Global Warming Debate

[hectorberlioz]

Originally Posted by The Gaffer

Ah, if only Al Gore would do the eco-friendly thing: stay at home and keep his mouth shut. Oh, and btw, the "info" about his lifestyle has been shown to be an outright smear by right-wingers.

Gaffer, Al is from around here...I know some very particular particulars. Has Al Gore done nothing at all to change his ways? No, he has. Usually only after people pointed out his hypocrisy...but still. He has signed up for something called Green Powerswitch. Fine, but you know what? This is a project, it's in development. As for the company that owns it; it powers Al's house and everyone else's the same darn way.

Al also buys his "carbon offsets" from a company he once co-chaired. Hey, it's legal, but it does look funny...can Al stop global warming by giving money to a company that eventually gives back to him?

The main greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide CO2, methane CH4 and nitrous oxide, N2O. Nitrogen and oxygen, the main constituents of the atmosphere, are not greenhouse gases.

Most of the man-made greenhouse gases are CO2, which has been observed to correlate with increases in global mean temperature.

Ok, but just remember that correlation does not always imply a connection.

Water vapour isn't affected by human activity but, worryingly, an increase in temperature leads to an increase in water vapour, leading to further increases in temperature.

That doesn't sound like an example of man-made GW....hmm.