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What's the function of "but" there?
by 23452436 11y ago
What's the function of "but" there?
- Retric 11y agoA less formal version of However used to denote contrast. In this case the difference between current state, and future state.
- 23452436 11y agoThere was nothing contrasting in the original reply. Just sayin'.
- Retric 11y agoTry rereading it, and note the words: "an Atoll" vs. "used to be an Atoll"
- ertyuiopas 11y agoIn your original reply, your first sentence was false. Your second sentence was an unrelated truism. No contrast, no point in in adding the connecting "but".
- Retric 11y agoReading your other posts demonstrates you are clueless about this and other topics. I would suggest a lot more research using textbooks to get a basic understanding going of chemistry, english, physics, and geology.
- 23452436 11y agoFind one error besides typos to back up your bloviating.
- Retric 11y ago"CO2 isn't even the main greenhouse gas, that's water vapor." That's ridiculously false. Nitrogen is the main greenhouse gas. It's also stable and thus not an issue for climate change, but trying to correct someone whose basic understanding is false is not worth the effort.
- 23452436 11y agoReply to the above: Oh, you've built a climate model? Is it one of the ones that doesn't work? That'd be all of them. You're wrong about your correction and abuse won't substitute well. Now find an error or quitcher bloviating, bolviator.
- Retric 11y agoAnd you still can't find the reply button? Also, note climate models are one thing weather models are another and weather models clearly do work. PS: Thermodynamics really takes differential equations, and I suggest you read up on both of them.
- 23452436 11y agoI'm replying in the only place the reply button shows up in the legacy browser where I am. You finally tried to make a point with hardly any "look up X, Y or Z that I know cuz I'm so smart" stuff, so I'll quote it here: "Remove N2 without replacing it with something else and the earth would have a much lower average temperature." That's why N2 is not considered a greenhouse gas, because anything else replacing it would do as well or better (from the greenhouse gas POV). Now, instead of making stupid comments like: "you are clueless about this and other topics. I would suggest a lot more research using textbooks to get a basic understanding going of chemistry, english, physics, and geology", you should try reading a commenst and replying directly to the point at hand. After a while, you might learn something.
- 23452436 11y agoWeather models work very well, for a few days. After that, not so much. A "Climate" model has to be correct for many years to acquire a measure of credibility. None of them have been correct even in the very short term. Instead of pretending you know what a partial differential equation is, changing the subject, and hurling abuse, how about you stay on topic and back up anything you've said to contradict me, bloviator?