Comments on: “Show Me the Warming,” my piece in Forbes Online http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/12/03/%e2%80%9cshow-me-the-warming%e2%80%9d-my-piece-in-forbes-online/ Climate Change News & Analysis Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mimseahttp://www.globalwarming.org/2009/12/03/%e2%80%9cshow-me-the-warming%e2%80%9d-my-piece-in-forbes-online/comment-page-1/#comment-30407 mimsea Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:05:26 +0000 http://www.openmarket.org/?p=22857#comment-30407 Right, right, that's what all the paranoids said back when scientists found that our planet was round, not flat... But here's some basic "no think" info for the more challenged of the group: an average auto in idle puts out the same heat as an average barbeque grill - now, think of that amount of heat coming from the number of vehicles in idle at any one time, all over the U.S. and all over the world. Heck, L.A. would warm the planet all by itself given all the cars in idle even at this moment. Then, throw in powerplants, the 7000 airplanes that fly at any given time in the world, the heat from the pavement and buildings all over the world... and gee, makes some sense that the planet is warming, quickly... It doesn't take much to understand that there's a problem, it just takes a little bit of brain to get it... Right, right, that's what all the paranoids said back when scientists found that our planet was round, not flat… But here's some basic "no think" info for the more challenged of the group: an average auto in idle puts out the same heat as an average barbeque grill – now, think of that amount of heat coming from the number of vehicles in idle at any one time, all over the U.S. and all over the world. Heck, L.A. would warm the planet all by itself given all the cars in idle even at this moment. Then, throw in powerplants, the 7000 airplanes that fly at any given time in the world, the heat from the pavement and buildings all over the world… and gee, makes some sense that the planet is warming, quickly…

It doesn't take much to understand that there's a problem, it just takes a little bit of brain to get it…

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