Jack- Here’s some ammo for idiots who think man is causing climate change
The atmosphere weighs 6 quadrillion tons
The amount of CO2 produced by man amounts to just 0.0036% of that- not even one percent! Not even 1/10’th a percent!
Explain to those you see that this means that almost 100% of the heat escaping earth goes right on past this 0.0036%, and what little doesn’t get past it is back radiated at an even smaller % towards earth
Then have the people explain how so little back radiated heat can change the climate- watch them whimper as they grope for an answer
The fact is that what little heat that does eventually make it’s way back to earth is so insignificantly miniscule, that it quickly reaches equilibrium with the surrounding air temps because there is nowhere near enough heat to do ANYTHING to change the temperature of the surrounding air
Explain it to them by showing that if you pour a thimble of water that is 100 degrees into an Olympic sized pool of water that is 98 degrees, the pool water is NOT going to heat up to 100 degrees
Be patient as they try to figure this out- walk away, grab a coffee- see a movie, then come back and see if they’ve figured it out yet (I’m betting they haven’t)
Water vapor is the worst greenhouse gas of all.