tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212235251641475783.post5144445344960258897..comments2024-01-01T18:50:35.975-07:00Comments on Citizenschallenge: "Global Warming caused by the sun's variability"citizenschallengehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212235251641475783.post-113949372201508512012-12-29T20:54:18.761-07:002012-12-29T20:54:18.761-07:00A contrarian tells me: "Your argument now con...A contrarian tells me: "Your argument now consists of a statement saying that the impacts on warming are way less than those of GHG's.<br />Is that a correct appraisal ?<br /><br />Your criticism of Rawls statement is now about him in essence "making a mountain out of a molehill"?<br />~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br /><br />I don't have the time to do this justice, but here goes...<br /><br />For example when the space shuttle blasted off with the sun overhead, the force of that rocket exerted a push on our planet's orbital trajectory trying to nudge our planet further from the sun. Of course the mass of the Earth is so great that it's a joke to worry about our orbit getting all catywampus because of all the rocket's blasting off.<br /><br />Or a more down to earth example.<br />In the past half century plus, so many reservoirs have been built that the amount of water that has been captured before reaching the ocean has actually affected the rotational speed of our planet, because of a change brought to the planet's center of gravity.<br />{ http://theglyptodon.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/whoa-dam-water-reservoirs-shift-earths-rotation/ }<br /><br />Now what Rawls (et al.) are doing with this GCRs (galactic cosmic rays) v. GHGs (greenhouse gases) business is analogous to claiming that the impounding of ever more water at higher elevations can compete with the tides.citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.com