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Re:Massive glacier collapse by scarmig on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:40PM (#5165636)
I'm curious: why do you put "greenhouse gases" in scare marks? It's rather unclear what your goal is besides emotive outburst. Are you denying that the greenhouse effect exists? That chemicals exist that interact with various forms of EM radiation? That those chemicals can exist in a gaseous state?

Maybe you're skeptical that they're man-made. If so, why not put the quotes around "man-made" instead of "greenhouse gases"?

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Re:Massive glacier collapse by spikels on Monday February 04, 2013 @04:00PM (#5167091)
Might be because the climate does not operate like a greenhouse. A greenhouse works by physically preventing convection from carrying away warm air. Greenhouse gases work by absorbing and reemmitting radiation that would otherwise escape into space. Both result in warming but completely different mechanisms.

Unfortunately we are stuck with this misleading terminology in what is an already complex and politically charged area.

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