pH-ilosopher
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Humans are not causing it. The amount of "greenhouse gases" we are producing is extremely small compared to the total amount of gas in our atmosphere that it barely changes anything.
The mass of the Earth's atmosphere is approximately 5,100,000,000,000,000,000 kg.
0.001267% (by mass) of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide (CO2), making the total mass of our atmosphere's carbon dioxide approximately 6,461,700,000,000,000 kg.
The worldwide carbon dioxide output in 2005 was 28,100,000,000,000 kg and it is projected to be 42,300,000,000,000 kg in 2030.
This means that we were emitting only about 0.435% of the total carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2005 and will be emitting only 0.655% in 2030.
At this rate it would take about fifty years WITHOUT photosynthesis or any other common carbon-dioxide-reducing process to have any significant effect on the composition of the atmosphere. You may say that deforestation is reducing the amount of photosynthesis, but this is entirely false since most of the world's photosynthesis occurs in the oceans (algae and such). Taking the immeasurable photosynthesis into account, I would estimate that it would take about 500 to 5000 to have a significant effect.
The media is trying to fool us into thinking we caused the problem because people want to think that if we just stop emitting "greenhouse gases" climate change would stop. The media is out there for the sole purpose of making money and they tell you what you want to here so that you will watch. You have to do research on your own about things like this.
The only climate change we have to worry about is the natural climate change of the Earth, which is caused mostly by the sun and the Earth's wobbly rotation.
The mass of the Earth's atmosphere is approximately 5,100,000,000,000,000,000 kg.
0.001267% (by mass) of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide (CO2), making the total mass of our atmosphere's carbon dioxide approximately 6,461,700,000,000,000 kg.
The worldwide carbon dioxide output in 2005 was 28,100,000,000,000 kg and it is projected to be 42,300,000,000,000 kg in 2030.
This means that we were emitting only about 0.435% of the total carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2005 and will be emitting only 0.655% in 2030.
At this rate it would take about fifty years WITHOUT photosynthesis or any other common carbon-dioxide-reducing process to have any significant effect on the composition of the atmosphere. You may say that deforestation is reducing the amount of photosynthesis, but this is entirely false since most of the world's photosynthesis occurs in the oceans (algae and such). Taking the immeasurable photosynthesis into account, I would estimate that it would take about 500 to 5000 to have a significant effect.
The media is trying to fool us into thinking we caused the problem because people want to think that if we just stop emitting "greenhouse gases" climate change would stop. The media is out there for the sole purpose of making money and they tell you what you want to here so that you will watch. You have to do research on your own about things like this.
The only climate change we have to worry about is the natural climate change of the Earth, which is caused mostly by the sun and the Earth's wobbly rotation.