Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine November 2024

HVACR NewsMagazine November 2024

Uninformed Passion

Some are religiously committed to the concept of climate change and I don’t want to criticize anyone’s articles of faith; but I did a little research and this is what I found about Arkansas climate in agriculture.arkanas.gov. (3) The highest statewide summer average. Highest Summer Average Year Temp (F) 1954 96.9 1934 96.2 1936 95.7 1943 & 2011 94.8 Lowest Winter Average Year Temp (F) 1918 24.2 1978 24.6 1905 24.9 1977 25 1899 25.5 Seems that some our hottest weather was a few decades ago; however, the following chart shows that average temps are “arising”.

Can Lead To Regret

When one is only sightly informed and strongly passionate about any topic, the exuberance and passion can lead to depressive regret. Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old climate activist sailed from Plymoth, UK to New York City in a 60 foot racing yacht to raise awareness of the dangers of climate change. Ya gotta’ say that was passion and commitment to a cause. In 2019 young leaders from 140 countries traveled to New York to share solutions to climate change. I imagine that most of them traveled to New York in a plane not knowing or caring that air travel accounts for 2.5% of global CO2 emissions but with greater affect due to the altitude at which the emissions occur. (1) I always wonder where these “utz” get the money to travel like that. “There is no doubt that the world is getting to be a warmer place. Since 1880 average global temperatures have increased by about 1.7°F. Global temperature is projected to warm 2.7°F by 2050 and 3.5° to 7.2° degrees by 2100.” (2) If true, that is a bunch.

The National Climate Assessment and other studies indicate trends in the climate through the end of this century. (3)