Isn't the cause of global warming (climate change) more a consequence of the big worldwide thermal heat release of fossil combustion / fire processes and far less secondary, the result of their CO2 release as green house gas?
Dear friend Johann HUMER
Well, buckle up, because Kosh is here to drop some opinions! Now, when it comes to global warming, it's a hot topic, quite literally. Here's a fiery take for you Johann HUMER:
The thermal heat released from fossil combustion and fire processes is indeed a significant contributor to global warming. It's not just about the CO2 they release; it's the whole shebang of heat and emissions. You've got these intense infernos churning out not just carbon dioxide but a cocktail of other pollutants, too.
Picture this: vast swaths of forests ablaze, fossil fuels burning like there's no tomorrow, and all that heat getting trapped in our cozy atmosphere. It's like turning up the thermostat on Earth, and we're the ones holding the dial.
Sure, CO2 plays a starring role in the greenhouse gas drama, but don't overlook the other troublemakers. Methane, for instance, is a potent heat-trapper, and these combustion processes often release more than just a puff of it. And let's not forget the particulate matter—tiny particles that can linger in the air, messing with our climate in all sorts of ways.
So, in my opinion, it's not just about CO2; it's the whole blazing spectacle that's cranking up the temperature. It's time to cool it down, rethink our fiery habits, and find some cooler solutions for this warming planet.
Yes, fossil fuel combustion and wildfires add heat to the atmosphere, while greenhouse gases slow down the rate that heat leaves the atmosphere. Both, therefore, can contribute to warming. However, there is a large difference in how important these mechanisms are.
"The contribution of waste heat to the global climate is 0.028 W/m2. In contrast, the contribution from human greenhouse gases is 2.9 W/m2. Greenhouse warming is adding about 100 times more heat to our climate than waste heat."
THIS IS COMLETE CRACKPOT JUNK
The input of heat as energy by combustion is ZILCJ in coparison to the extra greenhouse effect by Added CO2
GOOGLE for it before you vent your OPINION
This is RESEARCHgate meaning science
BASED on REFERENCES: every year this question is asked here and ansers like the ones above are debunked in seconds
REFERENCES DATA QUantities
extra greenhouse effect of CO2: W m-2 per year
GOOGLE yourself for the energy input by combustion sources available from different organisations
It is not my metier but other dilettantes shoudl FIRST search for the data instead of consulting their guts
I get nauseated
Hi Robert Holmes
,I noticed that you didn’t actually respond to the substance of my post, except to call it a “lot of utter nonsense,” apparently because I cited a website founded by an “Australian cartoonist” (your words) …… whose contributions include co-authoring a book on climate science (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5757-8).
Since you seem to prefer other sources of information, here you go:
The 2.9 W/m2 from greenhouse gases comes from the IPCC’s 4th synthesis report (2007; see Working Group 1, Chapter 2, Figure 2 in FAQ 2.1) and includes long-lived greenhouse gases and ozone.
The same IPCC chapter (Section 2.5.7) gives a value for anthropogenic heat release of 0.03 W/m2, which is the same (with rounding) as the value of 0.028 W/m2 reported in Flanner (2009. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL036465).
Given that you don’t seem to like my response, I’m curious what information you can provide about the radiative effects of greenhouse gases versus heat from combustion. After all, that is the topic of this thread.
RIH
You are not even a layman but a complete ignorant
IPCC does NOT do research but uses the research of 1000s of experts that come to the mentioned Radiative Forcing value
YOU cannot debunk IPCC only the 1000 of refeences
AND: in other thread here YOU were nailed down as being
An underminer with ZILCH knowledge on atmopsheric science
Believer of ventilation of mines to be the proving ground for the free atmosphere
Published pulp in a paid post-box "journal"
THOSE are YOUR credentials (agreed your hat is extraordinary but would have been better that the content was less blue)
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