Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
They are always doing both, but neither has anything at all to do with whether the planet warms or cools.
Assuming the incoming solar energy has not changed, then the only factor that matters is whether or not the amount of heat leaving is changing.
And carbon is what changes the amount of heat that can leave.
Compare the Earth with Venus, where there are a number of elements in the atmosphere that prevent solar energy from leaving.
So Venus is in a runaway global warming state, where the surface temperature is about 900 degrees.
Incoming solar heat can not easily leave, so accumulates.
They are always doing both, but neither has anything at all to do with whether the planet warms or cools.
You're wrong, obviously. If the ocean is absorbing twice as much heat as "man-caused CO2" is "retaining", average global temperatures will decline. If the ocean is releasing as much heat as "man-caused CO2" is "retaining", the average global temperature will rise even if we cut CO2 emissions to zero.
So Venus is in a runaway global warming state, where the surface temperature is about 900 degrees.
Incoming solar heat can not easily leave, so accumulates.
You think we're at risk of becoming like Venus?