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Old 12-08-2023, 06:11 PM   #13
John Mercier
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I love the analogy. The earth has a surface area of 197 million square miles, with land taking up 57 million square miles. It is hard to determine whether doubling, tripling, quadrupling, etc. would effect temperature. When we were kids, the experts were predicting global cooling. For all we know a solar flare or sun spot has made it warmer.

I am for conservation. However, we must balance that with the fact that cheap energy has brought more people out of poverty than almost anything else.

I hope you are well, John! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I guess you didn't pay as close attention in school as you thought you did.
Sulfur dioxide is an atmospheric coolant.
Scientists were looking for the reason for the cooling luckily it turned out not to be natural.
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