RE: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-09 Thread Craig Haynie
It was my understanding that greenhouse gases are only those which have the particular characteristic of absorbing the wavelengths of reflected radiation. It was told to me that only specific gasses, not water vapor, have this characteristic. Comments? Disagreements? I don't believe that

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-04 Thread Steven Krivit
Nick, Ad hominem arguments = A technique used to when the facts don't say what you want them to. National Center for Public Policy Research probably sings this Talking Heads song: Facts are simple and facts are straight Facts are lazy and facts are late Facts all come with points of view Facts

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-02 Thread Michel Jullian
red, emitted including at night when there is no incident radiation to reflect). Steve I am afraid your description needs revising. Michel - Original Message - From: Horace Heffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 8:32 AM Subject: Re: global

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-02 Thread Horace Heffner
The importance of infra-red to the greenhouse effect can be seen in the following table. Percent solar constant at aircraft altitude: Lambda (nm) Cum % % Range 0 - 10 *** less than 0.00044 percent*** 10 - 400 8.725 8.725 UV 400 - 700 46.879

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-02 Thread hohlrauml6d
-Original Message- From: RC Macaulay Do I believe these greenhouse gasses are warming the planet.. perhaps CO2 is causing some.. but.. there is so much shrill and so much money made off shrill, the facts are skewed. NASA has some good readings but who can believe anything coming out

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-02 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 2, 2006, at 7:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the planets are warming: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice-age_031208.html A model that fits the data has three layers near the surface, said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, team leader for the

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-02 Thread Horace Heffner
Some typos corrected below. The importance of infra-red to the greenhouse effect can be seen in the following table. Percent solar constant at aircraft altitude: Lambda (nm) Cum % % Range 0 - 10 *** less than 0.00044 percent*** 10 - 400 8.725 8.725 UV

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-01 Thread RC Macaulay
put some suspicions to rest. Of course, it would freeze the yankees and Europe. - Original Message - From: Steven Krivit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 6:51 PM Subject: Re: global warming: spin or not spin? It was my understanding that greenhouse

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-01 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 1, 2006, at 3:51 PM, Steven Krivit wrote: It was my understanding that greenhouse gases are only those which have the particular characteristic of absorbing the wavelengths of reflected radiation. It is not the absorption of *reflected* radiation that is key. It is the

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-01 Thread temalloy
Nick Palmer posted under the bed, and that there is no scientific consensus that climate change is real, is threatening us and action to mitigate the worst effects must be taken now. I wish I could slap irresponsible people like this around the face - very, very hard. I was listening to

Re: global warming: spin or not spin?

2006-03-01 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 1, 2006, at 10:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO, if the Warming scenario is happening, there is nothing that we can do about it. Not true. See: http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/LastResort.pdf Horace Heffner