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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
1. yes CO2 is increasing but is still at levels around 0.03% of the atmosphere. The way everyone is going on one would think that it was something like 10% and rising rapidly. There is a huge level of hysteria involved in the notion of CO2 rising.
2. this statement is well; not entirely correct. Deforestation, release of CO2 from the oceans due to acidification (which could be Sol's doing via high solar minimum outputs) are equally attributable to CO2 increases. This blanket statement really is that.
3. yes CO2 is a green house gas, but not the major constituent amount and certainly a lot more insignificant than the "climate change debater" make it out to be.
What is being said for the drop in temperatures in the last 3 years? The most recent studies are showing that temperatures have levelled off and are now reducing. Mean while CO2 keeps rising. This is incongrous with the premise of the climate change debaters. What do the climatologists have to say about that? Shall we just ignore that fact?
This system which we live is so complex that I doubt that humans have the slightest grasp as to what is really going on.
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1. The absolute amount is not the issue, the issue is the effect. If the atmosphere was 0.03% cyanide the world would be a very different place.
2. Deforestation is part of anthropogenic emissions and a big part of the problem, I don't understand your point.
3. This is the same point as 1. Saying it is only 0.03% tells us nothing about the impact. How would you like 0.03% of alpha-radiation emitters in your diet? The big question is over what that impact is. The consensus in climate scientists is that the impact is significant. I'm not a climate scientist, though I have attended lectures by those that are, so I will go for the consensus. As nicely stated earlier, if 97% of doctors recommend one treatment and 3% another, who would you go with?