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More Enviro-Babble - Earth's Albedo Studied

by Dave
5/07/2005 05:02:00 AM

Here's an article discussing comments by scientists not only about greenhouse gases but also the earth's ability to reflect sunlight (albedo). The article quotes a scientist who says, "The greenhouse gases work 24 hours a day. They are out there, all over the world, changing the energy budget of the planet all day and all night, every day. Albedo is only active during the day."

Huh?

At first I said, this guy has a good point - we warm all day because the sun's rays hit the earth all the time but we only reflect during the day. That seems to make sense. But am I the only idiot who realizes that the earth reflects and heats 100% of the time? There is no day or night with respect to the planet as a whole. Just as we heat constantly - on the sunny side, we also reflect constantly - from the sunny side.

What is this guy smoking at night?

1 Comments:

  • I don't know. But as far as I'm aware, no one is performing any studies on how the increase of human and animal produced gases affect the greenhouse effect.

    The U.S. Census Bureau publishes statistics that show in 1900, the world's population stood at 1.55 billion. As of 2005 it stands at 6.45 billion.

    Humans naturally exhale carbon dioxide when we breathe, and we fart out methane. These are two major greenhouse gases. In addition to increased human population, the population of domestic animals increase, chickens, cows, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, etc. These add to the greenhouse gases too.

    So far, I haven't heard of any studies that show this as the primary contributor to greenhouse gases. I'm thinking that liberals don't want to study this, because it would conclude that the burning of fossil fuels is not the problem, and that the solution might be to reduce human population, which only God can do.

    By Blogger Steve, at 5:46 AM, May 07, 2005  

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