Quick, pollute as much as you can!

[VonMessa]

Someone tell me...what exactly IS the optimal temperature for the earth? 

@ 12 deg N. or lower......

Ambient temp:  72 deg. with a sea-breeze at a constant 5-10 mph

Temp of left hand:  ~40 deg, while wrapped around a bottle containing some sort of fermented barley beverage

Temp of right hand:  same as ambient temp, while holding a cylindrical or cone shaped object, the end of which is burning @ ~ 451 deg.

Temp of feet:  slightly less than ambient temps, as they would be halfway buried in the sand and not in direct rays of the sun

Carry On

 

[RTHolmes]

Someone tell me...what exactly IS the optimal temperature for the earth? 

thats like asking what is the best speed for a car.

[flight17]

Someone tell me...what exactly IS the optimal temperature for the earth? 

the natural one which we are not at

[SirFrancis]

CO2....makes the planet greener!                

talking about whackos:
http://notrickszone.com/2011/02/06/james-e-overland-going-to-the-tabloids-to-be-heard-things-are-going-to-get-a-lot-worse/#comment-13626

[druski85]

I can grow food when it's warm, and "experts" say there will be more moisture in the air if it warms up, which is also good for growing food.

Can't grow anything when it's cold.

That blanket statement just isn't true.  You can easily run into situations like the US south east experienced in 2009, where some corn farmers reported 80% losses due to constant moisture during harvest.  Aflatoxins, disease, and other problems crop up when the environment is too warm and wet for a given plant.  Onions, potatoes (and many other tubers), several crucifer family plants, (broccoli, cauliflower, kale, etc) and others actually do a lot BETTER with an annual freeze, as it helps mitigate some of these problems.  

Now all in all, hot and humid is better than frozen -- no doubt.  You can after all always change your plantings.  However, you need to be careful with such sweeping statements about something with as much variety as agriculture.  

[MORAY37]

Someone tell me...what exactly IS the optimal temperature for the earth?  

Optimal temperature for the earth... there isn't one.

Optimal temperature for the species to which you presumably belong...

Species: Homo sapiens (endothermic)

Normal Body Temperature: 37.0 C
LCT: 27.0 C
UCT: 32.0 C


   
 

27.0C to 32.0C (environmental) is the thermal neutral range of our species.  In that range is where metabolic rate is minimal, and animal is at basal metabolic state.  

LCT= lowest critical temperature. Lower than this, each individual passes into threshold points for hypothermia
UCT=upper critical temperature.  Higher than this, each individual passes into threshold tolerances for hyperthermia

Hate to bring biology into it, but asking what temperature is right for the earth is the wrong question. 

You figure out the difference.

[Dragon]

@ 12 deg N. or lower......

Ambient temp:  72 deg. with a sea-breeze at a constant 5-10 mph

Temp of left hand:  ~40 deg, while wrapped around a bottle containing some sort of fermented barley beverage

Temp of right hand:  same as ambient temp, while holding a cylindrical or cone shaped object, the end of which is burning @ ~ 451 deg.

Temp of feet:  slightly less than ambient temps, as they would be halfway buried in the sand and not in direct rays of the sun

Carry On

 

 

[Cheese]

Optimal temperature for the earth... there isn't one.

Hate to bring biology into it, but asking what temperature is right for the earth is the wrong question. 

You figure out the difference.

It was rhetorical...

Since I have to spell it out, my point is that there isn't one...there's a range, as you so eloquently state.