Obligatory, 1.27.16; Up in the air

This morning's posting idea started with politics, but it now may go into a few other topics as well.

The GOP nomination is starting to worry me a bit.  Trump is looking a bit weird to me now.  I was thinking I'd vote for him in the Texas primary, but now I don't know.  This bit about boycotting the debate looks like kid's stuff.  In addition to that, he's going a bit far in his criticisms of Cruz.  Not that I like Cruz all that much, but calling him a jerk is a bit over the top.  This is the time he should look more presidential, not like a frat boy.  Besides that, there's this claim where he says he can do anything without losing support.  This is indicative of a possible deeper problem.  Do we give such awesome power to someone who seems a bit off the rails?

The weirdness was a bit more easy to take when he was just a candidate.  But as a nominee for president, he needs to act the part.  He needs to grow up as a candidate.  Quick.

Now for the other topic.

I was thinking a bit about an experiment that would test the potential for heating a closed system.  Assume that the Earth is a closed system.  It isn't, but let's assume that it is.  By closed, I mean that nothing gets out.  Nothing gets in or out, except energy.  Therefore, the question should be this:  what would it take for that closed system to retain enough heat to last until the next day?  If it cannot hold sufficient heat at least half of the time it takes to rotate once, global warming theory is just so much nonsense.   After all, that is what the claim is.  To wit: the addition of carbon dioxide will make the Earth hold more heat than it otherwise would.  Not only more heat, but for a longer time.

The closed system would be a globe that was transparent and therefore would allow the sun's light in.  However, it would not allow all of it to come back out.  You would try to gauge it according to what already occurs in the environment.

Once you've done that, then change things gradually until you notice any changes in temperature at the end of a 24 hour period.

For complete control, the system may have to be indoors away, from the elements.  Artificial sunlight may be used instead.

The experiment may not be as easy as it is to think it up.

That's for another time, though.  As for me, I have other fish to fry.