So, self-correcting feedback in the atmosphere is "too good to be true", but anything pessimistic is gospel?
Nigel. On 29 January 2010 17:28, Richard Naef <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's an issue of scale, e.g. the total energy burnt by > > mankind in a year is about 10,000 times less than the energy > > we get from the sun in the same period. We're really quite > > insignificant, except in our own minds. > > > > Everybody agrees the suns energy is whets causes the heating, its whether > or > not CO2 in the atmosphere makes it worse by altering the absorption. > > My understanding is that most of the energy from the sun is short > wavelength > Light Energy and CO2 (or other greenhouse gases) doesn't absorb this > energy. > However most of the energy subsequently released from the earth surface is > a > longer wavelength and IS absorbed by CO2 particles (Methane and other gases > are worse). This means that the sunlight comes in OK and gives us a tan, > but is restricted from being bounced back into space by the CO2 producing > the "greenhouse effect". The more CO2 in the atmosphere the greater the > amount of the suns energy kept - leading to weather changes and an average > temperature increase over the planet (some places might experience a > lowering). > > The article I posted yesterday indicates that atmospheric Water Vapour > which > is a bigger cause than CO2 might just be reducing in some sort of weird > Gaia-like balancing act, but that would be too good to be true. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/29/water-vapour-climate-chang > e > > ttfn > > Richard > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > www.leedslist.net > -- blog.mindbrix.co.uk/2010/01/20/zoomable-gallery/ www.concentrichron.com -- Mindbrix -- Dream it, draw it, build it, love it 69 Derby Street Beeston Nottingham NG9 2LG +44 7905 311 352 [email protected] www.mindbrix.co.uk Skype: ntbarber twitter.com/mindbrix _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist www.leedslist.net
