By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:09:10 +0000

Looking back at the Pleistocene, we have seen the ice ages separated by relatively short lived interglacial periods. As we research the evidence, we have noted an increase in CO2 during the interglacial periods. What we don’t know is if the increased CO2 level is a cause or an effect. I believe it is an effect.
On a shorter time scale, we see climatic fluctuations both warm and cool such as the maunder minimum within the interglacial period we are now experiencing. This leads me to believe the Sun is responsible for these fluctuations.
We all know the Sun converts hydrogen to helium converting the excess mass to energy. I suspect the helium builds up in striations or pockets and interferes with a smooth hydrogen fusion process. When the helium builds to such a point, the process becomes unstable and we experience the interglacial periods until the excess helium is redistributed in such a way that the Sun quiets down and we slip into another ice age.
There is also the possibility of conditions existing temporarily allowing the helium to burn to heavier elements. We do not have the conditions on Earth for fusion to take place, however we can momentarily create the conditions in a hydrogen bomb. If we can do this, who is to say the Sun cannot temporarily burn helium producing violent solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
We do not have to receive additional heat or light from the sun to warm us up. No matter what form the energy is in when it hits us, it can be converted to or manifested as heat.
The fact that we are polluting our environment in the air, on land, in the oceans, and in space to a very dangerous level is coincidental to the Sun’s activity and an exacerbating element. We do need to clean up our act and our environment or choke on our own refuse, but common sense and a wealth of information readily available on the Internet points to the Sun as the direct cause of global warming.
There have been other ice ages detected within Earth’s 4.5 billion year history, some of which have been rather extreme (Snowball Earth) and warms spells, but the Sun has it’s own evolution and we have to live with it.

By: John Dodds

John Dodds — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:53:25 +0000

THe GLORY detectors do NOT meansure gravity or potential energy due to gravity, both of which result in varying levels of energy on Earth. Just like energy goes from KInetic (temperature) to Potential in a pendulum, so does it go from kinetic to potetnial on Earth as the Earth gets closer & further away from the sun & planets. (see Gravity causes Climate Change” at http://www.scribd.com) This is what causes climate change. The idea that CO2 makes it warmer is absurd. Every night we have lesss energy coming in and it gets colder, IN SPITE of man adding more CO2 so more GHE does NOT cause more warming as Hansen claims. It is more energy that causes more warming.
ALso the number of aerosols does NOT stop the potential energy from gravity, so it has little effect on climate change.

By: Tork

Tork — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:45:34 +0000

Mmm. ARS. Em, couldn’t help myself commenting on this one with a giggle .. did we mean APS :))

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