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I believe the spectrums of IR absorbed by CO2 are already fully saturated, so that there is very little effect, if any, of increased CO2 levels in the atmospher
by triangleman 9y ago
I believe the spectrums of IR absorbed by CO2 are already fully saturated, so that there is very little effect, if any, of increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
- fulafel 9y agoYou're right, I misremembered. The 2-3x warming effect is due to other atmospheric effects ("radiative forcing") and nor direct effects of the emitted co2. End result is the same however - the same fossil fuel is much worse when used in air travel than on the ground.