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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (22490)	7/25/2008 1:56:44 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

Please quote me anything from a book on thermodynamics that shows my interpretation is wrong. All bodies radiate electromagnetic energy above zero degrees Kelvin. Hotter bodies radiate more then cold bodies radiate. Considering thermodynamic processes in determining the average temperature of the planet, all bodies above zero degrees Kelvin need to be considered, including those at -70F. The heat loss from planet Earth to the Atmosphere is mainly by radiation (75.5%). Convection, conduction (4.8%), radiation to space(4.1%), and evaporation (15.6%) making up the balance. More info on the science of climate change can be found here. royalsociety.org