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>I was chatting with a host at a wine-tasting event this past weekend in
>Sonoma, and as soon as he found out I was involved in the science museum
>field, he posed a challenge, and it threw me to the extent that I said I'd
>post it to the ASTC list and see where the chips fell.
>
>*****
>Here's the exercise:
>
>Imagine that you've parked your car outside on a hot summer day.  When you
>open the doors after a couple of hours, you're blasted with the heat that
>has built up inside.  Is this "new heat"?

No, it is not "new heat". Energy, and heat is a form of energy, can 
be converted to different forms but not created or destroyed, I 
think. But then I am a biologist.

Martin

>  If so, could this (gazillions
>of cars sitting around) theoretically contribute to an excess of global
>heat (global warming)?  To add to the exercise, imagine that this is
>taking place 10 million years ago, without the variables brought on by
>chemicals in the atmosphere.
>*****
>
>If you're like me, you'll have a knee-jerk reaction to this exercise, but
>then you may step back a mental notch and find yourself asking more
>questions than you thought you started out with, so I will stop here and
>not pollute the discussion with any of my own initial thoughts.
>
>My new friend is looking for equations and the like to prove the point -
>one way or the other - game on!!!
>
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Martin Weiss, Ph.D
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