Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

In article <49557f097f4606f51f485fc2bbf6e77c@www.novabbs.com>,
quadibloc  <quadibloc@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 0:08:18 +0000, Lynn McGuire wrote:
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Chemical saturation limits EVERYTHING but is rarely taken into account.

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Given that the proportion of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere is measured in parts per million, I had
not thought of that as an important factor just yet.

I think the "saturation" issue was that well below current CO2
levels, the atmosphere was already pretty much opaque to long
wave IR, so more CO2 couldn't have any significant effect.
I've heard this asserted, and also assertions that this
was false.  One of the people asserting it was false was
Jordin Kare, who was pretty deeply involved in punching IR
lasers through the atmosphere, so I suspect it's false.

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