The City of York should sue for reparations. (View Post)

The last part is wrong. More insulation, more evenly heated - yes. More evenly heated, more heat transfer - absolutely not. (View Post)

Yes, the past few years have seen patterns where our weather gets 'stuck' due to a slack jet stream. Is this climate change? Who knows. It certainly leads to more extreme events, such as persistent r… (View Post)

Only if the range of possibilities is increased. So if the sink never gets quite as cold then you've not 'gained' anything. (View Post)

I don't think it is immediately obvious that there will be more extreme events. Every thermodynamic process has a heat source and a heat sink. If the sink warms as well as the source, then potentiall… (View Post)