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Old 05-22-2008, 01:19 PM   #100 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Oyster Guy View Post
But the output of the sun remains essentially constant, and has little effect on the heat balance of the earth as a whole.
I think the original remarks were addressing the fact that were it not for the sun, the earth would be a stone cold lifeless rock in space, and virtually all heat on earth derives from it. Without it AT ALL, the effect of greenhouse gases would be irrelevant.
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