Jeremy's CO2 greenhouse - Top Gear - BBC

Jeremy Clarkson comes up with a rather novel way of reducing greenhouse gases...attach a greenhouse to your gas guzzling Range Rover! Go to http://www.youtube.com/TopGear to see a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don't forget to visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• BBC
• Top Gear
• Jeremy Clarkson
• Greenhouse
• CO2
• Range Rover
• Car

[razhidiz]

Troll Science IRL

[158158cow]

Who feels bad for the people that have to clean up these messes?

[stashcode]

@87Bartholomeus The first sane post I've seen.

[KingCrichton]

lol its funny because there is more than twice the carbon monoxide coming from the rock box.

carbon dioxide is not dangerous. carbon monoxide is.

[87Bartholomeus]

@SonicOverlordUK

Both solar output and CO2 levels can contribute to global warming. If you have two heaters in your car and one remains stable, while the other is turned fully on, the consequence will be that the temperature in your car will increase. This is basicially what is happening now - solar output is relatively stable, while CO2 levels are rapidly increasing.

Ice cores go back ~800.000 years max. Geocarb is a model based on a wide variety of proxies.

You're welcome.

[SonicOverlordUK]

Hey, it could be just the sun doing it or a perfect mixture of both, my main argument is that it isn't JUST Carbon Dioxide on it's own affecting the climate. It's nice to see some people out there have the common decency to try and explain their points. And I don't have a clue how they got the ice cores, alll I know is that they got 'em.

[jjppol1984]

@weinerschnitzelboy i still think it isnt ;) when he bends over you still can hear it, but then suddenly it stops.and come on, do you really think they can actually make such a thing? it's top gear..

[weinerschnitzelboy]

@jjppol1984 It is. It's just that the microphone is on their shirt. When they get near the car, the shirt microphone picks up the sound. When he goes farther though, you can only barely hear it. Shirt microphones are only designed for short range use. You can still hear the car, but it's just very faint.

[chaoyun175]

I do agree with Jeremy that if we were to persevere with that idea, it would succeed

[jjppol1984]

the engine isnt running when he measures the air coming out of that house thing

[87Bartholomeus]

@SonicOverlordUK

Also, "ice cores from 140 million years ago"???

Where you get them ice cores? ;-)

[87Bartholomeus]

@SonicOverlordUK

It is if you don't take into account the other main driver of climate, the sun. If you combine solar output with CO2 levels over the past you'll get a very good correlation between CO2 and average temperature. Cf. "CO2-forced climate tresholds during the Phanerozoic"; Royer et al. (2006).

You can't take into account only one of the main drivers of earth's climate to consider any correlation in paleoclimate. No one climatologist of name ever claimed you could. Basic stuff.