“CO2 averages 3.5%”... of what? 400 PPM is 0.04% of atmospheric gases, listing it below argon. The standard measure of CO2 is in Hawaii and that is 0.038%, which to me is no real difference. Both numbers may be higher than a few hundred years ago by 0.01% but that doesn’t seem significant to me.
The earth has had periods in past millenia when the CO2% was an order of magnitude higher. If this came down, how did that happen? The global warming models all are based on a runaway green house effect with CO2 causing water vapor to increase.
Is your 3.5% number the percentage of green house gases in the atmosphere? If so I don’t know what if I agree but it sounds possible.
You, sir, have displayed more indications of a true science knowledge than all of out press -combined.
The AGW yokels would like to ignore water vapor as a “green house gas”, but the simple fact is that water vapor IS, as it has all of the characteristics and effects assigned to “green house gas”.
The factors contributing to the variability of levels of water vapor in the atmosphere are so vast as to make them impossible to model, and therefore, predict.
CO2 was “selected” as a scape goat, to be used as a cudgel on behalf of the population control, anti-industrial, anti-western culture, crowd.
CO2 is the poor cousin of freon, following the failure of that ban to produce anything meaningful.
Of course the ozone cycle is a natural, self-healing process, so those frauds are declaring victory in that hoax.