Tony is persuasive, but I see this thread as not only the pursuit of truth, but a Persuasion Workshop. Everybody here is learning something.
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Of course, but the Earth isn't a closed system. Energy goes in, energy goes out, luckily (to the nth degree) our planet is balanced so we have liquid water most everywhere.
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The system is self correcting, somehow, to keep us in a nice range for our kind of life. Sort of a tautology, if it weren't, we wouldn't be here to marvel at it, some silicon based life would be praising it's good that the temp was 800 degrees or something.
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Almost all of the energy consumed by heaters, air conditioners, automobiles etc. leaks out as heat into the air. This has caused temperatures to rise in populated areas over time and skews the surface temperature record upwards - a lot.
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Yup. Urban Heat Islands (UHI). I feel a UHI myth coming...
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