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Started by jamesww, March 22, 2010, 06:23:49 PM

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crazy canuck

QuoteNo one doubts that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas

Wait a minute.  Hans told me there was no evidence it was.

Hansmeister

Quote from: crazy canuck on March 22, 2010, 07:03:52 PM
QuoteNo one doubts that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas

Wait a minute.  Hans told me there was no evidence it was.
Of course it is a greenhouse gas, the problem is that the earth isn't a greenhouse.  Last time I checked the earth wasn't encased in glass.  And building greenhouses inside of a greenhouse wouldn't work so why do people build greenhouses?

HisMajestyBOB

I'm not sure if Hans understands any of the words in that sentence. :(
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grumbler

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 22, 2010, 08:48:43 PM
I'm not sure if Hans understands any of the words in that sentence. :(
I smell deliberate irony in his statement.
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HisMajestyBOB

Quote from: grumbler on March 22, 2010, 08:58:50 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 22, 2010, 08:48:43 PM
I'm not sure if Hans understands any of the words in that sentence. :(
I smell deliberate irony in his statement.

Is that what that crusty-cheese smell is?
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Viking

Quote from: Hansmeister on March 22, 2010, 08:29:17 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on March 22, 2010, 07:03:52 PM
QuoteNo one doubts that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas

Wait a minute.  Hans told me there was no evidence it was.
Of course it is a greenhouse gas, the problem is that the earth isn't a greenhouse.  Last time I checked the earth wasn't encased in glass.  And building greenhouses inside of a greenhouse wouldn't work so why do people build greenhouses?

Please tell me this is a troll. If you really believe this I think you need a big stack of physics textbooks, or just look up reflection and refraction on wikipedia.

Greenhouses which use double glazing are greenhouses inside greenhouses.

But physics wise the important thing to note is that when any waves depending on the properties of the media and the wavelengths and frequency of the wave can be reflected at the interface between two media, such as between layers of air or even just clouds. CO2 concentrations change the properties of the atmosphere which are relevant to reflection and refraction. More C02 (within certain conditions) means more energy is reflected.
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First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Martinus

I bet Hans thinks rain happens when tears of angels dribble through cracks in the firmament too. :D

jimmy olsen

Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 22, 2010, 08:48:43 PM
I'm not sure if Hans understands any of the words in that sentence. :(
:lol:

By the way, glad to see your alive.
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Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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grumbler

The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!