Agw is bunk (again)

Instapundit article link to substack article against Mars colonization

 Note:  Google docs won't accept my uploaded file, so I made a pic and used that.

Update:

Some footwork is now needed

Here's the file:

AGW is bunk ---again

Arguments against Mars colonization

Comment:

This comment isn't about the link's title, it is about something within the article. In particular, it is about "greenhouse gases". It is my opinion that there's no such thing as a greenhouse gas.

People who write about science OUGHT to know a little about it. If you don't know that there's no way that any gas can act in the manner of a greenhouse. That's because of the nature of gases. Gases expand rapidly. They also contract rapidly. All gases do this.

Once upon a time, I latched on the theory of "global warming" because it seemed plausible. Trouble is, I didn't actually think about the idea being presented. That's why these things get by people. They hear it, the same way I did, and they don't question it. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I won't be fooled by nonsensical arguments like this again.

Basic chemistry tells you what happens to any gas that is heated up. There is a formal equation for the phenomenon, known as the gas law. It is "pv=nrt", which means that pressure times volume equals a constant "r" times the number of molecules ( moles ) of a gas times its temperature. When the variables change, like temperature, the other side of the equation must also change to keep it in balance. Therefore, if temperature goes up, pressure or volume must also go up. This is a mathematical CERTAINTY.

There can be no "greenhouse" unless there is something that prevents the increase of volume. In an actual greenhouse, that would be a SOLID substance, like glass. In a planetary system, gravity can hold gases in place. But there's freedom to move anyway. What you would get is an increase in pressure, and an increase in volume. In a closed system, like a greenhouse, volume cannot change.

Since a planetary system isn't a closed system, there can be no greenhouse effect. Heat up the atmosphere enough, and it will achieve escape velocity. In fact, when the sun expands outward in a few billion years, the Earth's atmosphere will be the first thing to go. Leaving all other things equal, an increase in temperature will lead to an increase in pressure and volume. That would mean the atmosphere would expand in size. Any increase in temperature would be limited by that mechanism.

Global warming theory is bunk. But I repeat myself yet again.