However, there is a strong first principles model on greenhouse gases effects in the atmosphere: CO2, Methane, and others. All produced as byproducts of agricul

However, there is a strong first principles model on greenhouse gases effects in the atmosphere: CO2, Methane, and others. All produced as byproducts of agriculture and industrial revolution technologies with ballpark accounting going back to 1800s. In addition there are mass balances accounting for carbon uptake by biomass from satellite imagery. This isn’t a shot in the dark using excel linest(atmospheric _co2, global_average_temperature) trend plots and calling it a day. There is sound first principles model to solar thermal energy retention. It may not predict the global average temperature in the next 15 years within 0.2C but you have got to be kidding me bringing up that intro to statistics caveat “correlation!=causation”. Like do you know how inaccurate most physics modeling is and still tends to be useful?