A Theory on the Primary Factors of Global Warming
A Theory on the Primary Factors of Global Warming
I hesitated greatly over whether or not to include this section in the book.
“If you write something like this, the credibility of the book will be undermined.” This was also the reason a certain editor once rejected my request to publish the serialized articles as a standalone volume after their completion. I, too, was conflicted. However, in reality, books that challenge the theory that carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming are widely available and displayed in large stacks at major bookstores in Tokyo, where anyone can purchase them. I myself have bought about seven such books. For example, TAKARAJIMASHA, Inc. published “The CO₂-Caused Global Warming Theory Is the Greatest Lie of the Century” in January 2020; NIPPON HYORON SHA CO.,LTD. published “The Inconvenient Truth of Global Warming” in June 2019; and Bungeishunju Ltd. published “The Runaway ‘Global Warming’ Theory” in December 2007. I also own four other similar titles.
At the core of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports, there exists what I believe to be artificially fabricated and misleading data. According to these reports, global warming supposedly began suddenly after the Industrial Revolution. Although this conclusion is said to be based on computer-processed meteorological data, this processing itself is, in my view, the starting point of the distortion. For details, I encourage readers to consult the published literature.
Ms. Sachie Arinaga, who practices organic farming in rural Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, told me that this issue is of such great importance to agriculture that it should definitely be explained in detail to association members, and she strongly encouraged me to include it. Indeed, when this theory is taken to its logical conclusion, arguments emerge such as: paddy fields emit methane gas and therefore intensify the greenhouse effect, so rice cultivation should be abandoned in favor of upland rice farming; or charcoal should be added to paddy fields to serve as carbon storage sites. However, adding charcoal to paddy fields makes the soil alkaline, which creates further problems. Under alkaline conditions, most micronutrients become insoluble, leading to micronutrient deficiencies that prevent crops from growing properly.
Active Sources of CHO Supply
This question was raised by a woman who participated in the editing of this book: “What does CHO mean?” Anyone who has studied soil and fertilizer science, even to a small extent, would know that C stands for carbon, H for hydrogen, and O for oxygen. Moreover, this book is written on the assumption that readers are familiar with Liebig’s well-known theory of mineral nutrition. These three elements are absorbed by plants as carbon dioxide through photosynthesis, while water (H₂O) is continuously taken up through the roots; therefore there is no need to apply these elements intentionally as fertilizers.
However, in practical crop nutrition science, when CHO is supplied externally to crops, it is absorbed and assimilated as nutrients for building plant tissues, just like fertilizer components.
Here, I would like to briefly supplement the explanation of Table 1 (page 107). When I was employed as a researcher in the chemistry division at an agricultural experiment station in 1968, my supervisor pointed out that there were new materials related to environmental pollution that the chemistry division should investigate, and he turned his attention to a somen noodle factory in Himeji City. Suspecting that pollution from the factory’s starch-containing wastewater might be causing damage to rice cultivation, my senior colleague, Mr. Tsuyoshi Jikihara, collected factory effluent once a week, diluted it, applied it to pot-grown rice plants, and carefully observed their growth. It became clear that the rice plants receiving the factory wastewater grew better.
Diesel oil was also tested at the same time. Although the rice grains suffered from flowering disorders and resulted in low yields, the straw weight in plots treated with small amounts of diesel oil was clearly greater than in untreated plots. From this, I came to understand that for vegetables and other crops where seeds are not consumed, plants can utilize even diesel oil as a nutrient source for growth. This case led me to realize that blind faith in Liebig’s theory is not advisable.
Experiments using radioisotopes further showed that crops absorb not only inorganic nutrients but also sugars, amino acids, and vitamins—not only through their roots but also efficiently through their leaves—and that the absorbed nutrients are rapidly translocated throughout the plant. As an example of the agricultural application of radioisotopes, photographs have been published in high school physics and chemistry textbooks by Keirinkan, with Kazuhiko Watanabe credited as the provider for more than ten years.
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