From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:51:26 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
      
   >Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 21/02/2026 11:55 pm, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >> > Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> >> Anthropogenic global warming has already raised sea surface temperatures   
   >> >> by more than one degree Celcius over pre-industrial levels. That puts   
   >> >> 10% more water vapour in the air above the oceans, and 10% more energy   
   >> >> tinto extreme weather events.   
   >> >   
   >> > Where would that energy have gone otherwise?   
   >>   
   >> Obviously into warming the oceans even more. This decreases the amount   
   >> of CO2 they can take up, but since CO2 levels in the atmosphere are   
   >> going up a lot faster than the oceans are warming up, this is a long   
   >> term problem. At the moment  about half the extra CO2 we are emitting   
   >> ends up in the oceans   
   >   
   >A wam ocean leads to more cloud cover which reflects more energy into   
   >space which reduces the overall energy input from the Sun.  Sounds as   
   >though the system might be stable in the long term.   
      
   Pretty obviously we have negative feedbacks, otherwise we'd be Venus.   
      
   The AGW industry has to invent and simulate positive-feedback tipping   
   points. Their funding depends on it.   
      
      
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