“it rests solely on measurements and statistical data, including historical records extracted from Antarctic ice, and does not rely on computations with complex climate models.”
WORDS YOU AREN”T LIKELY TO HEAR SPOKEN PUBLICALLY BY ENVIRO-WACKOS AND THE IPCC:
Complex computations that relay on complex climate models are much preferrable to facts, as they can be coaxed into telling you exactly what it is that we want to you hear. Enviro-justice must be served and the truth can really inhibit our ability to accomplish world-wide redistribution of wealth. So, of course, climate models work the best!
In fact, if we had our way, these rogue scientists taking actual measurments would quietly disappear.
I’m in the computer software development business, and years ago I developed a model of a gas compressor that put out more gas than it took in. THE COMPUTER SAID SO. I tried to sell it like that, but no go. It turns out I had made an error in my model.
So according to the enviro-wackos, this report is bad because it is based on facts and not perceptions. They cannot let facts get in the way with how they feel about things.
“... found that in fact the trend in the airborne fraction since 1850 has only been 0.7 ± 1.4% per decade, which is essentially zero.”
With that error, the range is -0.7 to 2.1 %. (Could be up - could be down!). Also, water vapor is a much stronger component to the greenhouse effect. Something like 2 to 3x “better” than CO2. So, that 0.7% CO2 only adds something like 0.2% to the greenhouse EFFECT. But hey, if we can cripple our economy to get that 0.2% down by 25% (to say, 0.15%) - I guess that’s a good thing.