Will Coal save Japan and the World?

Kyoji Kimoto
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Kyoji Kimoto: Mirane Corporation, 11-33-107 Sakashita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Japan 235-0003

Energy & Environment, 2015, vol. 26, issue 6-7, 1055-1067

Abstract: The central dogma is critically evaluated in the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) theory of the IPCC, claiming the Planck response is 1.2K when CO 2 is doubled. The first basis of it is one dimensional model studies with the fixed lapse rate assumption of 6.5K/km. It is failed from the lack of the parameter sensitivity analysis of the lapse rate for CO 2 doubling. The second basis is the Planck response calculation by Cess in 1976 having a mathematical error. Therefore, the AGW theory is collapsed along with the canonical climate sensitivity of 3 K utilizing the radiative forcing of 3.7W/m 2 for CO 2 doubling. The surface climate sensitivity is 0.14–0.17K in this study with the surface radiative forcing of l.lW/m 2 . Since the CO 2 issue is removed, coal will be the energy for the future of many nations in terms of the amount of resource and production cost.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.26.6-7.1055

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