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   MikeJ to De-Trois-Leaning   
   Re: Joey Diaper's natural gas fireplace    
   21 Nov 24 04:26:32   
   
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   > 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.”   
   >   
      
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