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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
I'm curious to know bro, why there's a significant drop in temps from from 1945 to 1977, yet carbon levels still rise? According to you, this graph is inaccurate.
Here's another graph for you. It clearly shows the impact of man-made(Anthropogenic) CO2 levels has on the global climate.
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As you can see, only 0.117% is man-made CO2. That percentage is nowhere near the amount of CO2 needed to increase global tempetures the way you describe.
The reason why people think that CO2 acounts for 72.369% of all greenhouse gases is because the Department of Energy doesn't include water vapor(99.99% of which is naturally forming), which makes up for 95% of all greenhouse gases.
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in the 50's, they (scientists) though we were headed for an ice age. this isn't according to me, that is according to my information. people get their numbers from different sources, but they all pretty much suggest the same thing.
i'm not sure if water molecules refract light the same way carbon molecules... might be something to look into...
i don't really understand what that graph is actually representing... probably because i've been up for 28 hours writing a paper and studying, but the bottom line is carbon is something we don't need any more of in our atmosphere. i'm sick of people arguing this shit to death as if being more environmentally conscious is a bad thing.
my personal oppinion is that it's a natural cycle that has
most likely been aided by man. i just haven't found any sound evidence for any other reason why temps and carbon levels are rising to sway my opinion any other way. i don't think it's going to be a dooms day scenario like some people say. new weather patterns are all that's really changing.