On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 3:14 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote:
> It seems apparent that the final global consideration is that extra heat is > released into the atmosphere, land, and water of the earth as a result of us > burning fossil fuels. No one responded because your basic premise is incorrect. It is not the heat generated by the burning of fossil fuels that is the problem. It is the albedo of the earth and the reflectivity of the upper atmosphere. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect The energy falling on earth from the sun is far greater than the heat of mankind. T