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Doesn't the plot on that page directly contradict that? It was effectively flat from 2012-2017, then small upticks in 2018 and 2019? The second derivative of
by scrooched_moose 5y ago
Doesn't the plot on that page directly contradict that?
It was effectively flat from 2012-2017, then small upticks in 2018 and 2019?
The second derivative of CO2 seems to show a huge decrease in the last few years.
- sgt101 5y agoThere were similar "flattenings" in the early 80's If you had a plateau with twice the number of points (years) than any previous plateau then I would buy that something was going on. But sadly - we don't.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI would also assume that there are still billions of people around the world aspiring to live lifestyles like people in the US/Western Europe, so absent the development of an energy source comparable to the convenience and low price of fossil fuels, any slack in demand from US/Western Europe will be picked up by the poorer billions.
- scrooched_moose 5y agoI'm at least hopefully because this one appears longer (~9 years; if you count 2012-2019; most of the other drops were shorter and seem to be tied to major economic events - the 73 and 79 oil crises, fall of the Soviet Union in 91 and subsequent recession in Eastern Europe, and the great recession in 2009. Seeing an apparent flattening in a period of major economic growth is really encouraging.
- loopz 5y agoAtmospheric CO2 growth rate over time https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html Year-by-year is alot of noise, but over decades we see mostly steady accelleration.