I think Eric’s illustrations are excellent, but they overstate the proportionality of the atmosphere to the planet itself. Five to ten miles to the troposphere is nothing compared to the 7900 miles to the other side of this ball we live on. We survive in an ever so thin film attached to the outside of a rock. Why we abuse it at all is the ink stain on our legacy, whatever that is.
I think Eric’s illustrations are excellent, but they overstate the proportionality of the atmosphere to the planet itself. Five to ten miles to the troposphere is nothing compared to the 7900 miles to the other side of this ball we live on. We survive in an ever so thin film attached to the outside of a rock. Why we abuse it at all is the ink stain on our legacy, whatever that is.