Clouds are made out of DHMO and should be banned. That is all you need to know.
GW scientific justification relies on the atmospheric “optical depth” to be deeper so a solar photon is absorbed and re-emitted more times before heading out to space. When there are no clouds, the photons head for space more readily after hitting the ground and being reemitted as heat. High clouds reflect more heat than light. Low clouds are thicker and tend to reflect more light relative to high clouds. So an argument that CO2 causes higher surface temps is an argument that CO2 increases optical depth by increasing the proportion of high clouds to low clouds for example.
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I’ve looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
Clouds got in my way
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions I recall
I really don’t know clouds at all.
— Joni Mitchell
See, we’ve known that for a long time. 🙂 ..bruce..
Laura Lee: “Dreams are like clouds across a sky-blue mind.”
Josey Wales: “Is that the kind of dumb things they teach pretty girls up in Kansas?”
Dang you bfwebster – you beat me to it! But I’m much more familiar with the Judy Collins version.
“I’m much more familiar with the Judy Collins version.”
Oops! Premature senility in the middle-aged is such a tragedy…
I know it’s lots of fun to play around clouds in a glider (not my video, but I do about the same things sometimes):
http://youtu.be/8ciSsJJST2w
Clouds are made out of DHMO and should be banned. That is all you need to know.
GW scientific justification relies on the atmospheric “optical depth” to be deeper so a solar photon is absorbed and re-emitted more times before heading out to space. When there are no clouds, the photons head for space more readily after hitting the ground and being reemitted as heat. High clouds reflect more heat than light. Low clouds are thicker and tend to reflect more light relative to high clouds. So an argument that CO2 causes higher surface temps is an argument that CO2 increases optical depth by increasing the proportion of high clouds to low clouds for example.