I have a dumb question about global warming; actually a few dumb questions. The first question is about the disagreement between NASA's findings on ocean temperatures and Environmentalist data concerning ocean temperatures, reported in the news. I did not check the authority of the news, so that is why it is a dumb question. But what does this controversy say about the research design and the hypothesis used by both in each design? The second question is hypothetical. What if I were to build a big hypothetical mirror, say thousand of acres long by thousands of acres wide and lift it up to the sky to hypothetically reflect the sunlight back away from earth? Would that cause any cooling to take place below the hypothetical mirror? Supposing it, did would the gas molecules below the mirror obey the gas laws? Would they lose kinetic energy and compact more tightly due to a lower ambient temperature? Would that affect the wind patterns and the storm patters? Would it also introduce some element of error into the measurement scheme if it was not properly accounted for in the design error budget? Just some dumb questions. I hope no one gets ticked off by them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vasile Surducan" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: [EE] no doubt, global warming is causing hurricanes > http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000100&ISSUE=0804&RELTYPE=PSC&PRODCODE=0000000&PRODLETT=R&CommonCount=0 > > Russel should be satisfied. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist