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Originally Posted by regular.joe
So, I have been thinking this over and I think that the idea is flawed.
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Extremely flawed.
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yes the sun is the source of energy for our planet. A fraction of this energy has been stored in the form of fossil fuels. If the energy stored in fossil fuels were never released, this idea would hold water, the energy would indeed be more or less constant and all climate effects would be the ebb and flow of the natural earth system. But, release this energy in large enough amounts and the system now has more energy active then would be and I can easily see that man would impact climate change. Very simple math if you ask me.
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There is also the question of how much energy stays on the planet at all. Changing the makeup of the atmosphere changes the amount and type of sunlight that makes it to the surface, and once warming starts, the melting of the icecaps and glaciers can reduce the amount of energy that is reflected from the surface back into space.