Re: [Pen-l] Global Warming enquirey

[Les Schaffer <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Phillips wrote:
> I received this from a friend who is, as a result, a climate change 
> skeptic.  I don't have the scientific knowledge to refute the claims 
> and have relied on the IPCC for my information.  Does anyone know 
> where such a refutation of this specific attack can be found or is 
> anyone knowledgeable enough to compose a reply?


http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/11/cuckoo-science/


> Why so large and crucial an exaggeration? Answer: the IPCC has 
> repealed the fundamental physical the Stefan-Boltzmann equation - that 
> converts radiant energy to temperature. 

when i saw this line, i knew Munckton was not worth wasting time over. 
but people like your friend are likely to be easily swayed by such a 
casual remark.

Les



> Without this equation, no meaningful calculation of the effect of 
> radiance on temperature can be done. Yet the 1,600 pages of the IPCC's 
> 2007 report do not mention it once. 

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