is global warming caused by CO2 real ... help with the math

[johns123]

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is .04% ( that is not a mistake .. it is .04 percent .. or .0004 of the total volume of atmosphere ). There is a direct linear correlation between heat, and temperature. It is called a thermometer. Lets say a Centigrade thermometer or 0 to 100 degrees. My question: at .04% how much of 1degree C does CO2 manage ? And given that answer, how much would the % of CO2 have to change to raise the temperature of our atmosphere by 3 degrees C ? And if the rest of the atmosphere is 8.5 times more efficient at holding heat, then how much CO2 would be required ? The 8.5 belongs to water vapor. ( thank you .. and stay out of trouble ! )

 

[Deleted member 4993]

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is .04% ( that is not a mistake .. it is .04 percent .. or .0004 of the total volume of atmosphere ). There is a direct linear correlation between heat, and temperature. It is called a thermometer. Lets say a Centigrade thermometer or 0 to 100 degrees. My question: at .04% how much of 1degree C does CO2 manage ? And given that answer, how much would the % of CO2 have to change to raise the temperature of our atmosphere by 3 degrees C ? And if the rest of the atmosphere is 8.5 times more efficient at holding heat, then how much CO2 would be required ? The 8.5 belongs to water vapor. ( thank you .. and stay out of trouble ! )

Is this a math home-work or propaganda?

There is a direct linear correlation between heat, and temperature. It is called a thermometer.

- that's a new definition!!

It is not only holding heat that matters (which is measured by coefficient of specific heat) -

how much of radiant heat is reflected back matters a lot (e.g. a car window pane lets heat in easily but does not let heat out) - which is a totally different mechanism.

In either case - in this forum you need to show your work to get answer.

So get going and show us some work on your own question.

 

[johns123]

You are not looking at the math problem .. only the propaganda. If each greenhouse gas manages a % of the total .. regardless of the blanket effect .. or the window effect .. how much EFFECT does CO2 at .04% manage ? That is a straight logical question. Your response would indicate that we would heat up indefinitely due to the window effect .. that is not the question. The question is how much of the total effect ... regardless of its outcome .. is being managed by CO2 ? What I'm trying to accomplish is how to put the solved problem into words. Right now, I see the answer as .. in a linear system, .0004 of 100 degrees, reduces simply to .04 of 1 degree is the management effect of CO2, all other things being equal. Of course the answer to the CO2 propaganda is that CO2 is totally soluble in water ( carbolic acid ) and cannot stay in the atmosphere at all in the presence of water vapor. Rain simply washes the CO2 out of the air mostly into the ocean. And since CO2 cannot heat the ocean in solution, then the CO2 coming from the ocean is due to something else heating the ocean. That should stop your logic cold So let's solve the "management" math problem first.