Originally Posted by
Des
Because the atmosphere doesn't behave like a man-made greenhouse, but the effects of carbon and other pollutants are known as the greenhouse effect...it's not a valid scientific idea? The article points out that the name is confusing, but goes ahead and uses it in examples. Everyone who understand the greenhouse effect knows about convection vs. radiation. Heres some exerpts from the article:
""Enhanced greenhouse" means the additional delay in energy loss to space induced by the fraction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released by humans before those gases are removed from the atmosphere by breakdown and/or biological activity. "
The article states that water, water vapor, co2 nitrous oxide, ozone, methane, etc, are all "greenhouse gases"
Then goes on to a paragraph saying that co2 isn't bad, because commercial growers increase the level of co2 in greenhouses...after saying that the atmosphere doesn't work like a greenhouse.
The article doesn't even take into consideration positive feedback effects of even small amount of global warming, citing that they are "natural", without addressing the issue here...which is the main concern! Even a 2 degree change is very significant and contributes greatly to the positive feedback effects (like the arctic permafrost zone melting and releasing huge amounts of methane), which are largely irreversible and "natural", although man flipped the switch.
Seems to me the website doesn't understand the basic ideas of global climate change enough to even address them. I wonder what the real "junk science" is.
I'm sorry, but the writers of that site are VASTLY smarter than you...or likely anyone here.
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