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Geoscientists are the Linchpin of Energy, but the energy reality is changing and so must AAPG
I sometimes tire of the constant drone of climate change we see in the news, some is founded in reality, and is some total hokum. Whether we think CO2 is the core of Climategeddon or just benign plant food, the simple fact is that the world now believes that every wildfire, drought, or winter storm is driven by anthropogenic climate change. This perception IS the globally perceived "reality" whether we agree or not. Accordingly, AAPG has two fairly simple choices... 1) Keep the tent closed and focus solely on Oil & Gas and be marginalized, or 2) Open the tent to all energy professionals while still acknowledging that responsibly produced O&G will fuel the world for a long time to come as the energy scene evolves across a spectrum of technological applications. Geoscience is indeed the Linchpin of Energy and of the energy evolution. AAPG has the choice to be static or to change and broaden our focus to the energy spectrum... geoscience dovetails into the energy evolution at almost every level for materials, and subsurface knowledge. Or, AAPG can opt not to change. It is worth noting that biologists tell us that when an organism ceases to change it is dead.
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12/15/2022 10:22 PM
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Net-zero carbon economy based on the Big Lies about CO2
From CO2COALITION.ORG website: Fact #1. 140-million-year trend of dangerously decreasing CO2. For the last 140 million years, CO2 levels fell precipitously & steadily to within about 30 ppm of the 150 ppm “line of death” below which plants can’t survive. Both the relatively short-term data from ice cores and much longer-term data going back 140 million years (Berner 2001) show an alarming downward trend toward CO2 starvation. The release of carbon dioxide by the use of fossil fuels has allowed humanity to increase concentrations of this beneficial molecule, and perhaps avert an actual CO2-related climate apocalypse. Fact #2. The warming effect of each molecule of CO2 declines as its concentration increases. Climate scientists have determined, and both sides agree, that the warming effect of each molecule of CO2 decreases significantly (logarithmically) as its concentration increases. This is one reason why there was no runaway greenhouse warming when the concentration of CO2 was approaching 20 times that of today. This inconvenient fact, important though it is, is kept very well hidden and is rarely mentioned, for it undermines the theory of future catastrophic climate change. Fact #3. Food Security CO2. First and foremost, CO2 is plant food. Today’s low CO2 concentration is starving trees and plants of the food they need to achieve their full growth potential via photosynthesis. Additional benefits of increased CO2: • Increased photosynthesis (“CO2 fertilization”). • Plants grow faster, and with less stress and less water. • Forests are growing faster. • Stimulates growth of beneficial bacteria in both soil and water. • More plant growth means less erosion of topsoil. • Bigger crop yields, and more and bigger flowers. • Fosters glomalin, a beneficial protein created by root fungi. • Less water loss, less irrigation, and more soil moisture. • Increase in natural repellents to fight insect predators. CO2 is the Gas of Life on Earth! End the lies about CO2!
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12/2/2022 5:06 PM
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