quote:I concur, but the scientists don't arrive at a conclusion that I (as an engineer) can understand as a true outcome from the events that have transpired. A radiative Earth model doesn't explain it all!
Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean that it therefore has to be wrong!
No, a radiative Earth model doesn't explain it all, as shown by the comments on the G&T paper. Earth systems models are necessarily very complicated, but that does not preclude the use of simpler analogous models to explain the main principles to lay persons.