What seems to be forgotten in all this, is the fact that the world does not have enough oxygen creating plants.The destrution of rain forests and jungles...the curse of the chain saw.
Hear Hear.
If the destruction of our planets rain forests was able to be halted or reversed I'm sure we would see an improvement, but don't forget the planet has been heating up since the ice age.
Worthers +8
And also do not forget that back in the 1970s climatologists were confident that by 2030 we would be in the midst of a "little ice age".
Why? Because the output from the sun has much more impact on our climate than most eco climatologists wish to accept. The sun works in cycles and one, known as the Maunder Minimum occurred in the 17th century and lasted between 50 and 60 years.
During this time, winters were colder: for example the River Thames, which usually flows through London, notoriously froze over. The ice was so thick that people could walk from one side to the other. However, the citizens that lived in freezing, 17th century Europe survived..just.
So, it may be the case that by adding CO2 to the atmosphere over the last 100 years all we have done is prevented a bigger catastrophe that was due in 2030 and expected to last 30 to 40 years.
Even so we must work to reverse the CO2 build up as once the sun returns to full power, about the end of this century the world will get hot, with unpleasant results.
