Exposing the REAL Climate Change Myth. The Climate is Warming, and Humans are Responsible The Costs are Astronomical, the Cure Affordable Individuals.

Exposing the REAL Climate Change Myth

• The Climate is Warming, and Humans are Responsible

• The Costs are Astronomical, the Cure Affordable

• Individuals can help, Governments and Communities are Essential

• Structural Impediments are Enormous

Solar radiationin the form of lightwavespasses through theatmosphere

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

Some energy is radiated backinto space by the earth inthe form of infrared waves

Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

Some energy is radiated backinto space by the earth inthe form of infrared waves

Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

Some energy is radiated backinto space by the earth inthe form of infrared waves

Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms ite

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

Some energy is radiated backinto space by the earth inthe form of infrared waves

Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

Some energy is radiated backinto space by the earth inthe form of infrared waves

Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it

Most of this radiation is absorbed by theEarth and warms it

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IPCC Report 2013-14Overwhelming scientific consensus that the impacts of climate change are accelerating, and they’re largely driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.

World is on track to exceed this budget (2o C) in only about 30 years

It is key to reduce energy demand, deploy low-carbon technologies -

Sea Level Rise Study Shows Each Degree Of Warming Could Bring 2.3 Meter Shift

Anders Levermann ,Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Merchants of Doubt

• The same “scientists” that deny Climate Change are the same “scientists” who denied

• Cigarettes and Cancer link• Acid Rain• Ozone Depletion

• Fred Singer, Seitz, Patrick Michaels,

The Billion-dollar-a-year propaganda campaign

Donors TrustAmerican Enterprise Institute,

Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution,

Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity,

Heartland Institute

Their Tactics, Objectives

Use partial studies, Cherry pick data, use popular press outlets, NOT Scientific Journals to create a hint of doubt….doubt is their product, stymieing action

Write Sections of joint articles that counter the consensus of the other authors-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The history of these people is one of unfettered “free” Market Capitalism and ALL regulation is bad…even though the Neighborhood Costs (Friedman) are

never assessed or put on the balance sheets

Attack, Attack, Attack!

Lies, and Damned Lies

Global Warming stopped in 1998It has actually accelerated, deep water in Pacific and Atlantic have warmed

In the 70’s they were talking about Global CoolingNo, they weren’t!…5 of 65 paper mentioned it...so did TIME

The Medieval Warming Period proves It’s CyclicalThe MWP was caused by increased Solar Activity

The Little Ice Age, tooCaused by Volcanic Activity

There is NO consensusOver 97% of Climate Scientists advance Anthropogenic Climate Change

Skeptical Science

Why Climate Change Deniers have no credibility

The Need to Change

IPCC-2014There is a 15-year window for affordable action to safely reach the UN’s

target of limiting warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial times.

NASA-funded study: industrial civilization headed for 'irreversible collapse'?

Global industrial civilizations could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth

distribution.

Options, Anyone??

Residential Photovoltaic

Prices down 80% in last 8 years, 15-30% ROI

Center for Energy Efficient Design

2014 Virginia Legislative session ends with modest progress on solar, not much else to

brag about

• The legislature voted to establish a grant program to help fund renewable energy projects. Originally conceived as an ambitious, $100 million tax credit…cut to $10 million, must be re-passed…

http://powerforthepeopleva.com/

Ivy Main

: Oklahoma’s ‘sun tax’ law means it’s a threat to Koch Brothers’ allies

Edison Institute and the Koch Brothers-funded activist group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) have run television ad campaigns threatening utilities customers with drastic rate increases.

What works, What Doesn’tFracking?

Earthquake Connection Proven

Wastewater Contamination Proven

Fracking Process itself? Dozens of Non- disclosure agreements signed with landowners

A review of more than 200 earlier studies confirms that U.S. emissions of methane are considerably higher than official estimates. 

NG plants would have no climate benefit for 50 years! That is, replacing coal plants with gas plants would be worse for the climate for nearly 5 decades.

Converting a fleet of either cars or trucks to NG would be worse for the climate for 140 years.

Like 1000 X higher

Keystone Pipeline

• the number of permanent jobs created by the pipeline is comically small — as low as 50,

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Keystone XL will carry corrosive, unstable, hard-to-clean-up tar-sands sludge across an entire continent using failure-prone systems in hard-to-reach locations.

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James Hansen:

“Exploitation of the Tar Sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate

and avoid disastrous global climate impacts”

Where we MUST Be!

NREL Report -201380% Renewable - 24/7 by 2050

$700 Billion

1/3 the cost of the

Iraq/Afghanistan Wars

½ the cost of the F 35

Fighter plane

Climate Panel Stunner: Avoiding Climate Catastrophe Is Super Cheap — But Only If We

Act Now

 annual loss of Global GDP to preserve a livable climate is 0.06%

scientists calculated that benefit as having a net present value of $615 to $830 trillion. 

Obstacles to Progress

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

MCCUTCHEON ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Voter Suppression

Have the Deniers won?

Scientists continue to warn us about global warming, but most of us have a vested interest in not wanting to

think about it

Law of the 7th Generation

Every decision that we make relate to the welfare and well-being of the seventh

generation to come. . . ."

"What about the seventh generation? Where are you taking them? What will they

have?" 

For our grandchildren’s grandchildren’ grandchildren