is mr jello wrong?

Question

Mr jello said that the earth doesnt heat itself, but he is wrong
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuU9W02IA84qNjuQuI1FYdES.Rd.;_ylv=3?qid=20071005102106AAD3TcG

Mr jello here is proof earth heats itself also
http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/PlateTect/heathistory.html

http://nov55.com/heat.html

Answer 1

If there were no Sun, do you think there would still be heat from the Earth?

Of course not. Without the Sun, the Earth would be a frozen wasteland.

Think man.....

Answer 2

There are global warming skeptics here, and global warming deniers. My listing of skeptics includes DeusExMachina, Marc G, and 3DM (even though his non-data based arguments are sometimes not useful in illuminating the issue). And others. Their questions are thought provoking, and their answers generally appropriate to the question. They are capable of giving "Best Answer" to just about anyone who gives an honestly valuable answer, not just those who post simple agreement with their philosophy. Jello is your classic denier. Reflexive posts of the same opinions over and over, regardless of the details of the question. Asking "questions" that are simply rants. Often plays fast and loose with the truth. Frequently selects "Best Answers" that have absolutely no intellectual content (which may be the easiest way to identify a denier). Of course it's a continuous spectrum.

Answer 3

Mr Jello is almost always wrong, to be blunt, but here he's almost right.

It's true that the Earth produces some heat through geothermal energy, but the Sun provides something like 99.997% of our heat, geothermal being most of the rest. It's pretty negligible.

Answer 4

You have to be quantitative about these issues. Yes, there is a certain amount of heat that is generated by radioactive decay inside the Earth (maintaining its liquid core and volcanic activity), but this is a small fraction of the heating by the Sun.

There is also a small amount of heating caused by meteorites and cosmic rays, but these too are small compared to the heating by the Sun.

Answer 5

You'll find Mr Jello entertaining if you're in the right mood. I'm sure no one has ever done him the honour of researching what he says, I don't think he ever does.

Answer 6

Scientists have proven that changes in the Sun are not the cause of global warming. Proof here, with references to the scientific literature:

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/FAQ2.html
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn11650
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2005/07/the-lure-of-solar-forcing/

This was the final nail in the coffin of that theory:

"Recent oppositely directed trends in solar
climate forcings and the global mean surface
air temperature", Lockwood and Frolich (2007), Proc. R. Soc. A
doi:10.1098/rspa.2007.1880

http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/media/proceedings_a/rspa20071880.pdf

News article at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6290228.stm

Those who advanced it have been caught doing strange things with the data:

EOS, TRANSACTIONS AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, VOL. 85, NO. 39, PAGE 370, 2004

Pattern of Strange Errors Plagues Solar Activity and Terrestrial Climate Data, Paul E. Damon, Peter Laut

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2004/2004EO390005.shtml

Answer 7

Mr jello is bi polar he has many opinions

Answer 8

I guess but most of his views are right though. The sun is the casue of global warming.

Answer 9

Hmm seems like he is, but he is right about the sun being the source of global warming.

Answer 10

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