What do you think would happen if the sun provided the earth with 2% more or less total radiation than it does today? The planet would be a furnace or a ball of ice, and there is absolutely nothing we could do about it.
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/sun/solarvariation.php If you want to read an academic paper on the subject: http://www.math.umn.edu/~mcgehee/Seminars/ClimateChange/references/Budyko1969Tellus21p611-Albedo.pdf On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Michael G wrote: > > Ya, I mean what possible effect could cutting down all the trees > and changing the atmospheric concentration of CO2 have? Just look at > micro-organisms. They have no effect on the human body, they're way too > small. Pssh. Tree huggers! Just sit back and enjoy the heat wave baby! > Science shmience. Melting ice just means more water. And water is good. > It's > refreshing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294008 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
