First of all, you need to learn about the CO2 absorption rate of the ocean. The ocean covers almost the entire earth, so it's effect on atmospheric CO2 is a huge consideration, and I'm not just talking release, I'm talking about the release and absorption of CO2 and the ocean. I don't remember where, but I read that the ocean releases and absorbs CO2 depending on it's temperature. If this is true, it could very well be the reason that CO2 levels seem to follow temperature changes. As the earth warms, perhaps more CO2 is released like with carbonated beverages, and when it cools, perhaps more CO2 is absorbed. This would also make it very likely that no matter what we do, the amount of CO2 will change depending only on the temperature in the ocean because any excess would be absorbed by the ocean. Also, if CO2 does, in fact, follow global temperature changes rather than the other way around, there is no way at all that CO2 could be the cause because that's illogical. You can't make Vinegar bubble in a homemade volcano before you add the baking soda, and if you do somehow figure out a way to make it bubble before adding the baking soda, you can't then conclude that it was the baking soda that caused it, that would just be stupid. It's very possible that CO2 may be more of a temperature cushion that stabilizes the global temperature change already occurring so that it doesn't happen too rapidly.
Another thing that you should consider is what's more probable, the sun controlling our global climate, or the earth controlling it's own climate? Understand, the only source of surface heat this planet has is from the sun. The only reason we have summer and winter, day and night, is solely based on how the sun is hitting the earth. In fact, everything to do with weather is intricately related to the sun, but one thing, global warming, has nothing or very little to with the sun? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Actually, since it's already been established that just a minute change in either the sun or the earth can have a profound effect on our climate, I would find it far more likely that the sun or something to do with our tilt would be far more likely a cause of warming and cooling of our planet on a global scale. In fact, I'd find that even more believable than thinking that a gas released into our atmosphere would be the cause. Also, periodic changes like longer seasonal-like changes that extend for years or decades would seem to make more sense anyway because it makes more sense that there is more going on and that we aren't as consistently stable in our rotations and revolutions as we thought we were.
July 18, 2010 by Anonymous (not verified)
First of all, you need to learn about the CO2 absorption rate of the ocean. The ocean covers almost the entire earth, so it's effect on atmospheric CO2 is a huge consideration, and I'm not just talking release, I'm talking about the release and absorption of CO2 and the ocean. I don't remember where, but I read that the ocean releases and absorbs CO2 depending on it's temperature. If this is true, it could very well be the reason that CO2 levels seem to follow temperature changes. As the earth warms, perhaps more CO2 is released like with carbonated beverages, and when it cools, perhaps more CO2 is absorbed. This would also make it very likely that no matter what we do, the amount of CO2 will change depending only on the temperature in the ocean because any excess would be absorbed by the ocean. Also, if CO2 does, in fact, follow global temperature changes rather than the other way around, there is no way at all that CO2 could be the cause because that's illogical. You can't make Vinegar bubble in a homemade volcano before you add the baking soda, and if you do somehow figure out a way to make it bubble before adding the baking soda, you can't then conclude that it was the baking soda that caused it, that would just be stupid. It's very possible that CO2 may be more of a temperature cushion that stabilizes the global temperature change already occurring so that it doesn't happen too rapidly.
Another thing that you should consider is what's more probable, the sun controlling our global climate, or the earth controlling it's own climate? Understand, the only source of surface heat this planet has is from the sun. The only reason we have summer and winter, day and night, is solely based on how the sun is hitting the earth. In fact, everything to do with weather is intricately related to the sun, but one thing, global warming, has nothing or very little to with the sun? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Actually, since it's already been established that just a minute change in either the sun or the earth can have a profound effect on our climate, I would find it far more likely that the sun or something to do with our tilt would be far more likely a cause of warming and cooling of our planet on a global scale. In fact, I'd find that even more believable than thinking that a gas released into our atmosphere would be the cause. Also, periodic changes like longer seasonal-like changes that extend for years or decades would seem to make more sense anyway because it makes more sense that there is more going on and that we aren't as consistently stable in our rotations and revolutions as we thought we were.