Time flies

It's Friday and it's time to go to work soon.  Later, there will be the weekend and some time for posts.

It has been lite posting this morning.  Can't say why.  As always, I am curious about things, and seek to understand them.  The last post yesterday about beliefs was included in the category of history of the blog because I want to remember it.  There was something I want to research, but I don't want to say anything about that just yet.

Why DO people believe things, indeed.  If I were to post something about the Earth's atmosphere that would contradict global warming theories, would any of those people stop believing what they do?  The answer is probably "no", because they are invested in the belief that human activity is harming the Earth.

Well, here goes anyway:

There's a simple calculation that can determine what percent of the atmospheric pressure exists at a given altitude.  It just so happens at 140k feet, the atmospheric pressure is just 1% of what it is at sea level.  In order to get to about .04% atmospheric pressure would require an altitude of nearly 40 miles, if my calculations are correct.  If that number sounds familiar, it coincides with the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.  400 parts per million is another way of saying it.  Yet, we are to believe that such a small concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can have an impact upon climate.  The little calculation I just described should lay that notion to rest, provided that you are a rational human being on that subject.  40 miles above ground is almost to space, for goodness sake!  400 parts per million is almost nothing!