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|    MikeJ to De-Trois-Leaning    |
|    Re: Joey Diaper's natural gas fireplace     |
|    21 Nov 24 04:26:32    |
      [continued from previous message]              > planet Earth. Indeed, this is because carbon dioxide does not cause       > the Earth to warm up indefinitely.       >       > As reported by Slay News, much like a sponge, the Earth’s atmosphere       > can only hold so much, meaning that carbon dioxide cannot increase       > temperatures anymore since the saturation point was reached a long       > time ago. The study uses a hypothetical concept of a fire inside a       > greenhouse consistently emitting heat. The glass walls and ceiling can       > contain only so much heat before emitting it outside. CO2 in the       > atmosphere is very similar in that it can act as a “greenhouse”       > gas, but all the CO2 together can only contain so much heat, much like       > the hypothetical greenhouse. The CO2 Coalition agrees with this       > conclusion as well. Thus, amidst all the fearmongering around climate       > change—and the knowledge that many things, including changes in       > solar activity heavily influence Earth’s weather—Dr. Curry       > believes even if the Earth is warming, it is not a dangerous thing,       > commenting:       >       > “This whole issue of “dangerous” is the weakest part of the       > whole argument. What is dangerous? Everybody has a different idea of       > what’s good. The only harm from warming is rising sea levels. And       > that’s a slow creep unless something catastrophic happens, say, to       > the West Antarctic ice sheet. And if something catastrophic happens       > there, that’s as likely to be associated with under-ice volcanoes as       > it is to be with global warming.”       >              +1              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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