re: #21 Liberal Classic

I disagree. Human activity can change the atmosphere. Just as our release of chlorofluorocarbons affected the ozone layer, our release of carbon dioxide can affect the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere at infrared wavelengths.

OK… lets say that is true, and I am not even conceding the ozone layer and chlorofluorocarbons… But if a tiny change in carbon dioxide can affect the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere, what effect will it have… warming our planet, or cooling it?

Also… as the earth naturally warms (due to the SUN), in a cycle that goes back further than humans… what effect would the natural evaporation of the oceans have on amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere? Should we be looking at stopping that process as well?

/you don’t have to answer…..I already know the answers.