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Edited Aug 06, 2010, 20:52
Re: Record breaking heat
Aug 06, 2010, 19:07
Merrick tends to break the issue down into simple logical pieces, from what I've seen, rather than posting links.

So you start with "Is CO2 a greenhouse gas".

It is, by the way. That is solid science. Repeatable ad nauseum.

Then he asks, "Is human activity adding CO2 to the atmosphere"

You may choose to deny this, but "Yes" does seem to be the most likely answer, given that we're digging carbon from the ground, burning it in a process that creates CO2, and then releasing that CO2 into the atmosphere. If you don't think we are increasing the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere, perhaps you can explain what happens to it. Your Nobel prize awaits.

So, if the answer to the first two questions is yes, the third has to be,

"If CO2 is a greenhouse gas, and we increase the proportion of it in our atmosphere, will that increase the greenhouse effect of our atmopshere?"

What's the rational, logical answer to that question?
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