Thirteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

Abstract

A study of the water temperature of eight bodies of water recorded for 92 years compared to the quantity of CO2 concentrations recorded during the latter 61 years of this period with the fossil fuel energy used for 186 years, conclusively shows that carbon dioxide is not the cause of the change in water temperature. Lake Erie 30 foot depth Water temperature 1927 through 2018 and the air surface temperature Buffalo New York 1940-2018 indicate an average temperature rise of 1.78 Deg. F per 100 years. Recorded CO2 ppm from 1958 through 2018 were graphed. Graphs of the total U. S. BTU energy consumption from wood, coal, natural gas and petroleum 1775 through 2012 were created. A section of an exponential curve of the above fossil fuel energy production for 1827 through 2012 was overlaid on the exponential curve of CO2 concentration for 1958 through 2018. It was found that the 1958 -2018 curve laid perfectly over the fossil fuel curve for the same time period. Thus a comparative exponential curve of the CO2 concentration from 1827 through 2018 was created. When comparing the CO2 concentration and fossil fuel energy exponential curves with the exponential and linear water temperature increase curves from 1827 through 2018 it is abundantly clear that the relatively flat exponential and linear water temperature curves have no correlation with the recorded exponential increase of fossil fuel energy usage and CO2 concentration. According to this analysis, CO2 is not the cause of water temperature warming.