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Thread #87391   Message #2782470
Posted By: pdq
06-Dec-09 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where's the Global Warming
Subject: RE: BS: Where's the Global Warming
GUEST, KP...

Thank you for declaring this a debate. It should be, but a quick check of earlier posts suggests it is more a shouting match.

I will address a few points...

"Carbon Dioxide absorbs heat from solar radiation."

Please explain the difference between "CO2 absorbs heat" and "CO2 reflects heat back to Earth".

"Humans are burning a lot of hydrocarbon fuels that have increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."

Well, 35% of all atmospheric carbon is returned to the Earth each year, so "stuff" produced by factories during the early days of the Industrial Revolution is long gone.

Also, you seem to be a physics/chemistry type. You did not mention that plants take in CO2 and give us back Oxygen is such quantities that the human-sourced CO2 insignificant.