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RobertEarl

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27. Like OK wrote

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 06:14 PM

Mar 2012

"The excess CO2 which is currently in the atmosphere will continue to trap heat, and the Earth will continue to warm,"

What that means is:

The excess CO2 that we ALREADY have now, today, will continue to trap heat for 50 years before it can trap no more.

The CO2 we are dumping NOW - TODAY into the atmosphere will trap heat for 50 years before it can trap no more.

That means, even if we stopped dumping CO2 today, the climate will warm for 50 more years. Yes, if we stopped today, it would be a sliding scale of heat trapping, and reach its max in 50 years.

The effects we see today are from the CO2 we've dumped up to 50 years ago!!

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Human activity as a contributing factor is new. lastlib Mar 2012 #5

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The question is: RobertEarl Mar 2012 #6

I don�t want to be too pedantic but I feel the phrases� OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #7

Above 350 it causes change RobertEarl Mar 2012 #11

I�m sorry, but you�re wrong OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #14

I'm not wrong RobertEarl Mar 2012 #15

Yes, I am claiming otherwise OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #16

I give up with you RobertEarl Mar 2012 #17

It�s not because you�re new OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #18

Hundreds of thousands of Scientist's Rain Mcloud Mar 2012 #8

Terrible question;"Do you believe in ghosts?" "Do you believe in magic?" "Do you believe in love?" hatrack Mar 2012 #9

You don't believe in love? XemaSab Mar 2012 #10

Huey Lewis himself couldn't have phrased it better! hatrack Mar 2012 #12

This is (of course) exactly what the author was saying� OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #20

CO2 RobertEarl Mar 2012 #19

What on Earth does �Dry Ice� have to do with it? OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #21

Stop and think RobertEarl Mar 2012 #23

Because global scale changes take time, and the greenhouse effect is relatively subtle OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #24

Right there in your own post RobertEarl Mar 2012 #26

Um, what? XemaSab Mar 2012 #25

Like OK wrote RobertEarl Mar 2012 #27

Welcome to the neighborhood, but OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #28