From: "Robert Comer" 

> You have 2 fish tanks, one is at 50F and the other is at 80F

That analogy falls apart right away, it's one layer of one type of material
and it's very small.

The earth is not like that.

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Bob Comer


"Geo"  wrote in message news:4442f138$2{at}w3....
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:44425e02$1{at}w3....
>
>> No, the temperatures don't have to be greater, just that they're there
>> and
>> the energy available is much greater, so bigger storms.
>
> You have 2 fish tanks, one is at 50F and the other is at 80F
>
> If I release some water at 70F into the first tank near the bottom and I
> release some water at 100F into the second tank, does it rise faster in
> one
> than in the other? No, the temp difference is the same and the difference
> in
> density is the same (in fact it may be greater in the cooler tank.
>
> The warmer tank has a higher energy level.
>
> Geo.
>
>

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