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Originally Posted by tw

How much red light illuminates the moon? Depends on clarity of earth's atmosphere. "Our atmosphere is getting dirtier , according to research.

whatevah.

Originally Posted by tw

Since dirt particles in the air absorb light,

Light that is absorbed contributes to the net energy gain, if it's absorbed, it's warmer. Take a couple of sheets of paper, one black, one white. Lay them out in the sun for several minutes. Check the temperature of each sheet. Which one is warmer? The black one, because it ABSORBED more light, while the white one reflected more light.

Dirt in the air is a vanishingly small fraction of the light/heat absorbing components in our atmosphere. The largest contributor to absorbtion of light energy? Water vapor, followed by carbon dioxide and on down the line from there.

Originally Posted by tw

less light falls upon the Earth. Therefore, if we leave dirt in the air, the planet would be warming quickly as it is currently warming ." IOW global warming problem may be more serious than earlier thought. A problem masked by a dirtier atmosphere. Even with less sunlight, global warming continues.

Is more dirty air a good thing? Less light means less crops and less conversion of CO2 into O2. The short term benefits of a dirty atmosphere could have long term negative consequences for agriculture and result in more global warming gases in the long term.

This is the nonsense I spoke of. Are you talking about something you learned somewhere else? Or are you making it up? Or are you just trying to stir the sh*t? Cause, on it's face, this is crap. Your "conclusions" do not follow from your assumptions. For that matter, your assumptions are mostly crap too. "...there is less sunlight... ...less light falls on the earth..."

You're out of your area of expertise, tw, and it shows. This kind of behavior reminds me of the misguided people who are clamoring for ID to be considered on par with evolution, "cause, it's just a theory, you don't really know. Nyah." Puh-lease.