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Sure, it's better than nothing. But carbon output has increased X% compared to pre-industrial times, where X is some mind-boggling number.

• morpheos137 5y ago
  Atmospheric CO2 has increased by roughly double since the industrial revolution. I.e. 100%. I don't find that mind boggling.
  • attemptfailed 5y ago
    My attempt last week failed. Still trying to clean the pool out for you, morpheos137. Will try again this week. Thanks for your inspiration!
  • idiotsecant 5y ago
    First, the post you're replying to is referring to rate of change, you've chosen to refer to total concentration. Second, doubling of gas concentration in a system as large as an entire planet should be mind boggling. The fact that it isn't means you aren't thinking about it hard enough. Imagine if the ocean suddenly had twice as much salt, or if there was suddenly twice as much water, or if there were suddenly twice as many cars on the road. These would all be pretty amazing events.
    • morpheos137 5y ago
      Starting from a smaller base is always a larger percentage increase for comparable absolute magnitude changes. From 1 to 2 is a 100% increase while from 20 to 21 is a 5% increase. The concentration of salt in the Ocean is roughly 4% while the concentration of CO2 in air is about 0.4% (400 ppm)...