Beam me to Planet Gore !
Many times a problem can be solved by looking at it in a different way.....
Given the volume of the earth's atmosphere and the historical records of burning coal and oil since 1900.....
***What is the total amount of carbon burned each year since 1900 in tons?
Graph the tons of carbon burned by year on one Y axis and the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere by year on another Y axis.
***Do the two graphs mirror each other?
Add another graph of the "Global Average Temperature" and does it mirror either of the other two graphs?
***Given the area under the CO2 burned curve, is it even possible that the total CO2 burned from 1900 to 2000 could account for the rise in CO2 concentration that the AGW crowd says has happened?
I have wondered this for a while but have not been able to get the necessary carbon burn data.
Not all carboniferous fuels produced are burned (conversion to plastics and other products).
That being said, I did see in a scholarly study that the “gross greenhouse gas production” of either Krakatu, Toba, or Tambora, was more than the total output of all the fossil fuels we will ever extract and burn.
The exact method by which they came to that conclusion I do not know, but I believe it had to do with ice, and ocean floor cores dating back to about 1.1 million years.