Exposing the REAL Climate Change Myth

1. Exposing the REAL Climate Change Myth

2. 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

3. Solar radiation in the form of lightwaves passes through the atmosphere

4. Most of this radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warms it

5. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the 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 the Earth and warms it

6. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the 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 the Earth and warms it

8. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the form of infrared waves Some of this outgoing infrared radiation is trapped by the earth’s atmosphere and warms it e Most of this radiation is absorbed by the Earth and warms it

9. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the 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 the Earth and warms it

10. Some energy is radiated back into space by the earth in the 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 the Earth and warms it

12. 600 Projected Concentration After 50 More Years of Unrestricted Fossil Fuel Burning 500 400 Today’s CO2 Concentration 300 280 260 240 CO2 Concentration CO2 [ppmv] 220 200 180 Temp. in F° 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 Age (yr BP)

13. Today’s CO2 Concentration After 45 More Years of current energy use patterns 600 500 400 300 280 260 240 CO2 Concentration CO2 [ppmv] 220 200 180 Temp. in F° 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 Age (yr BP)

14. IPCC Report 2013-14 Overwhelming 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 -

15. Sea Level Rise Study Shows Each Degree Of Warming Could Bring 2.3 Meter Shift Anders Levermann,Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research 

17. 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,

18. Their money is then further laundered, through the following eleven think-tanks, listed here also largest-first, which collectively account for a full two-thirds of this total billion-dollar-a-year propaganda campaign: American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, Manhattan Institute, Cato Institute, Hudson Institute, Atlas Economic Research, Americans for Prosperity, John Locke Foundation, Heartland Institute, and Reason Foundation The Billion-dollar-a-year propaganda campaign Donors Trust American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity, Heartland Institute

19. 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!

20. Lies, and Damned Lies Global Warming stopped in 1998 It has actually accelerated, deep water in Pacific and Atlantic have warmed In the 70’s they were talking about Global Cooling No, they weren’t!…5 of 65 paper mentioned it...so did TIME The Medieval Warming Period proves It’s Cyclical The MWP was caused by increased Solar Activity The Little Ice Age, too Caused by Volcanic Activity There is NO consensus Over 97% of Climate Scientists advance Anthropogenic Climate Change

21. Skeptical Science

22. Why Climate Change Deniers have no credibility

23. The Need to Change IPCC-2014 There 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.

24. 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.

25. Options, Anyone??

26. Residential Photovoltaic Prices down 80% in last 8 years, 15-30% ROI

27. Center for Energy Efficient Design

28. 2014 Virginia Legislative session ends with modest progress on solar, not much else to brag about http://powerforthepeopleva.com/ • 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… Ivy Main

29. : 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.

30. What works, What Doesn’t Fracking? Earthquake Connection Proven Wastewater Contamination Proven Fracking Process itself? Dozens of Non- disclosure agreements signed with landowners

31. 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

32. Keystone Pipeline 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. • the number of permanent jobs created by the pipeline is comically small — as low as 50, , James Hansen: “Exploitation of the Tar Sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous global climate impacts” ,

33. Where we MUST Be! NREL Report -2013 80% 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

34. 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. 

35. Obstacles to Progress Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission MCCUTCHEON ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Voter Suppression

36. 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

37. Law of the 7th Generation For our grandchildren’s grandchildren’ grandchildren 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?"