Climategate

[Thorne]

Geography 101 will tell you that the Earth's internal heat is part of the world's thermal economy, so yes, it does contribute to climate change.

The Earth's internal heat is a relative constant. If anything it is gradually decreasing over time, but so slowly as to be negligible in the short term.So, while the internal heat does contribute to global temperature, it is not driving climate change.

[leo9]

The Earth's internal heat is a relative constant. If anything it is gradually decreasing over time, but so slowly as to be negligible in the short term.So, while the internal heat does contribute to global temperature, it is not driving climate change.

I didn't say it is, and I would bet a lot that Gore didn't either. I said that it's part of the heat economy which you have to calculate to work out the theory of climate change.

[DuncanONeil]

I didn't say it is, and I would bet a lot that Gore didn't either. I said that it's part of the heat economy which you have to calculate to work out the theory of climate change.

Sorry but Gore did say that, at least twice. I heard him with my own little ears. And he got that data wrong as well. Both times!

[Thorne]

I didn't say it is, and I would bet a lot that Gore didn't either. I said that it's part of the heat economy which you have to calculate to work out the theory of climate change.

I beg to differ, but you did say "it does contribute to climate change". As a relative constant it does not contribute to climate change, but it does contribute to the overall temperature of the planet. It could only contribute to change if it were changing, similar to the way the CO2 level is changing, or the methane level is changing, or the solar influx is constantly changing.

And for the record, despite what Al Gore says, the temperature at the core of the Earth in not several million degrees. It's about 13,000 degrees F.

[DuncanONeil]

The Earth's internal heat is a relative constant. If anything it is gradually decreasing over time, but so slowly as to be negligible in the short term.So, while the internal heat does contribute to global temperature, it is not driving climate change.

Not according to Gore who has stated on more than one occasion the millions of degrees of heat internal to the Earth contribute to Global Warming.