If one considers the sum total of human heat emissions, especially over the last 3 centuries, the temperature increase over the time period does not seem to be commensurate. What gives? What self regulating mechanisms does earths atmosphere, and even biosphere, have which has ensured the temperature increase to be far lower than would be expected at a superficial level?
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So there isn't any special self-regulating mechanism, just that net energy "disperses", flowing from warm areas to cool areas. And space is awful "cool". It's the same reason the Earth doesn't keep heating up more and more from each day's sunlight. – JeopardyTempest Jan 08 '23 at 23:50
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Put it this way... if you release a reasonable amount of energy to heat your home on a cold winter day, it gets warm... for a little while. The energy gradually leaves to the colder outdoors. The impacts of your energy release inside don't last that long, within a matter of days (the number determined by your insulation quality), your house will reach similar mean temperature to the outdoors. Likewise, that "human-activity" energy from your heating that gets outside also doesn't remain, but leaves to space fairly quickly. – JeopardyTempest Jan 09 '23 at 02:55