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Martin · 04-18-2006, 05:42 PM

Maybe it isnt greenhouse gases after all.

Im curious if there were ever any studies done from physical heat sources themselves. Including us humans. I have no clue how the study would be conducted.. It would probably be very difficult to do...But is it only me thats thinking about this? Im talkin strictly heat here.. No gases.

We have had a population explosion over the last 30 years.. Each living being on this earth produces body heat. Factories and buildings produce heat.. Our OWN homes produce heat..Especially in the winter when the heat is on. Yeah, it may seem like a very minor amount...But when combined with millions of homes and billions of people, the heat has to go somewhere.

I guess if they were to do studies, they could compare mean temperatures in locations that used to be deserted (empty), compared to how they are now. Remember those days earlier in the century when New York City would frequently dip below 0 Faurunheit in the winter? I dont recall them doing this once within the last 10 years. Im not looking at history charts, so i may need to be corrected here. But looking at records way back..I remember seeing NYC going below 0 frequently. I believe this is referred to as "heat island" effect. Maybe a much larger scale "heat earth" effect is occuring and we just dont know it due to a lack of studies.

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Martin Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North-East PA Age: 33 Posts: 138	Body heat and global warming? Maybe it isnt greenhouse gases after all. Im curious if there were ever any studies done from physical heat sources themselves. Including us humans. I have no clue how the study would be conducted.. It would probably be very difficult to do...But is it only me thats thinking about this? Im talkin strictly heat here.. No gases. We have had a population explosion over the last 30 years.. Each living being on this earth produces body heat. Factories and buildings produce heat.. Our OWN homes produce heat..Especially in the winter when the heat is on. Yeah, it may seem like a very minor amount...But when combined with millions of homes and billions of people, the heat has to go somewhere. I guess if they were to do studies, they could compare mean temperatures in locations that used to be deserted (empty), compared to how they are now. Remember those days earlier in the century when New York City would frequently dip below 0 Faurunheit in the winter? I dont recall them doing this once within the last 10 years. Im not looking at history charts, so i may need to be corrected here. But looking at records way back..I remember seeing NYC going below 0 frequently. I believe this is referred to as "heat island" effect. Maybe a much larger scale "heat earth" effect is occuring and we just dont know it due to a lack of studies.