GOOD NEWS. Doubling and quadrupling CO2 has minimal impact on temperatures.

The CO2 doubling debate is the last hope for the alarmists who claim that the troposphere, mesosphere, and stratosphere trap heat due to CO2, thus defeating the argument that doubling reaches saturation. This slight of hand is a desperate attempt to cloud the issue and keep the money for CO2 reduction flowing.

I have applied the University of Chicago online MODTRAN analysis tool to study the problem. The model uses the entire atmosphere to any altitude one desires. I chose to look down from 70km. Using multiple runs of MODTRAN, I was able to determine conclusively that there is a saturation effect which minimizes the impact of doubling and quadrupling CO2. 

The tool is here: MODTRAN

Examine the plot below:

Taken from the chart:

CO2 ppm    Temperature rise

400-800         0.7ºC 

400-1600      1.48ºC

400-1800      1.61ºC

Bottom line: CO2 is not a problem because it's effect lessens as its concentration increases. Good news for the world. We can get on with our energy lives and forget about carbon taxes and credits.

Here is my proposed,  non-mystical explanation of the double slit experiment and its variants, the delayed choice and the quantum eraser.

Given that light behaves as a wave when there is a choice of which slit it goes through and as a particle if the choice has been made. This is what we observe so far. In the first case, there is an interference pattern, and in the second case not.

From the photon's perspective, Special Relativity says that its clock is stopped. In other words, time does not matter and it takes zero time for it to go anywhere.  The choice of wave or particle is made instantly. There is no paradox for the photon.

However, from the viewpoint of observers in the lab who are not moving at the speed of light, time of flight is greater than zero. There seems to be time to make a choice. But this is an illusion because the choice was made when the photon began its trip. Choice cannot be realized because the photon wave function dictates the outcome in advance no matter how much time is involved. This explains all the seemingly impossible results of double slit, delayed choice, and eraser experiments.

This could be proven with double slit experiments involving particles that move slower than the speed of light - the slower the better. In this case, there would be time for a choice because the particle experiences time too. Then the delayed choice and quantum eraser would briefly show the actual effect of the interference pattern being erased or vice versa.

Muons raining down from space provide another real world effect involving Special Relativity. Muons are produced by cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere. They should not reach the earth because their lifetimes are too short. But they do reach the earth because their velocities are very high, making their internal clocks very slow. So they live long enough to hit the earth.

Thanks to my son, VAL, for some of the driving questions and suggestions imbedded in this post. Key was his idea, "In 3d computer graphics terms, it's like immediately calculating the path and destination of a projectile."

Proof of the Prime Twin Conjecture - one page

Click on the image below to see the one page version of my proof of the Prime Twin Conjecture. For a more detailed proof, go to http://roguephysics.org or 

https://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Prime-Twins-Conjecture-Numbers-ebook/dp/B07YNZ7NDT/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=jasper+lupo&qid=1574430440&sr=8-4

Bell’s Inequality is not relevant to Quantum Mechanics and Optical Polarizers

Bell’s Inequality or much ado about nothing. Much has been said about how quantum mechanics and optical polarizers violate Bell’s Inequality. It’s supposed to be mystical and profound. Well, I have trouble getting excited about this. Bell’s Inequality is about set theory and Venn diagrams. Polarizers are governed by physical theory that predicts how much light gets through any combination of rotated filters. Just because polarizers are round and look like Venn diagrams doesn’t mean that they are a Venn diagram. If polarizers were just empty rings that violate the inequality then I’d worry. But they are glass filters that affect light directly. We should not expect them to obey Bell’s Inequality any more than thin slices of a cannoli.

My Voice from My Past

Do you keep a log of your mind? This is from an early log of my thinking on the red shift. Note the date. Definitely before BLOG.

"Is the red shift explainable by other facts than those related to velocity of the source? Of course. Light travels in great circles through space. These circles give light an angular velocity depending upon distance between receiver and emitter. In traveling in this manner, light also has centripetal acceleration towards the center of its great circle route. This Great circle acceleration manifests itself as a change in (a shift) in the wavelength which makes it appear as if the emitter is traveling away from the receiver at a velocity proportional to the red shift." 04/27/1966

Prime Twin Conjecture - Proven!

The Prime Twin Conjecture has been proven! Yes, and I did it!

It was the furthest thing from my mind this summer until August rolled around and a Numberphile video got me thinking about something I started when I was in my 20s. And this is what I came up with after two months of being obsessed by the problem. This is the first page of the 5 page proof.

Check out my 5 page book on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YNZ7NDT/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_eb_aKQLDb9X6NPS1 via @amazon 

Big Bang or something else? When you look at the structure of the universe on a grand scale you see vast filaments and structures composed of galaxies spanning hundreds of millions of light years. This the Boss - the biggest structure found to date. So does this support the idea of the Big Bang? Wouldn't you expect a much less structured universe if it was the result of an explosion that spewed out in all directions?