lurker
Le dullard de la commune
I don't want to come across as some sort of denier, but I have been having a think about these "record temperatures".
Lets take Heathrow airport as an extreme example:
My guess is less than a hundred years ago it was a predominantly a grass field and the planes using it were consuming say 50 gallons worth of fuel to take off and land. Today there are acres and acres of heat absorbing black tarmac and whats not tarmac is heat retaining concrete buildings.
Plus umpteen gallons of heat generating fuel from the jet engines
So..... comparing temp then with now, is a bit of a red herring.
Lets take Heathrow airport as an extreme example:
My guess is less than a hundred years ago it was a predominantly a grass field and the planes using it were consuming say 50 gallons worth of fuel to take off and land. Today there are acres and acres of heat absorbing black tarmac and whats not tarmac is heat retaining concrete buildings.
Plus umpteen gallons of heat generating fuel from the jet engines
So..... comparing temp then with now, is a bit of a red herring.