One
of the mainstays of the Global Warming scam is the correlation that has been
established retrospectively between carbon dioxide concentrations in the
atmosphere and the temperature( see, for example, Earth in
the Balance) . Very
convincing graphs show that one closely follows the other. Real scientists know
that correlation is not causation. Furthermore, they would only be startled if
there were not a correlation. The reason for this is that the solubility of
virtually any gas in any liquid bears a strong inverse relationship with
temperature.
There
is no need to believe the scientists, when you can perform a simple experiment
in your own kitchen to prove it to yourself. First boil a kettle. You will
notice that it begins to make a hissing noise as soon as you turn it on. This is
not steam, but air coming out of solution as the water heats up. As the boiling
point is reached a more vigorous bubbling occurs, which is the generation of
steam. If you turn it on again a few seconds later the hissing stage does not
occur before the bubbling commences. Leave it for a minute or two, however, and
the hissing recurs, which shows how rapidly the air goes back into solution.
Now,
to perform the experiment, take a bottle of carbonated water from the
refrigerator and pour a glass, then put a teaspoon into it. Very slowly tiny
bubbles of carbon dioxide nucleate upon the surface of the spoon. Now warm the
bowl of the spoon up by holding it in the hot water of the kettle for a few
seconds, then return it to the carbonated water. Large bubbles of CO2 form and
rise vigorously to the surface. The heated water around the spoon cannot retain
the amount of carbon dioxide that saturated it at the original temperature, so
it emerges as gas.
At
the surface of the sea, the dissolved gases are in equilibrium with the
atmosphere. The amount of each gas in the water is determined by its proportion
(the partial pressure) and its solubility, which show a high inverse temperature
dependence. Carbon dioxide actually forms the very weak carbonic acid when it
dissolves in water, but this dissociates very readily to release the gas.
What
is the general principle behind all this? Well, basically there are five states
of matter – solid, liquid, gas, plasma and the fifth state. The state of any
bit of matter is determined by the relationship between the kinetic energy
(temperature) and the potential energy (binding forces). As the temperature
increases from absolute zero it reaches a point at which the bouncing about of
the molecules (temperature) is enough to break up the solid crystalline or
amorphous structure and the substance becomes liquid. At higher temperatures the
bouncing overcomes the binding force of the liquid and it becomes a gas. Still
higher and the binding forces of the molecules themselves are overcome and we
have plasma. The fifth state, which occurred at the big bang, is such that the
binding forces of the atoms and nuclei themselves are overcome and matter
becomes a mass of elementary particles.
Thus,
in our own world, higher temperatures favour the gaseous state and we get more
atmospheric carbon dioxide.