tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post5450719840311608186..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: A mighty windZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-27624957160865924612010-07-04T12:46:07.786-07:002010-07-04T12:46:07.786-07:00Even i can make wind, and in addition my wind make...Even i can make wind, and in addition my wind makes the heat smell funny!aphexZeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-69797159309612224992010-07-03T19:26:09.689-07:002010-07-03T19:26:09.689-07:00Story vaguely recalled from Latin class urh-eh yea...Story vaguely recalled from Latin class urh-eh years ago: A faun once met a man in the winter. He saw the man blowing on his hands, and asked why the man did that. "To warm my fingers," the man said. The two ended up eating together and the faun saw the man blow on his soup. When he asked why, he received the answer: "To cool it." The faun then abandoned the man, saying, "I won't associate with one who blows both hot and cold."The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-38725727081840037452010-07-02T22:28:52.827-07:002010-07-02T22:28:52.827-07:00I always thought wind was caused by politicians op...I always thought wind was caused by politicians opening their mouths.CarolAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783839699880164411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-38022998239444880212010-07-02T16:00:43.777-07:002010-07-02T16:00:43.777-07:00When something is hot, you blow on it to cool it o...When something is hot, you blow on it to cool it off. Therefore, wind blowing on the Earth cools the planet.<br /><br />I'll bet you a million dollars that's exactly what Barton is thinking.Taznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-77068224789690367052010-07-02T09:24:15.420-07:002010-07-02T09:24:15.420-07:00And it's not like slowing the rate at which he...And it's not like slowing the rate at which heat flows around the Earth would increase overall temperature. If anything, using wind energy would very slightly decrease temperature, since energy, rather than remaining in the wind to eventually become heat again, would be converted into useful energy. Seriously, you don't need to know much about wind, you just need to understant conservation of energy to know that he's just peddling BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-59883390965130946562010-07-01T12:35:20.400-07:002010-07-01T12:35:20.400-07:00And if I might try a minor, logical observation: ...And if I might try a minor, logical observation: when air gets hot, it rises, causing surrounding, cooler air to move in. So it's the cooler air that moves because of the heat, not the hot air moving to "areas where it's cooler." I know, I know, it's a waste of time, but I just had to say it.Genenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-90884552505613747282010-07-01T10:31:47.416-07:002010-07-01T10:31:47.416-07:00I can't even follow what he's trying to sa...I can't even follow what he's trying to say there, except of course that it boils down to the usual denialist cry of "we don't know for sure yet, so do nothing" -- as if continuing to dump massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere constituted "doing nothing".Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052684196866992031noreply@blogger.com