r/Political_Revolution • u/Miserable-Lizard • Oct 09 '24

Environment Climate change

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u/mszulan Oct 09 '24

A few days ago, someone posted the physics equation that shows how much energy is added to the atmosphere for each degree of warming. Then they did the math. It came out that the equivalent of 250 times the annual US energy consumption is added to the system for EACH degree, the average temp raises. This blew my mind!

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u/pocketMagician Oct 10 '24

The gotcha is that water stores a ton more energy than air and it it sits on the surface of the ocean and brews and brews until its too late.

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u/mszulan Oct 10 '24

Exactly.