DomKen
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri 2. Yes, we have an effect on our environment. But, my claim was that we don't yet know if Man is driving climate change. Nor do we know whether or not CO2 is driving climate change. If CO2 is driving climate change, why hasn't the climate changed as global atmospheric CO2 has continued to increase? First off CO2 is definitely driving climate change. Physics would have to be wrong on some very basic points for that to be untrue. 1998 was the hottest year on record due to the strongest El Nino in the last 100 years. Warming has not continued only if you use 1998 as your baseline. In reality 2001 through 2011 were 11 of the 13 hottest years since 1880. So, what you are saying is that since 1998, warming has not occurred. Has atmospheric CO2 declined? If CO2 has risen and temperature has not, how are you going to explain that? Is CO2 the strongest greenhouse gas? Nope. Does CO2 have the largest impact on greenhouse effects? Nope. That distinction would belong to water vapor. Water vapor isn't as strong as CO2, but it is so much more prevalent that it's overall effect is larger. Let's ban water vapor!!! No, what I wrote is what I wrote. Simply because 1998 was the warmest year does not mean warming has not continued. For instance 2011 was the hottest La Nina year on record. I'm sorry that you were taken in by liars but the facts are the facts.
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