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The Impact of Energy Produced by Civilization on Global Warming
Independent Researcher, Beer Yacov, Israel
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Open Journal of Ecology·Volume 12 (2022)·Pages 325–332·Published 20 June 2022·DOI10.4236/oje.2022.126019
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Abstract
The thermodynamic approach to the evolution of human society shows that the energy generated by civilization disrupts the thermal balance of the Earth. This energy did not exist before the advent of civilization; it practically does not affect the thermal radiation of the planet and dissipates in the atmosphere in the form of heat, increasing the kinetic energy of gas molecules and, consequently, their temperature. Since air molecules cannot leave the Earth due to gravity, excess heat accumulates on the planet and contributes to global warming. A quantitative assessment of the effect is given. An analogy can be made: the energy generated by humanity heats the atmosphere, as a furnace heats a dwelling.
KeywordsThermodynamicsGlobal WarmingEnergy of CivilizationClimate
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