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Originally Posted by Parihaka
Right, not exactly your own words: but now how much of that CO2 is anthropogenic in origin, and what is it's percentage in the total volume of 'greenhouse' gases?
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I thought using the actual words of a credited paper is better than what some people may counter is my own opinion if it was in my own words.
Forgive my ignorance but I assume when you say "änthropogenic" you mean naturally occuring in the atmosphere (I cant b bothered looking up the meaning sry lol
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If so, yes the quote expalins the chemical composition of the atmosphere of the naturally occuring substances and their amt in the atmosphere to create a mean warming temp of around 33 degrees.
So yes carbon is an essential part of the atmosphere in order to maintain life on earth through creating a habitat that supports life. We through using energy producing fuels that are high in carbon are adding more carbon to the atmpsphere - CHANGING THE CHEMICAL/GAS COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
I find it so weird that people believe that CFC's can alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere and let in UV rays causing cancer but do not believe that our energy producing methods can also alter the chemical composition of atmoshpere and affects us again? Do those who do not believe in Global Warming also not believe in the effect of CFC's on the atmosphere?
I think that where people find Global warming hard to believe is that our practices are going to destroy human life/all life and that planet. ie that this one seemingly small event (in comparision to the planet as a whole) will trigger the demise, through a chain reaction, of all of earth.
But I say to those people, do you believe in the principles of how an atomic bomb works? Two tiny atoms are hurled together at great speeds and causes them to destroy each other and in doing so create a huge amount of energy. The broken pieces of atoms hit surounding atoms causing a
chain reaction of a huge release of energy AND it is this chain event that createss enough devastation to destroy a whole city. But when you look back, the initial 2 atoms colliding releases a huge amount of energy relative to its scale but in reality the energy released is less than required to turn on a light bulb - its is the
cumulative effect or Chain reaction that creates the immence devestation - just like global warming.
just like plutonium is a highly unstable and fragile substance, so to is the chemical composition of the atmosphere