Originally posted by herbivor
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now herb, please do the math, and in all seriousness, this has always been the data that has tripped me up
the AGW crowd wants to basically impoverish the third world by denying them access to fossil fueled energy, and ruin the economies of the developed world my reducing CO2 levels back to where they were 15 years ago or so, i don't remember the exact date
i believe this would require a roughly 20% reduction in annual anthro CO2 emissions.
20% of 4% is 0.8%, and lets round that up to 1%
and lets remember that CO2 is logarithmic in its forcing effect, you need to increase by a factor of 4 to double its effect, it is not linear
you're arguing a 1% reduction on annual CO2 emissions from all sources will meaningfully mitigate the effect, if any, the CO2 plays in warming. 99% is ok, 100% trips us over the edge.
this makes no sense from a logical viewpoint
your chart is interesting, except from a longer term viewpoint
what am i missing about CO2?
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