AGW-alarmism

One of my biggest complaints is the use of *TRAPPED* when describing the GHE. Here is an interesting (non-peer reviewed) paper on CO2 physics explaining just what *trapped* means. Heat is not trapped in the atmosphere, but it is slowed in its escape to space. Here: http://brindabella.id.au/…/RadiativeDelayInContext170828.pdf From the abstract: "Atmospheric Radiative Heat Transfer in Context Version 170827 © Dai Davies, PhD dai@brindabella.id.au REVIEW COPY Abstract: It is said that radiative gasses (RGs, or greenhouse gasses) trap heat radiated from the Earth's surface causing it’s temperature to rise by 33 K above the theoretical temperature with no atmosphere. The word ‘trap’ is misleading. RGs delay the radiative transmission of heat from surface to space. I estimate this delay and conclude that its average impact on atmospheric temperatures, the Radiative Delay Effect (RDE), is in the order of 0.14 [0.1 to 1] ...

To be and remain an alarmist you must believe some really crazy things.  To baseline my beliefs let me clarify the definition of Climate.  From here: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/climate <b> Cli mate</b> [ klahy -mit] 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. <b>Alarmist Beliefs</b>  1)  Foremost for me is the belief that the warming since the Little Ice Age (LIA) is bad for mankind and the biosphere. 2)  Also among those hard to support beliefs is the belief that mankind is the cause or primary cause for the warming since the LIA. 3)  Belief in the validity of the out put from the Global Circulation Models (GCMs) and the conclusions in the scientific studies reliant upon them. <b>Warming since the LIA is...