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1. 1. R.Blakely 04:33 AM 1/14/11

   More CO2 measurements is a fantastic idea. Propaganda about CO2 increases will then be eliminated. CO2 emissions are being blamed for climate change, but increasing measurements of the "evil gas" will show that CO2 concentrations vary with location.
   Methane measurements are useless since methane cannot alter climate. This is because methane absorbs photons that are already TOTALLY absorbed by water vapor.
   CO2 absorbs sunlight at 1.5-microns, and so temperature is reduced in the daytime. CO2 absorbs 15-micron photons at night, and so temperature is maintained at night. Therefore, CO2 REDUCES climate change.
   Climate shifts are reduced by CO2 emissions. The fact that CO2 absorbs photons from sunlight is being ignored by scaremongers.

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2. 2. Chris G in reply to R.Blakely 03:20 PM 1/14/11

   "...CO2 concentrations vary with location."
   
   Yes, everyone with more than a first-glance awareness of climate science knows this.
   
   http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/co2_map.html
   
   But, just because there are waves on the surface does not mean that the tide is not rising.
   
   "...water vapor."
   So, tell us, how much water vapor is there at or above the mean emission altitude of 5-6K? Hint: the answer is, 'Not much'.
   
   "CO2 absorbs sunlight at 1.5-microns, and so temperature is reduced in the daytime. "
   The absorption spectrum of CO2 looks like this
   http://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C124389&Units=SI&Type=IR-SPEC&Index=1#IR-SPEC
   
   It has absorption bands within the solar spectrum and the earth spectrum. It's affect on inbound solar shortwave is at the small end of the tail in this graph
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png
   
   It's affect on outbound earth longwave is in the fat part of what the earth emits. A comparison between the two can be seen here
   
   http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/images/RadiationSpectrumEmittedFromSun.html
   
   It should be pretty plain that CO2 has less of an effect on the inbound than the outbound.
   
   
   "CO2 absorbs 15-micron photons at night, and so temperature is maintained at night."
   
   Uh, yeah, one of the signatures to be expected from a GHG explanation for warming is a greater rise in nighttime lows than in daytime highs. This is what is observed. In contrast, for example, if the sun were putting out more energy, you'd expect daytime temperatures to rise more than nighttime.
   
   How does a greater increase at night than during the day imply a reduction in climate change?
   
   Any more half-truths to spread around?
   
   Just from the sites above, does it look like the people involved in the science are unaware that CO2 also absorbs some of the solar radiation?

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