Would all the people out there that believe the pablum that the mainstream media puts forth as climate science please go away. Everyone else, please take the following honor system test. Dr. Lenny's responses follow each question.
Is the earth currently warming? Yes.
Is the cause anthropomorphic (human)? - not likely.
Is climate mostly about chemistry? Yes
Is it complicated? Yes
Can we make sense of the models? - not likely
Is Al Gore a scientist? chemist? or a climatologist? no
As you embellish truth, is anyone likely to believe you? no
Should a chemist know a bit about climate? Yes
Where do you find one? Good question.
Final Question - define the concept 'average temperature' or 'global mean temperature' in terms of an illustrative example.
Boil a pot of water and pour yourself a cup of coffee. Also pour a glass of water and add two or three ice cubes. Allow to stand for a moment or two - enjoy a sip of coffee. Plunge three fingers into both the coffee and the water. The average temperature is 50 C. Your fingers don't scald at 50 C. They are not really scalding now. Oh, you can remove your fingers and now use the remaining ice water on the hand that was in the coffee.
Please do not try this at home - it is just a thought experiment and please please please do not send any government nannies to arrest me because i used metric temperature units.
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