporting? 64-66

4.12 What was Piltdown Man? 67

Section 2 Politics 68-93

5.0 Chapter 5 Environmentalism

Who Gains from Global Warming? 68-86

5.1 Environmentalism Versus Conservation

What is an environmentalist? What is a conservationist? 70-72

5.2 Environmental Organizations 72-73

5.3 Blame the United States 74-75

5.4 If It Sounds Good, Do It. 75-77

5.5 Species "Loss" 78

5.6 A Squirrel's Tail 79-80

5.7 Alternative Energy and the Environmental Lobby 80-81

5.8 The "Evils" of Logging 81-83

5.9 Who Profits from Environmentalism? 83-84

5.10 The Waste in Global Warming Politics 84-85

5.11 What Can You Do? 85-86

6.0 Chapter 6 Environmentalism and Socialism 87-93

6.1 Global Fears to Bring Global Government 88-89

6.2 What is Socialism? 89-90

6.3 Bias of the World Media 90-93

Section 3 Conservation 94-122

7.0 Chapter 7 Conservation and Man 94-103

7.1 Stewardship and the Judeo-Christian Tradition 94-96

7.2 Home Conservation 97-100

7.2.1 Energy-Saving Appliances 97

7.2.2 Fluorescent Lights: Saving Energy with Better Lighting 98-99

7.2.3 LED Lighting 99-100

7.2.4 Clothes Washers and Dryers: How to Pick Them 100

7.3 Insulation and Energy Savings 100-101

7.4 Recycling 101

7.5 Water Conservation: the Wise Use of Water 101-103

8.0 Chapter 8 Alternative Vehicle Fuels 104-109

8.1 Biogasoline and Biokerosene 104-106

8.2 Hydrogen 106

8.3 Propane 107

8.4 Natural Gas 107

8.5 Methanol 107

8.6 Ethanol 107-109

8.7 Biodiesel 109

9.0 Chapter 9 Alternative Electrical Generation 110-116

9.1 Geothermal Energy 110-111

9.2 Nuclear 112-113

9.3 Fusion 114

9.4 Solar 114-115

9.5 Wind 115

9.6 What Should the United States do? 116

10.0 Chapter 10 Conservation Decision-Making 117-122

10.1 Think Things Through 117-119

10.2 Ignore Fads 119

10.3 Understand the Mechanisms Involved 119-120

10.4 Just the Facts 120-121

11.0 Data Sources 122

12.0 Scripture References 122

13.0 Glossary 123

14.0 Glossary of Federal Agencies 124

15.0 Appendix 1 Socialism 125

16.0 Appendix 2 Types of Socialism 126-128

16.1 Communism 126

16.2 Fascism/National Socialism 126-127

16.3 Parliamentary Socialism 127

16.4 International Socialism 127-128

17.0 Appendix 3 Thermal Effects of a Carbon Dioxide

Increase on the Atmosphere 129-130

Table 4 Effects of CO2 Doubling on Heat Capacity of Dry

Atmosphere at Sealevel 130