Yes - you are absolutely right. The only substantial source of heat we have is the sun, if you ignore the heat from the earth's molten core. How much warming the earth experiences will depend on how much heat reaches the earth, which depends on the temperature of the sun, minus how much heat is reflected away again. The sun is certainly getting hotter, but the amount of heat retained by the earth's atmosphere and not reflected away is also rising. So global warming is a combination of a hotter sun and more heat retention, caused by so-called "greenhouse gases". We are certainly responsible for a lot of the greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, but the relative contribution of each factor (sun, or greenhouse gasses) is up for debate.
2007-02-06 05:32:01
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answered by Martin 5
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This is a good question and it goes to the heart of the climate chage problem. First of all it is not true that the only thing that can change the global temperature is the Sun. What affects our global temperature is the heat budget of the earth-atmosphere system. With the current heat balance the earth will maintain a certain equilibrium temperatue T(1). With increasing temperatures due to increased greenhouse gases, more clouds will form, reflecting more incoming shortwave radiation from the Sun, tending to cool the earth. But at the same time the temperature of the atmosphere and earth's surface will increase due to the longwave radiation trapped beneath the clouds keeping the earth warm at a higher equilbrium temperature T(2).
So while the same amount of radiation arrives at the earth and the same amount leaves, the earth itself is at a higher equilibrium temperature achieved by a new energy budget for the entire system.
2007-02-06 07:32:09
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answer #2
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answered by 1ofSelby's 6
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I think you have a misconception - what seems obvious in fact not as one would expect.
When the sun gets hotter (the number of sun spots decreases to a minimum) this triggers very cold weather on the Earth - even ice ages.
Thats correct - hotter sun : cooler Earth.
So increasing sun temp does not in fact cause heating it causes cooling of the earth.
Earth is a living, dynamic system - other planets like Mars and Nuptune etc they do get hotter, but not the Earth.
Have wizz on the Web and see for yourself.
Imagine that your in bed lovely and warm. The blankets that cover you are like the Earths atmosphere keep the Earth warm. We have added a few extra blankets. Its starting to get too warm, its getting a bit uncomfortable. Keep adding blankets and it will get distressing - that is what we are doing to the earth with all of these CO2 emissions - we're adding blankets and the Earth is getting too hot.
2007-02-07 05:47:43
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answer #3
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answered by Moebious 3
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The sun gives out heat. The earth can radiate some of it back into space; but if we have a blanket of Carbon Dioxide, we still receive the heat from the sun, but it is more difficult to radiate it away, so the earth warms up. A geenhouse does the same - the sun radiates light in, but at the wave length that heat is radiated out from the inside of the greenhouse, the glass is a barrier - which is why it is so warm in the greenhouse. Hence Carbon Dioxide is sometimes called a greenhouse gas.
2007-02-07 03:37:12
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answered by David S 2
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This is a good question and it goes to the heart of the climate chage problem. First of all it is not true that the only thing that can change the global temperature is the Sun.
2007-02-06 08:13:12
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answered by Anonymous
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the sun is not the main problem, we are... the carbon dioxide that we make by burning gas all the factories in the world and electricty give off carbon dioxide this is were the green house effect comes in... all the carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere that makes the ozone layer thick and lets out less heat that is let in which is makin gthe planet's average tempures go up and the polar ice caps melt... if green land melted completely that would raise the sea level 20ft big problem for coastal cities...
2007-02-06 08:40:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Global means our world I suppose. Other things could effect the temperature including atomic explosions or burning fuels. Also how one retains the heat is significant. For example - cloud retains the heat
2007-02-07 02:47:56
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answered by Professor 7
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A lot of truth there. Plus precession also causes temp rise. There is a little effect caused by CO2 which keeps a little bit back, but you make sense.
2007-02-07 05:01:13
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answered by R.E.M.E. 5
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Who is the NWO? Why a New World Order? Is the Old World not good enough to live in? Well it should better be! By the Rate the "FREEMASONS" (No Free No Masons)destroy our Plane we run out of Oxygen in just a few years from NOW. It is a very simple calculation! We cut Trees ==> we decrease OXYGEN production We burn Fossile Fuel ==> We INCREASE Oxygen demand. At some stagen it will be like Venus, a RUNNAWAY GREENHOUSE EFFECT. We MUST STOP it before it is to late. So Who and Why NWO? Forget what you think you know because it is all a lie. Thousands of years misseducation, Lies and Tyranny from the Churches and Slavery from the Aristocrazy. Who are they, where do they come from? Well we have to go back and forh in Time. 14.400 Years ago when in our evolution something happened, a sharp rise and 21 December 2012 when the same thing happens again. I am speaking of the alignement of our solarsystem to the center of the "Multiverse". By then we will see a wandering planet who Zacharia Stitchin calls "Nibiru". This Planet has a 3.600 year Rotation Cycle around the Sun. 3.600 = 60x60 (Seconds in an Hour) 360 Degrees 360 Days That is No Coincidence! Take a good look at OUR HISTORY. I is an History of WAR. It is the HISTORY OF AN INVASION! THE ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI! When you are a "FREEMASON" then most them stop at the third degree, unaware that there exist higher degrees up to the 33rd Degree in two different Paths: The "YORK RITE" and the "SCOTTISH RITE" At the 33rd Degree Ritual they are asked: "Do you beleive in Jesus?". If they answer :YES they hear ==> "Your Journey comes to an end, You completed the circle". If they answer :NO they hear ==> "There is a Higher Path waiting for you. Are you willing to step above?" This higher path is called: "THE ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI" Contrary to what people think it means, here is a detailed explanation. ILLUMINATI ==> ILLUMINATE ==> SET ALIGHT ==> SET ON FIRE ==> AQUIRE POWER THE ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI ==> THE ONES THAT CAME TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE And you ONLY get in this club if you have BLUE BLOOD in your Veins. Get it? Blue Blood, NOT RED! Whatever it is really blue doesn't matter but it is an indicator of BIG Difference between US and THEM! They, the "Ruling Class" KILL US, STARVE US, USE US, ENSLAVE US, BETRAY US. They do everything to make our live miserable and WE PAY FOR IT! So where does this "BLUE BLOOD" come from? It is ALIEN ORIGIN, that's for sure! But how and from which planet? To understand this you must understand that life exists as energy alone. Why is that? Because LIFE IS AN ENERGY. And it comes from the one place all energy comes from, from the Sun. All life is a manifestation of this energy in one form and another. AND LIFE EXISTS ON THE SUN, Life that is PLASMA ENERGY based. Proof? If one looks closely at Sunspots one finds that it has an outer "SHELL" of energy and an inside. It is exacly like an egg in characteristics. Furthermore it "TAKES ENERGY IN" that is indicated by the cooler temperatures that make a Sunspot appear darker then it's surroundings. Again we have the characteristics of an Egg that takes the warmth of the sun or the mother to grow. Sunspots have a 12 Year cicle from No to High Acivity. This is their incubation Time. From Fertilization to Birth. Our Incubation Time is 9 months, others come in all different ranges. This Twelve Year Cicle is manifested in Astrology and in the Chinese Zodiac. It is on how much influence they have over us. They are a HIGH ENERGY BASED LIFE FORM. We are a LOW ENERGY BASED LIFE FORM. Now connect the Dots between the ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI and the SUN. LUCIFER ==> Latin: "The Light Bearer" another Word for the Sun. The CULT OF AEON ==> AEON ==> THE SUN TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE ==> HIGH ENERGY OUTPUT ==> HIGH ENERGY LIFEFORM FREEMASONS ==> FREE TO ENSLAVE US ==> FREE TO BUILT WALLS AND TEMPLES SKULL AND BONES ==> PIRATES FREE TO KILL US ==> FREE TO CREATE WAR WICHCRAFT ==> THE RELIGION OF FREEMASONS AND WICCA ==> IT TEACHES THE USEAGE OF US, "PROFANE GOYIM" BLOODLINES ==> FOR THEM IMPORANT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT INTERBREED WITH US ROTSCHILD ==> THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL We use only 20% of our menal capacity because we only use one of our senses, the eyes ==> Hence the "All seeing eye". Furthermore everything we do is mathematical. Language is a mathematical concept, so is money, time, everything. And the FREEMASONS and the ILLUMINATI the ROSECRUTIONS they learn VEDIC MATHEMATICS. They learn the easy way, the way to use people, "GOYIM" They learn simpler and learn more because they are richer because they live of us. THEY ARE NOTHING BUT PARASITES. THEY NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AND ELIMINATED, BEFORE THEY DESTROY US!
2016-05-23 23:58:58
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes that is absolutely spot on
2007-02-06 05:37:01
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answered by Anonymous
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