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    Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts
    Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts
    Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts
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    Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts

    By Dr. Bob O'Connor

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    • Intelligent people know that global warming causes climate change.
    • Intelligent people know that people are the major reason.
    • Intelligent people know that greenhouse gases cause it.
    • Intelligent people know that people are already sick and dying from it.
    • Intelligent people know that we may be too late to save our home.
    • What they may not know is that there are many greenhouse gases.
    • What they may not know is that overpopulation is the major cause, as more people use more fossil fuels and eat more methane producing animals and fruits and vegetables that used N2O producing fertilizers. They move to cities built on fertile soil and move into and work in concrete buildings that emitted a great deal of CO2 in their production.
    • What they may not have thought about is that fossil fuel producing and using industries have the backing of the governments their finances have put in office.
    • Reducing overpopulation will be fought by some powerful religions and by reactionary forces in society that back the long-held traditions.

    But the essential changes can be made through the democratic process—however they will be major inconveniences for all—citizens, legislators and businesses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTotal Health Publications
    Release dateNov 16, 2019
    ISBN9781393672142
    Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts
    Author

    Dr. Bob O'Connor

       Dr. O'Connor is a native of Los Angeles--having grown up in the "ghetto" of South-Central LA. His parents had eighth grade educations. His father died when the author was eight years old. This forced the family onto the welfare rolls while his mother went to school to learn clerical skills.    Dr. O'Connor's university education was at UCLA where he earned a BS and Master's degree and did two years of doctoral level work. He then changed his major and his university, gaining his doctorate at the University of Southern California--in philosophical and social foundations of education.    His interest in travel led to living and teaching in New Zealand, India, Canada and the Netherlands, culminating in a twenty year residence in Norway.    His experience in various cultures has prompted many of the ideas and questions he presents in the book.

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      Extinction Rebellion--Fight with Facts - Dr. Bob O'Connor

      RECENT BOOKS BY  DR. O’CONNOR

      MAKE AMERICA GREAT Again—Like Norway

      Abortion—Dissecting the Old and NEW Arguments

      Abortion is Good for America and the World

      —Why the Opposition—

      Revitalizing Democracy—After Trump, Brexit and Bush

      LOVE—The You, The Me, The Us

      Extinction Revolution—Fight with Facts

      DEDICATION

      RECENT BOOKS BY  DR. O’CONNOR

      CHAPTER 1

      WHY NOT BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND?

      THE HOT—SNOWBALL EFFECT

      THE MENTIONED AND UNMENTIONED CAUSES

      HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

      WHAT ABOUT THE SKEPTICS?

      THE PROPAGANDA OF THE SKEPTICS’ ARGUMENTS

      WHY ARE WE SO OFTEN CONVINCED BY FAKE NEWS AND OTHER PROPAGANDA?

      CHAPTER  2

      PROBLEMS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

      SOCIETAL PROBLEMS

      MORE DRY LAND AND DROUGHTS

      FOOD SHORTAGES AND FAMINES

      FAMINES

      HIGHER OCEANS

      TIDAL FLOODING FROM HIGHER OCEANS

      TIDES

      WATER LEVEL

      MORE ACIDIC OCEANS

      STRONGER STORMS

      INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND INTENSITY OF FOREST FIRES

      FOOD AND MEAT PRODUCTION

      EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

      INCREASED MIGRATION

      PERSONAL ISSUES

      PERSONAL FINANCIAL COSTS

      WATER SUPPLIES

      SOME POSITIVES

      YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH AND CONVENIENCE

      COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

      ALLERGIES

      MORE HURRICANES AND RAIN

      COST OF GLOBAL WARMING TO BUSINESSES AND TO INDIVIDUALS

      THE WORLD’S ECONOMY

      DEFENSE

      IT IS AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM UNLESS WE TAKE DRASTIC ACTION

      ELECTRICITY GENERATION

      COAL

      U.S. electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 2018

      CHAPTER 3

      THE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

      PLANETARY CAUSES

      GREENHOUSE GASES

      SO WHY IS IT HAPPENING?

      LOOKING AT OUR CLIMATE HISTORY

      CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)

      CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)

      WATER VAPOR (H2O)

      METHANE  (NH3)

      OZONE (O3)

      NITROUS OXIDE (N2O)

      SULPHUR DIOXIDE  (SO2)

      FLUORINATED GASES

      CHAPTER 4

      THE MAJOR POLLUTERS

      POLLUTANTS

      AND A NEW CONCERN!

      CHAPTER 5

      UNDERSTANDING OUR VALUES AND ETHICS—AND CONFLICTS IN OUR VALUES

      SELF-CENTERED VALUES

      GOD-BASED VALUES

      SOCIETY-BASED VALUES

      CONFLICTS IN VALUES

      THE ASSUMPTIONS WE USE MAY VARY WITH THE VALUE

      WE ARE CONSIDERING

      LET’S LOOK AT ANOTHER VALUE QUESTION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

      CHAPTER 6

      THE DENIERS

      FREEDOM OF SPEECH

      FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

      CONFRONTING YOUR DENYING FRIENDS

      WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE REALITY?

      ENERGY LOBBYIST CONTRIBUTIONS 2019

      SENATORS  AND REPRESENTATIVESWHO TAKE LOBBYIST MONEY?

      THE IRRATIONALITY OF THE DENIERS’ ARGUMENTS

      CHAPTER 7

      FINDING SOLUTIONS

      THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES

      SPEEDING THE INTELLIGENT PROCESS TO SAVE THE PLANET

      THERE WILL BE INCONVENIENCES

      INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS YOU CAN DO

      WORKING IN GROUPS TO INFLUENCE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT

      OUR GOVERNMENTS

      BUSINESS

      GOVERNMENT REGULATION

      INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE

      UNITED NATIONS

      PROGRESS AND INITIATIVES

      PROGRESS AND REGRESS

      PROGRESS

      TAXES ON GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS

      REGRESS

      CHAPTER 8

      WHERE IS THE BEST USE OF YOUR TIME

      DEMONSTRATING YOUR DISPLEASURE ON THE STREETS OR KNOCKING ON DOORS TO CONVINCE VOTERS TO VOTE FOR A GREEN CANDIDATE?

      PRESSURING POLITICIANS

      PRESSURING GOVERNMENTS TO CURB THE EXCESSES

      CHAPTER 9

      CARBON SINKS

      CREATE SINKS

      TREES TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

      CHAPTER 10

      ONWARD!

      CHAPTER 1

      WHY NOT BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND?

      WHY THE EXTINCTION Rebellion? British politicians realize that Brexit is more important than addressing our path to extinction. The American President, Donald Trump, knows there is no climate change. The thousand thermometers around the world, that have measured global temperatures for the last 100 years, are wrong— because today’s American economy is more important.

      Intelligent and informed people all know that climate change is seriously threatening our human race, our planet, and our ecological neighbors—both animal and vegetable. We know about:

      THE HOT—SNOWBALL EFFECT

      ›  More people in our overpopulated world use more fossil fuels and produce more greenhouse gases

      ›  These gases warm the air and increase water vapor

      ›  This heats the air even more since water vapor is a greenhouse gas

      Less arable land

      More famines

      More forest fires

      More violent storms as upper air cools—releasing the water vapor as rain and snow

      Oceans warm and become more acidic—reducing shellfish

      Permafrost thaws releasing more methane

      Ground-level heat and air pollution sicken and kill millions

      ›  Air and ocean warm more—glaciers and Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets melt

      Sea levels rise—less living area and less farmland for a growing population

      Under-sea reservoirs of CO2 and methane are released

      River transportation of goods severely reduced due to reduction of glacier volume

      Less fresh water due to glacier melting (higher costs for desalinization)

      Water wars—migration wars

      ›  Severely reduced population survives in the far north and far south of the hemispheres

      BUT WHY WORRY? SOME HOMO SAPIENS MAY SURVIVE!

      THE MENTIONED AND UNMENTIONED CAUSES

      Technology, based on fossil fuel use, is the obvious cause of global warming and climate change. The resulting cause is greenhouse gases from fossil fuels—the hidden cause is overpopulation.

      We expect our politicians to create laws to force a reduction of greenhouse gases. We expect scientists to aid in this effort. But to reduce population???

      ›  I want children.

      ›  It is a God-given right and obligation.

      ›  We need more consumers for the things we produce.

      ›  We need more soldiers to protect us from: the Russians, the Americans, the Chinese, and the Lilliputians!

      And does overpopulation create other social problems? YES!

      So let's look at all the issues, from fossil fuels and technology to overpopulation—and suggest some possible solutions.

      If we want to slow these effects—controlling climate change depends on reducing greenhouse gases and increasing sinks—like vegetation. We have practically used up our major sink—our oceans.

      The higher the income, the more CO2 is produced because of the amenities of money: driving, air conditioning, consuming food requiring more energy to produce, living in bigger houses (energy cost of building materials), air travel, etc.

      WE MUST NOT CONFUSE WEATHER AND CLIMATE

      Weather is the day to day experience of heat, rain and other factors of nature that we will encounter over a short period of time, like a day, week, or month. Climate is the long-term averages of weather—usually a term of at least 25 years.

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      HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

      BRIEFLY, THIS WHAT happens. The sun emits rays (photons or waves), in a broad spectrum of wavelengths. From less than a billionth of a meter to over 1000 meters. We can see only a small part of the spectrum—waves that are 2.5 to 5 millionths of a meter (about 60 to 120 thousandths of an inch). Ya! Really teeny!

      elated image

      What we think of as heat waves are in the infra-red area of the spectrum. When you go to the beach on a sunny day, much of the heat you feel is infra-red, most of the tanning comes from the ultra-violet rays.  But all rays can heat a surface. You have probably cooked in a microwave oven. The waves are 1 to 10 centimeters (1/2 to 4 inches). And you may have heard of cancer patients being burned when treated with x-rays. This seldom happens now because doctors are aware of the correct dosage. Microwaves are longer than we can see, and x-rays are shorter than we can see.

      WHAT ABOUT THE SKEPTICS?

      GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS often argue that the rise in temperatures is a phenomenon of nature like the warm period from about 800 to 1200 AD or the little Ice Age, from about 1300 to 1850. But these were geographically limited areas that were affected. Today the temperature change affects the whole planet. Skeptics may argue that it is a result of a shifting polar vortex—a low pressure cold area near the poles. They generally don’t think that carbon dioxide can cause it all. But coring into the deep Antarctic ice, yielding 800,000 years of climatic evidence, shows no rapid increase in temperature like we see today. And the burning of fossil fuels during the last 270 years gives us a strong case to explain the rapid rise in the world’s temperature.

      History of global surface temperature since 1850

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