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To: M. Dodge Thomas
I've done my part - read the original, read the responses, attempted to discover if the author as responded to criticism of the original paper, especially in the last few years (as far as I can determine, he hasn't), and reached the best judgement I can, and pointed you the relevant material I have been able to discover.

The fact that you are unable to defend your beliefs in your own words and choose to defer to your religious leaders' pontifications rather than doing so is proof that you don't really understand what you are advocating, it is just a matter of faith for you.

FAITH = RELIGION

68 posted on 04/05/2007 6:24:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Here ya’ go:

For starters, Essenhigh’s assertion that “water averages out as 97% of the thermal trapping” is unsupported in his paper and at wide variance with generally accepted values – he’s able to present these assertions as plausible because he does not understand even the basics of atmospheric physics and chemistry, for example disregards variable absorption rates with altitude. He hasn’t apparently hasn’t even bothered to try to defend this paper since shortly after its publication, and instead has concentrated his criticisms on the economic effects of programs to reduce the rate of increase in atmospheric C02. Nevertheless, the paper won’t die, but surfaces every few years presented in the guise of cutting-edge and well-supported criticism of current consensus views.

Happy now?

Convinced of anything?

I don’t expect so – because the only way to judge the reasonableness and accuracy of such opinion is either to study the question yourself, or to adopt the views of authorities you accept as competent to evaluate them for you.


71 posted on 04/05/2007 7:14:41 AM PDT by M. Dodge Thomas
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