Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Relationship Between Energy Costs, Global Temperatures, CO2, and Energy Consumption (Part III)

Below is the result of running a linear regression analysis on the model posted in Part I of this series of blogs solving for global temperatures (Temp).

R2

0.92

           

Adjusted R2

0.78

           

SE

0.095

           
               

Term

Coefficient

95% CI

SE

t statistic

DF

p

Intercept

-71.98

-150.75

to 6.79

34.821

-2.07

9

0.0687

Temp5

-1.013

-3.317

to 1.291

1.0184

-0.99

9

0.3459

CO2

0.0813

-0.0172

to 0.1798

0.04352

1.87

9

0.0946

Energy Cost

-0.2749

-0.6738

to 0.1240

0.17635

-1.56

9

0.1534

USP

-5.521

-24.376

to 13.334

8.3349

-0.66

9

0.5243

Energy Cons

2.0526E-08

-8.6206E-08

to 1.2726E-07

4.7182E-008

0.44

9

0.6738

CO2 GDP

0.005277

-0.006499

to 0.017052

0.0052055

1.01

9

0.3372

CO2 GDP1

-0.0009683

-0.0116435

to 0.0097068

0.00471901

-0.21

9

0.8420

Coal KWH1

9.077

-5.256

to 23.410

6.3360

1.43

9

0.1858

NG KWH1

2.671

-2.250

to 7.591

2.1751

1.23

9

0.2507

Oil KWH1

4.071

-3.140

to 11.282

3.1878

1.28

9

0.2336

NP KWH1

21.33

-21.85

to 64.51

19.088

1.12

9

0.2928

BIO KWH1

2.338

-11.152

to 15.827

5.9631

0.39

9

0.7042

Hydro KWH1

3.985

-4.120

to 12.089

3.5825

1.11

9

0.2949

Geo KWH1

-4.161

-17.502

to 9.180

5.8976

-0.71

9

0.4983

Solar KWH1

4.266

-23.829

to 32.361

12.4197

0.34

9

0.7391

Wind KWH1

4.449

-11.391

to 20.289

7.0021

0.64

9

0.5410

Source of variation

Sum squares

DF

Mean square

F statistic

p

Model

0.964

16

0.060

6.64

0.0034

Residual

0.082

9

0.009

   

Total

1.046

25

     

Coefficients

Coefficient Value

Value

Temperature

Ave

Temperature

Intercept

-71.98

1.00E+00

-7.20E+01

1.00E+00

-71.98

Coal KWH1

9.077

1.48E+00

1.34E+01

9.00E-01

8.1693

NG KWH1

2.671

4.71E+00

1.26E+01

3.10E+00

8.2801

Oil KWH1

4.071

1.85E+00

7.53E+00

1.15E+00

4.68165

NP KWH1

21.33

2.30E-01

4.91E+00

2.30E-01

4.9059

Hydro KWH1

3.985

3.67E-01

1.46E+00

3.67E-01

1.462495

Geo KWH1

-4.161

9.20E-02

-3.83E-01

9.20E-02

-0.382812

Solar KWh1

4.266

4.17E-02

1.78E-01

5.00E-01

2.133

Wind KWH1

4.449

1.43E-01

6.36E-01

1.40E+00

6.2286

CO2 GDP

0.005277

5.10E+02

2.69E+00

4.80E+02

2.53296

CO2 GDP1

-0.0009683

4.16E+02

-4.03E-01

3.90E+02

-0.377637

USP

-5.521

1.80E-01

-9.94E-01

1.60E-01

-0.88336

Energy Cost

-0.2749

1.00E+01

-2.75E+00

1.00E+01

-2.749

Biomass KWH1

2.388

3.21E-01

7.67E-01

3.21E-01

0.766548

Energy ConsP

2.05E-08

9.46E+07

1.94E+00

5.50E+07

1.12893

CO2

0.0813

3.90E+02

3.17E+01

4.30E+02

34.959

Temp5

-1.013

6.50E-01

-6.58E-01

7.00E-01

-0.7091

Result

6.68E-01

-1.833426

The model has excellent correlation as shown by the R² variable equal to 0.92. The results indicate that the 2009 value for global temperatures can decrease from 0.7 degrees to -1.8 degrees by decreasing the United States reliance on coal, natural gas, and oil by 25% and increasing the United States reliance on Solar and Wind energy by 25% (highlighted in red). Nuclear power, hydro power, biomass, and geothermal variables were held constant. Other 2009 variables were adjusted to keep up with the trends of using renewable energies such as increased energy costs, higher global temperatures (Temp5 – even with lower CO2 emissions the global temperature trend is upward), lower energy consumption (including the USP variable), and lower CO2 to GDP numbers.

Global warming alarmist may look at this as proof that moving to renewable energy sources will eliminate CO2 and therefore; reduce global temperatures. This, however, is not true and this result can be misleading as will be revealed in future blog posts evaluating this model.

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