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Sunday 15 December 2013

The hydrocarbon theory(implications)

Many scientists today still believe that excessive hydrocarbons in the atmosphere are the cause of "global warming".Industrial processes (primarily combustion) release CO2 and hydrocarbons,including carbon particulates,that change the density of clouds in the atmosphere.The sun's rays in theory can penetrate the clouds and electromagnetic belts around the circumference of the earth and strike the earth warming it up.However the solar rays
bounce back into the atmosphere and now can no longer escape the clouds.This warms up the atmosphere -apparently 3 to 4 degrees over the last century.However this theory has some technical difficulties.
History
There have been times in the past when the measurement of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere has been higher than today.The temperature was lower than today not higher.This may be explained because it takes many years of cloud buildup to raise the temperature even 1 degree Celsius.Therefore there is not a strong ,tight correlation between hydrocarbons in the atmosphere and an increase in temperature,or if you want there is a lag in the correlation.
The Surface 
The sun's rays only release solar energy(or photons) when they are at the right angle of entry and hit the right surface.There is a significant release when a  ray hits a solid material or surface.But there will not likely be a major release when it hits a gas like water vapour or carbon dioxide.
Air Pollution
Americans and Europeans complain that a large source of air pollution comes from the tar sands.There is a large release of carbon dioxide and other hydrocarbons.A lot of hydrocarbons and CO2; but not all of it rises.Some ends up falling to the earth and a lot goes into the ocean and falls to the seabed.So it does not seem likely that this significant release is impactful enough to make the clouds so dense that it  prevents the sun's rays from escaping the atmosphere.Nor does it seem that hydrocarbons mixed with water vapour would be able to trap the rays inside the atmosphere.
Conclusion
The position of the Americans and Europeans is that an increase in production of heavy oil will increase air pollution and lead to an increase in global warming.But there is no conclusive proof that increasing heavy oil production will cause the earth's temperature to rise in a significant way. send consulting business to daleandmac@gmail.com

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