Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Washington Post Accidentally Admits Earth at Coolest Point in the Last 485 Million Years" Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 22:17:25 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 22:17:25 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="19855"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1722 Lines: 19 In article , William Hyde wrote: >of direct observation does not agree with this view. > >As to the current warming the question is academic, as the pattern of >warming shows us clearly that this is not due to an increase in solar >output. Is this a good time to mention the faint young Sun paradox? For people unfamiliar with it, is the question of how to reconcile the young sun being 30% dimmer with the young Earth having liquid water. All things being equal, the Earth should have been well below freezing (on average) but it wasn't. So all things weren't equal. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll