The correction of intellectual error is often an arduous task. At the beginning of what is now known as science Galileo Galilei took on such a challenge and we are quite familiar with his story. It would seem that we should have learned to not place a great deal of confidence in human reason when the subject of our inquiry involves the natural world or universe. However, the most recent case involving continental drift and Alfred Wegener discloses that even modern scientists have a great tendency to cling to intellectual reasoning over empirical observation. To anyone familiar with the history of science and the scientific hypothesis known as the greenhouse effect of certain atmospheric gases, it should be no surprise that I will likely face opposition similar to that faced by Galileo or Wegener as I attempted to disclose the fact that this popular hypothesis is based upon a fundamentally incorrect assumption.