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1. Regarding the “Less-than-specks” logic of letter writer Leroy Achoy (Dec 28-Jan 10):
   Mr. Achoy uses the faulty argument that humans are much too small compared to the sun to have any effect on climate change. This ignors the following facts:
   1. The earth’s temperature is determined by the delicate balance between the energy received from the sun, and the energy re-radiated back into space
   2. Greenhouse gases, like CO2 hold in more of the energy, thus raising the temperature
   3. Atmospheric CO2 levels have risen steadily in the last hundred years, and dramatically in the last two decades. Levels in the atmosphere have not been this high for 400,000 years (and yes, this has been scientifically verified).
   4. The rise in the CO2 level is caused by Anchoy’s “specks” burning countless tons of fossil fuels, releasing this gas into our atmosphere.

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