Global Warming is a serious matter requiring an open and honest discussion. Unfortunately, I have not seen any such discussion. I hear that there is consensus among scientists. When they know what they are talking about, they also are able to explain what they have discovered. In this topic, though, whoever these scientists are, they do not seem willing to come forward to do the explanation, instead politicians are the ones who do the talking. In addition, there are also rumors going around that the information collected regarding the issue of Global Warming appears to be tainted. This book not only contains scientific information which has been approved for a long time, it also makes this information easy for everyone to understand and recognize. Many of the phenomena we see every day have been studied and measured thoroughly, yet because we are not able to stop these phenomena from happening, we avoid trying to understand why they occur, and in some cases, we just legitimize our guessing. The accurate data collected by legitimate sources are used and presented in this book, and when the correct explanation is presented, it is easy to understand that the whole explanation is simple. The statements presented are clear and simple, and it is not the author who has collected the information, yet all are based on a proven science which is being used in many industries and for a long time. Once you recognize that these topics are simple, you can begin to have a serious discussion in your own circle, and feel free to scrutinize this author.
Global Warming Made Simple
An Interesting Topic For Our TimesBy John AndreadakisAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2011 John Andreadakis
All right reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4634-2744-3 Contents
Introduction...........................................viiAn Interesting Topic for Our Times.....................viiGulf Stream............................................1Niagara Falls..........................................3Water..................................................5Lake Effect............................................5Fog, Cloud and Dew Point...............................7Water Idiosynyrasies...................................9Specific Heat Capacity.................................10Glaciers...............................................15An Important Calculation...............................17Cooling and Evaporation................................21Global Warming.........................................22Wind and Oceanic Currents..............................29Sun's Energy Heating the Air...........................40Sun's Energy Manifestations............................42
Chapter One
Gulf Stream
This is what Wikipedia says about it:
The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, The North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, (Well, not really, this is simply where the phenomenon becomes visible. It originates in a vast area in the tropics extending from Africa to the Caribbean Sea. Because the current in this area is so wide, it appears as an unrelated oceanic current and is given a different name. Eventually, this current enters in the Gulf of Mexico, and once in there, having no place to go west, it turns east between Cuba and Florida where it meets another stream pushing west from the northern side of Cuba. At this point the only escape is to head north by the east coast of Florida. This is the area where the stream not only becomes visible but it also is the strongest.) and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The process of western intensification (No matter what the name is, it describes the phenomenon where two spread out and slow currents merge into a narrow area. The speed of the combined current intensifies) causes the Gulf Stream to be a northward accelerating current (accelerating for the same reason) off the east coast of North America. At about 40N 30W, it splits in two, with the northern stream crossing to northern Europe and the southern stream recirculating off West Africa. The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland (not really), and the west coast of Europe (that it does). Although there has been recent debate (in my opinion, there is nothing to debate on this issue), there is consensus that the climate of Western Europe and Northern Europe is warmer than it would otherwise be due to the North Atlantic drift, one of the branches from the tail (there is no tail) of the Gulf Stream. It is part of the North Atlantic Gyre (If you give it a Greekish name, does it make it more scientific?). Its presence has led to the development of strong cyclones of all types, both within the atmosphere and within the ocean (This is completely inaccurate. The weather patterns are the ones which influence the stream and also generate the stream). The Gulf Stream is also a significant potential source of renewable power generation.
Some estimate that the Gulf Stream alone packs 100 times the energy consumed in the whole world. And this is not the only strong current in the Earth's oceans. There is a strong stream in the southern Atlantic between South America and South Africa. Another strong stream exists in the Indian Ocean and similar strong streams exist in the Pacific.
Observations and endless studies have been performed on these oceanic currents but very few if any come close to present the actual cause of the phenomenon. There is also a formation of an endless list of words and terms to describe these observations.
You can spend a large portion of your life reading the studies of universities and of private companies on oceanography. When you try to study them, you find that all they try to do is to observe the phenomenon and the ways with which they did the observation. Invariably, depending on their understanding, they develop terminology, and in so doing, they appear occasionally to contradict, and, of course, what they say appears to be confusing or without any special purpose. What they all are missing is the simple fact which is the real cause of these currents.
Niagara Falls
How many of you have stood by the falls? Watching the falls has become a profitable industry. A very small portion of the energy is being used to generate electricity, yet it is not hard to realize that almost all that water uncontrollably keeps running down day and night all year long, year after year, wasting valuable energy. I imagine for the local area it is more profitable to exploit the spectacle rather than use the energy which is provided to them freely. Now, can you imagine how many falls exist on the earth, many of which are even larger than the Niagara Falls?
Standing by the falls, it is easy to visualize the energy hidden under the water which runs down to lower levels of the earth. All rivers flow from somewhere in the mountains and no matter how slow they proceed like the Mississippi or fast like Niagara Falls, the amount of energy released is the same.
In many instances, people in our day close the down-flow of a river to form a dam which is then used to transform the energy to electrical energy and have this produce a considerable amount of renewable energy. When I was very young I remember us taking our grain to be milled in a place like this outside of our town. If you live next to a river or you are using the river for your boat, you have never asked how this water was channeled into the river. The existence of rivers has marked their place in human history for thousands of years. Can you imagine how much energy you need to fill these rivers with their water? Let's imagine that there was no rain to fill them up and you had to pump that water with electricity. What amount of electricity would we need to use to accomplish this task? Some will say, "Well, there is no need to use any energy because there is no energy in having snow and rain in the mountains." Let me assure you that there is real energy which is consumed in having snow and rain carried to the mountains and, indeed, lots of it. In fact, there is exactly the same amount of energy for the rain to take the water there as if we had to pump that water there. We just do not consider it because we do not have to do it. It is done freely for us.
Water
Lake Effect
Both examples, the Gulf Stream and Niagara Falls, which I have mentioned above, are related to water. These examples use a different aspect of the characteristics water exhibits, but both are equally important and related.
The information I will provide in this section in layman's terms is commonly known and used by both science and technology.
Lately, due to the introduction of Doppler radar and new equipment in meteorology, we hear more frequently the term "lake effect". Some people who...
