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Originally Posted by HaShaliach
Thanks for the info. Do you have the amounts (weight, volume)?
Also, did your studies also include the sun spot/flare effects on the upper atmosphere gas/chemical perturbations, and the ocean floor volcanic venting resulting in a possible increase in ocean temperature and its effects on the interdependent environment, plus the non-absorbed volcanic gas releases from oceanic sources?
Or, if you did not carry your study that far, did you run across a web site or other resource that might contain such data?
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I'd have to go back to the sources for the amounts. I was just looking at readily available information on the Internet for the numbers.
And, no. The only thing this particular search did, or could do was to evaluate the amount of CO2 ( the most abundant "greenhouse" gas - though hardly the most effective) humans produce and compare that to naturally occuring events.
There are obviously lots of variables that influence the planets temperature. In my opinion, it's a bit of hubris to think that humans could influence such a vast and complex system which involves so many forces that are totally out of our control. We can of course make a mess of things, especially on a local scale. And given that humans are "everywhere" - that can be a really big mess.
But in our climate debate - and we should be having a debate, not having rigged numbers thrown around - the human production of CO2 gas is considerable. However, since CO2 is about the "weakest" greenhouse gas, what real effect does this have; especially compared the many other factors that you cite?