Tag: climate change

[def. dictionary.com]  a long-term change in the earth’s climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature: Melting glaciers imply that life in the Arctic is affected by climate change. … Foremost among them is the role of birth control in dealing with climate change.

[added comments] The above appears to be an overly simple definition of climate change and the last sentence is open to extensive discussion.  There is much more to climate change than temperature.  There is wind, precipitation, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and other elements.  Also, there is nothing unusual about climate change, because the climate is constantly changing.  Climate is simply average weather.  What that is depends on the averaging period.  Some say that at least 30 years of measurements are required to compute climatic averages, but that is not necessarily correct.  There are good reasons to consider 60 years of measurements due to the 60-year Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO).  The limiting factor in computing climatological averages is the amount of measurement data available.  Generally, there is no more than 100 to 150 years of data unless proxy data are used.  Regardless, the climatological average will be different for each different averaging period.  Consequently, we must conclude that we really do not have sufficient data to know what the climatological averages are not to mention how they are changing.

Comments on the History and Current State of World Energy

Robert W. Endlich

 [Preface: This post’s topics (Coal, Oil, Gas, Fracking, Nuclear, “End of Oil” Energy Stories, unusual hydrocarbon deposits, and some estimates of Petroleum Reserves) are broad reaching; it is difficult to encapsulate all such subjects in an internet post of this type. This is my ‘best effort,’ within these obvious constraints.]

INTRODUCTION

This post provides comments on the history and current state of world energy and concerns stated by climate alarmists regarding global warming.

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The climate alarmists’ concerns about our use of fossil fuels as the source of “human-caused, CO2-fueled, global warming” begin with the Industrial Revolution, in the 19th Century. when coal use became widespread. Our ’Friends’ at the National Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, in their article’s lead paragraph, Global Warming 101, come right out and say it:

“Since the Industrial Revolution, the global annual temperature has increased in total by a little more than 1 degree Celsius, or about 2 degrees Fahrenheit.”

This NRDC statement is written as if temperature never changed before the Industrial Revolution. In this Continue reading “Comments on the History and Current State of World Energy”

What has happened to the National Academy of Sciences – Part One

Robert W. Endlich

Part One: Operational Experience . . . When We Used NAS’s Data

INTRODUCTION

My work experience serves as a useful prelude to writing this post. I was a Weather Officer in the Air Force for 21 years, and soon after retiring from the Air Force, I became a Meteorologist working for the Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, ASL, where my previous Air Force experience helped the mission at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

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One of my Air Force assignments was commander of the Weather Detachment at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, sometimes simply DM, on the southeast side of Tucson. I was assigned to Davis-Monthan from Sep 1976-Jul 1979, at the height of the Cold War. Though DM was a Tactical Air Command, TAC, Base, a major “tenant” organization there was a Strategic Air Command (SAC) unit, the 390th Strategic Missile Wing, equipped with 18 Titan 2 Inter-Continental Ballistic Continue reading “What has happened to the National Academy of Sciences – Part One”

Proof that Carbon Dioxide Does Not Control Earth’s Temperature

nor do human emissions of CO2 from today’s burning of hydrocarbon fuels cause significant temperature increases. 

Robert W. Endlich

Notes:
1. When a chemical compound is in brackets, e.g., “<CO2> PPM,” understand this as “atmospheric concentration of CO2 in Parts per Million.”
2.  Most Time Series are plotted with increasing time left to right, but sometimes they are plotted time increasing right to left.

INTRODUCTION

There are numerous claims by many Global Warming Adherents, Alarmists, and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that burning

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fossil fuels and subsequent increases of <CO2> is driving warmer temperatures because of an alleged CO2 Radiative Forcing effect. However, when compared with past Earth Temperatures, the data graphics below show that present levels of CO2 are not influencing Earth temperatures to any measurable effect, nor are human emissions of CO2 causing any significant rise in temperatures.

Most of the data quoted by the IPCC is from the period of time subsequent to “The Great Climate Shift of 1976.” Continue reading “Proof that Carbon Dioxide Does Not Control Earth’s Temperature”

Comment on: “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate”

Robert W. Endlich

[This is the author’s review of the Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the US Climate, which he submitted to Regulations.gov in the necessary format.  Also, this is his post corresponding to his August 2025 Forum presentation.  Ed.]

INTRODUCTION

Carbon Dioxide molecule.  Image by Pixabay.

I received a Bachelor’s in Geology, Rutgers, 1962, Basic Meteorology certificate from Texas A&M, 1964, and an MS in Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University, 1969. I served as a Weather Officer in the US Air Force for 21 years, 1963-1984, including overseas tours on Guam, in Thailand and Viet Nam, and in Germany, during the Cold War. In 1964, I was elected to Chi Epsilon Pi, the National Meteorology Honor Society, while an Air Force Basic Meteorology student at Texas A&M University. I worked as a Meteorologist for 49 years: 21 in the Air Force, 18 in the U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM, and 10 in the Physical Science Laboratory Continue reading “Comment on: “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate””

The Central Texas Floods of 4 Jul 2025: Tragic Loss of Human Lives

A Lack of Critical Thinking: Many in the Media got the Wrong Answer.

Robert W. Endlich
INTRODUCTION

My heart sank when I found out about the loss of life, including many young girl campers, during a flash flood event on what should have been a joyous 4th of July holiday weekend along the Guadalupe River in Texas.

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Although I’m originally from New Jersey, the Air Force, and later the Army, sent me many times to Central Texas, journeys which crossed Texas’ scenic Hill Country numerous times. When they were small, duty at Ft Hood frequently found me within 2 hours’ drive of Daughter Carol and Grandkids Daryl and Reina, and an excuse for me to take them on a ‘Saturday Adventure with Grandpa Bob,’ usually to drive and visit across the Hill Country. I know this area well.

This post describes Geography, Rainfall Records, Flood Records, pertinent Continue reading “The Central Texas Floods of 4 Jul 2025: Tragic Loss of Human Lives”