Swiss physicist: Greenhouse gas effect does not exist
Meanwhile, an independent physicist from Switzerland has conducted a series of studies questioning the physical principles of the greenhouse gas theory. His findings published in peer-reviewed scientific journals could prove that
Biden’s ambitious move to fight GHG in the atmosphere is a failure and a total waste of taxpayers’ money.
Thomas Allmendinger, also an independent scholar at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, has dared to challenge the
conventional politically correct climate dictum. (Related:
‘Greenhouse gas effect does not exist,’ a Swiss physicist challenges global warming climate orthodoxy.)
In 2016, Allmendinger published a paper entitled “The thermal behavior of gases under the influence of infrared radiation” in the
International Journal of Physical Sciences, where he addressed the conventional wisdom that “any infrared radiation (IR) activity of molecules or atoms requires a shift of the electric dipole moment so that two-atomic homo-nuclear molecules (like O2 or N2) are always IR-active.”
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act imposes fee on greenhouse gas emissions (carbondioxide.news)
The IRA establishes the “
Methane Emission Reduction Program” under a new section in the Clean Air Act, allowing the EPA to impose a fee on certain “air pollutants.” This is the first time the federal government has ever imposed a fee on any greenhouse gas.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) reported the program applies to specific types of facilities that report their GHG emissions to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Program.
Facilities that the charge applies to include: offshore and onshore petroleum and natural gas production; onshore natural gas processing and transmission compression; underground natural gas storage; liquefied natural gas storage; liquefied natural gas imports and exports; onshore petroleum and natural gas gathering and boosting; and onshore natural gas transmission pipelines.
This means that if the facilities in the above categories exceed a specific methane threshold, they will be charged $900 per metric ton of methane starting in 2024. In 2025, the charge will be raised to $1,200 and in 2026 and beyond, the cost will be $1,500.
Based on the data from 2019, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the new fees will increase to $1.1 billion in the fiscal year 2026, and almost $1.9 billion by fiscal year 2028. CBO projects revenues will decrease after that as facilities implement methane reduction strategies.