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That's a good point... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #1
another reason to markie Jul 2023 #2
Yes. Good idea! calimary Jul 2023 #3
SHOULD be PART of the evaluation. elleng Jul 2023 #4
Should not be. It's miniscule, lost in the noise. 8320 global warming vs 44.4 heat Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #20
Urban Heat Implications from Parking, Roads, and Cars: a Case Study of Metro Phoenix mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #5
Parking lots do not combust fossil fuels. They do collect energy, so they should all be white. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #7
Better yet... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #23
Yes. You made me think again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #24
Some interesting information in the introduction. honest.abe Jul 2023 #13
No need. The level of heating is insignificant compared to CO2, because CO2 operates for decades Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #6
Yeah but direct heat doesn't go away either. honest.abe Jul 2023 #9
Sure. But you are comparing a one-time energy release to decades of heating by trapping solar Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #21
Insignificant compared with the suns heat Blues Heron Jul 2023 #8
Yes, that's the question I was asking. honest.abe Jul 2023 #10
think how hot your garage got from that engine vs how hot the sahara desert gets Blues Heron Jul 2023 #11
I was looking for a more quantitative answer. honest.abe Jul 2023 #12
OK - world energy demand is about 624 exajoules/year, the sun gives us 3,850,000 exajoules/year Blues Heron Jul 2023 #14
Would you mind providing a link to support your numbers? honest.abe Jul 2023 #15
no prob Blues Heron Jul 2023 #16
Thank you. honest.abe Jul 2023 #17
directly caused by our added CO2 above pre industrial levels? or total CO2 Blues Heron Jul 2023 #18
Numbers do exist. See my post #20. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #22
there are numbers for that - the total energy demand per year vs the radiative forcing of CO2 Blues Heron Jul 2023 #25
Thanks. I will take a look later. honest.abe Jul 2023 #26
radiative forcing of 1.8 W/M due to our added CO2 is like space heaters 72 feet apart Blues Heron Jul 2023 #27
That's intense! honest.abe Jul 2023 #29
World energy consumption in 2021 was 167,781 terawatt-hours muriel_volestrangler Jul 2023 #19
You know what? NNadir Jul 2023 #28
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