Global Anthropogenic Heat as Source of Ices Disappearance; Consequences
for the Future of Earth and Humanity
Abstract
The relation between global warming and the role of anthropogenic carbon
dioxide (CO2) is confusing. Ocean level and atmospheric temperature
rises are predicted dramatic in distant future whereas global ices
disappearance is already dramatic and increasing. In this article, we
called on the heat control machinery exploited in a refrigerator to show
that water behaves as a refrigerant to manage solar and anthropogenic
heats and also any heat generated from sources localized on Earth. Year
2018 was taken as example for quantitative evaluation of heat energy
transfers involved in water phases and interphase exchanges. It was
concluded that ice melting and evaporation-condensation equilibria are
efficient physical factors to fight global warming. It is also shown
that the pool of water present on Earth is progressively augmented by
the water liberated parallel to CO2 during the combustion of fossil
hydrocarbons in which it was stored millions years ago. Water as source
of hydrogen may be an alternative to the sources of energy produced and
consumed by humanity provided that heat-cycle assessment from cradle to
grave complements the life cycle assessment favorably.