Press Release, January 7, 2022:
Powerful Rationale for Nuclear Disarmament
Pradeep B. Deshpande and Clay W. Hansen
Leaders of Russia, China, US, UK and France have recently adopted a joint statement on preventing nuclear war.
There are additional powerful reasons for nuclear disarmament.
In a paradigm-shifting development, it has been discovered that past underground nuclear tests have contributed heavily to climate change. In comparison, the contribution of fossil fuels consumption, although not insignificant, is relatively small.
When an over ground nuclear test is conducted, much of the energy escapes to space, but when an underground nuclear test is conducted, the entire energy must be absorbed by the Earth. Evidence suggests that this copious amount of energy has found its way to the rocks at the bottoms of oceans releasing tremendous amount of greenhouse gases. Furthermore, the effect of an underground nuclear test on climate can last for several decades. This is a prime reason the world is witnessing crazy variations in the Earth’s climate.
Just like the human body temperature, nature has designed an ingenious self-regulated control system to regulate the climate. Underground nuclear testing has introduced a big disturbance into this control system. The problem is exasperated by an ever-increasing consumption of fossil fuels.
Thus, the remediation strategies must include three things:
Ø Diligently work toward net zero Carbon emissions,
Ø Ban all nuclear testing and work toward global nuclear disarmament.
Ø Reflect away a portion of the solar radiation hitting the oceans.
Then, there will be a reason for optimism that a semblance of normalcy to climate can be restored.
These ideas are more fully explained in the article, Underground Nuke Testing A Major Contributor to Climate Change: The Hansen Hypothesis, ThePulse.One, November 26, 2021, and in Clay Hansen’s YouTube video clip.
About the Authors
Pradeep Deshpande is Professor Emeritus in and former Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Louisville, and President and CEO of Six Sigma and Advanced Controls Inc. He is an author of eight books and over one hundred articles and presentations. He is a recipient of several international awards in process control. He has developed a scientific framework for world transformation and peace. His presentations in several countries including those at the Office of the Prime Minister of India, Parliament of Peru. NITI Aayog and others have been enthusiastically received. He is a Fellow of International Society of Automation and is listed in Who’s Who in the World. Prof. Deshpande can be reached at pradeep@sixsigmaquality.com.
Clay Hansen graduated with an M. Eng. Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Louisville in 1992. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After finishing high school, Clay worked for the US Air Force for six years where he worked on ground electronics and targeting for the minuteman II and III intercontinental missiles. After graduating from the University of Louisville, Clay worked for several companies including Exxon Chemical, Olin Chemicals, Dow Corning and GE Appliances. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and experienced in multivariable process control, six sigma, heat transfer and thermodynamics. He retired in 2006 on disability. He suffers from Multiple System Atrophy type C, and is in Hospice Care. He and his wife, Sheila, live in Maine. He can be contacted at claybot66@outlook.com.
