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    The Greatest Scam in History

    Posted by Reasonmclucus January 2, 2013 at 2:36 a.m.


    The residents of California are about to become victims of what Weather Channel founder John Coleman has accurately called "the greatest scam in history". They will be paying higher energy bills to help carbon traders get richer.

    In the 1990's the corrupt Enron company began paying scientists and purported environmental groups to support the outright lie that slight increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide could increase atmospheric temperatures. Enron also supported politicians who were willing to go along with this scheme. Enron's goal was to get governments to establish a system for trading what the company called "carbon credits".

    Companies producing carbon dioxide have to pay for "carbon credits" to do so . These carbon credits can then be traded by speculators just like stocks and bonds. More on Enron and carbon trading later.

    I've posted numerous articles on the global warming fraud over the last several years. I'm going to repost some of them to make it easier for readers to find them. Because of their age, some of the articles they link to may no longer be available on the web. I'm going to post them as is for now, but may rewrite some of them with new links later.

    One fact many people don't understand about science is that science has long had an attraction for con artists. A few centuries ago "scientists" called "alchemists" would get wealthy nobles to finance their research by claiming to be working on a way to turn metals like lead into gold .

    As a college undergraduate, I initially started studying math and physics before making the mistake of thinking I could help politicians find solutions to social problems by studying the social sciences. I didn't realize politicians weren't particularly interested in actually solving social problems. My physics course work included the study of light. Physics is the science that deals with energy such as heat and electromagnetic radiation or light.

    The physics of climate is relatively simple. It isn't necessary to understand quantum physics to understand climate unless you want to study the peculiar characteristics of water molecules such as why ice(solid water) floats on liquid water. It's the complex interaction of various factors, including cycles like el Nino / la Nina, that makes climate complicated. The study of climate inspired development of the math/science field of chaos theory which applies to a variety of subjects including human behavior. Those of you who invest in the stock market might want to investigate applications of chaos theory.

    My interest in human behavior includes human interaction with the physical environment. There are actions humans take that can impact climate, but production of carbon dioxide isn't one of those actions. For example, humans can cause desertification by eliminating trees. The draining of wetlands in Florida has increased the potential for freezing weather in the state. The increased danger of freezing weather potentially threatens the orange crop that plays a major role in Florida's economy.

    The claim by global warming alarmists that slight changes in the amount of the very minor, but essential, atmospheric gas, carbon dioxide can significantly change temperature is absurd. CO2 comprises less than 0.04% of the atmosphere. The only change in CO2 that could impact temperature would be if CO2 levels dropped below the amount necessary to support plant life. Plants store solar energy in the form of the electron bonds holding complex carbon molecules together. This process reduces the amount of solar radiation converted to heat.

    Those who claim CO2 causes warming by trapping infrared radiation (IR) ignore the fact that physicist R. W. Woods disproved the theory that "trapping" radiation causes heating in greenhouses or the atmosphere over a century ago.

    My knowledge of human behavior helps me understand how otherwise intelligent individuals can support the nonsense that a minor gas like CO2 can control climate. Many people support the claim that CO2 causes warming because they are profiting from trading carbon credits or are being paid by carbon traders.

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    so far I think the greatest scam in history was electing a POTUS that was not eligible and believes in agendas that are harmful to the American people yet the media sing his praises and half the public think he can do no wrong.

    THAT is a great scam.
    "You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for,
    another person must work for without receiving."Adrian Rogers, 1931

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    Quote Originally Posted by dstraito View Post
    so far I think the greatest scam in history was electing a POTUS that was not eligible and believes in agendas that are harmful to the American people yet the media sing his praises and half the public think he can do no wrong.

    THAT is a great scam.
    Yeah, but it's NOTHING on the scale of the AGW crap.

    The only thing stranger would be if they started to tax us based on the CO2 we breathe ou....

    Oh, waitaminnit.

    Summerthyme (NOTHING beats the AGW scam just on scale)

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    The greatest scam in history was the idea that somehow some one man named king suddenly owned all the land and the people. The second greatest is "fiat" unbacked currencies being printed by a privately owned bank. The third might be this man-caused climate change that can be fixed by paying carbon credit money. The Californians are getting what they deserve.

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    I was watching Day After Tomorrow and they kept referring to the past ice ages. Of course, the dogma was that we were causing the current problems. I guess no one in Hollywood was smart enough to figure out the irony ...

    Still, I do love a good doomer movie.

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    This is the USA of the 21st Century:
    EVERYTHING IS A SCAM!


    AUnut
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    [quote=AUnut;2044160]This is the USA of the 21st Century:
    EVERYTHING IS A SCAM!


    Yes sir that say's it all.

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