Re: Climate change is here and action needed now, new White House report says
The error in this thinking is as you state a greenhouse gas.
Read above, it is not linear.
I can go with the IPCC's number of 1.2 C for each doubling.
Not linear.
The thought that you can somehow control the environment to this extent is amazing.
here's a question, what happens if the sun tosses out a few extra micro bursts every day? Does it matter how much C02 is in the atmosphere?
Or if it doesn't put out as much energy for whatever reason? Does the CO2 somehow compensate for this?
100 years ago how was the sun's energy output measured? If you can't answer this question, then there is NO way you can calculate the CO2's effect.
How do you measure direct CO2 temperatutre increases? HOW DOES CO2 RAISE THE TEMPERATURE? It's no some magical exothermic reaction in the atmosphere. It's a blanket. ALL THE HEAT/ENERGY COMES FROM THE SUN!
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Way to misread something.
First I am not arguing in support of AGW, the extreme predictions are ridiculous.
By placing the lower end of the prediction within the natural curve, they will likely hit their target.
(this really is like you cannot fall off the floor.)
I am trying to add some Science to the discussion, By stipulating to the IPCC's
direct response of CO2 of 1.2 C for each doubling, I am showing how the upper ranges of the predictions
and not plausible even with their own numbers.
FYI, a 1.2 C for each doubling is not a linear response, but about a 4 log decaying response.
140 to 280 1.2 c
280 to 560 1.2 c
560 to 1120 1.2 c... ect
You are correct in that CO2 cannot add energy, it can slow down it's departure.
Spontaneous decay of an excited CO2 molecule to ground state can be up to 50 ms.
The departing decay photons, are completely random, and some go back to earth.
I don't think we understand how the greenhouse gas process works, but the Physics
supports the observations.
Those observations are by no means alarming.