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

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (26195)	12/2/2009 8:10:18 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

It's interesting that you think air molecules know which way is up and which down: <The greenhouse gases selectively transmit the infared waves, trapping some and allowing some to pass through into space. The greenhouse gases absorb these waves and reemits the waves downward, causing the lower atmosphere to warm> In fact, the greenhouse gases are simply heated and any re-radiating they do is in all directions, including out to space, not just downward. Plants know which way is up. It helps them get their leaves above ground and their roots down into wet dirt. They also know where the sun is and they maximize [or minimize] their exposure to get more than their share. Sunflowers keep an eye on the sun all day, following it around. You don't have to spend long in a desert on a clear night to experience how quickly heat is lost to space. Your greenhouse gases are not as effective as a thermos flask in keeping heat in. It's fortunate that the sun dumps another 42 megapetajoules onto Earth each day [unless Sol is down in the dumps as it has been lately as predicted by me over a year ago and this year the 'experts' caught up with my prediction]. Sol is still very inactive though there was a little flurry of sun spots a week or two ago. sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov It was more a flurry of little sunspots. Or a little flurry of little sunspots. Reglaciation begins either in January or 2019 [or maybe it's 2020 - I'd have to check my prediction]. Get your winter woolies and snow plough out. Mqurice