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Study shows CFCs, cosmic rays major culprits for global warming
University of Waterloo ^ | Dec. 21, 2009

Posted on 12/26/2009 10:11:01 PM PST by redpoll

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Dec. 21, 2009) - Cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), both already implicated in depleting the Earth's ozone layer, are also responsible for changes in the global climate, a University of Waterloo scientist reports in a new peer-reviewed paper.

In his paper, Qing-Bin Lu, a professor of physics and astronomy, shows how CFCs - compounds once widely used as refrigerants - and cosmic rays - energy particles originating in outer space - are mostly to blame for climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. His paper, derived from observations of satellite, ground-based and balloon measurements as well as an innovative use of an established mechanism, was published online in the prestigious journal Physics Reports.

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TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; environment; globalwarming; science
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To: DannyTN
If the warming data was manipulated and falsified, then any study that looks for causation of the falsified warming data, is invalid.

Thank you for noting what should be an obvious truth but seems missing from most, if not all, of the reports I've read about this study. Although it is an obvious hit on the Global Warming Nutcases I'm still a bit of a skeptic for the reason you gave as well as the whole CFC connection. I would like to read the study but haven't been able to find a free copy of the PDF yet. One would think that it would be all over the place by now. If anybody has a link please post it.

21 posted on 12/27/2009 4:11:54 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: grey_whiskers; carolinablonde; proud_yank; bamahead; Normandy; SteamShovel; SolitaryMan; rdl6989; ..
Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

22 posted on 12/27/2009 4:42:46 AM PST by steelyourfaith (Don't start the revolution without me.)
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To: redpoll
"I guess the science isn't settled after all.”

If you're really interested in learning about AGW, I highly recommend reading Heaven and Earth. Warning, it's most definitely not light reading.

Another interesting read, Superfreakeconomics, supports the concept of AGW but does address the alarmism, religious overtones and has some unkind words for Al Gore and his comrades.

23 posted on 12/27/2009 5:14:45 AM PST by Red Dog #1
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To: redpoll

I’m willing to laugh at a joke once, maybe twice but this joke just isn’t funny anymore!!!


24 posted on 12/27/2009 5:28:49 AM PST by timetostand (Merry Christmas)
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To: redpoll

Somewhere a group of America haters are frantically searching for a way to use info to destroy our ecomony and way of life. Too bad CFCs are already essentially banned.


25 posted on 12/27/2009 7:03:44 AM PST by Conan the Conservative (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the hippies.)
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To: NurdlyPeon
So now we’re back to CFCs again. Wake me when we get back to cow farts.

LOL! These folks just can't get it into their heads that humans can't affect the climate. We can make the air around us dirty or clean, depending on emissions, but that doesn't affect the climate at large.

26 posted on 12/27/2009 11:07:30 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
Cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), both already implicated in depleting the Earth's ozone layer, are also responsible for changes in the global climate, a University of Waterloo scientist reports in a new peer-reviewed paper.
Peer reviewed has the same gravitas as that spectacled bald actor warning everyone not to squeeze the Charmin.
 
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27 posted on 12/27/2009 4:08:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (My Sunday Feeling is that Nothing is easy. Goes for the rest of the week too.)
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To: Libloather

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28 posted on 12/27/2009 4:50:04 PM PST by MetaThought
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thanks Maelstorm.
29 posted on 01/31/2010 6:07:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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