I thought it was confirmed that water vapor magnified the suns rays making it warmer.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, solar activity is the basis of all life on our planet and > that is what you are blaming things on. There are many other possible > routes to life other than carbon dioxide. Without the energy from the > sun? Not so much. > > We all agree that the Sun has effects on our climate. Most people > agree that carbon dioxide is a significant factor as well. In fact, > the "greenhouse effect" of carbon dioxide (and methane) can be shown > in a laboratory. Since carbon dioxide (and methane) trap heat and the > heat is originally sourced from the Sun, it would stand to reason that > solar cycles would have an effect on warming here. > > The basic thermodynamics is not difficult. The complicated part is > figuring out how the trapped energy will change all the various and > sundry feedback systems that make up the planet's climate. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309406 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
