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Re: Global warming 'past the point of no return'
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Originally Posted by nomadking
 Where was I saying that the Sahara was hotter? Just think of two rooms connected via a door. One room is 'hot', the other a 'normal' temperature. Open the connecting door and the hotter air will escape and make the 'hot' room cooler and the 'normal' room hotter. Overall the heat in the two rooms is the same, the heat was moved from one place to another. Overall, no warming has taken place. |
Where were you saying that the Saraha was hotter? That would be in the post that stated -
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Originally Posted by nomadking
IIRC the heatwave of a few years back was because of existing hot air coming up from the Sahara. So overall the amount of 'heat' was the same, it's just that some of it escaped northwards.
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One would assume if hot air was coming from somewhere (up from the Sahara), it was because that area (the Sahara) was hotter (or has the second law of thermodynamics been repealed?  ).
btw, I think you may find that the model of atmospheric heat equilibrium is a little more complex than that. 
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