[[Let’s even accept the non “consensus” theory that humans have messed horribly with the climate with our production and atmospheric release of CO2 (which I do not accept as the only or “major” cause of “climate change”).]]
You shouldn’t even accept it as a ‘minor’ cause of climate change- The total amount of CO2 produced by man amounts to just 0.00136% of the atmosphere- There is nowhere near enough man produced CO2 to capture and back radiate enough CO2 to cause even localized warming- let alone global warming
Think of it this way- someone figured out for the that 0.00136% of an olympic sized pool’s water content was 4 five gallon pails of water.
Now, take those 4 five gallon pails, fill them with 100 degree water- and dump them into the 90 degree pool- Will you have ‘catastrophic warming’? No- of course not- you will see the 100 degree water reach equilibrium very rapidly and the pool will remain at 90 degrees-
if you want the math for the 0.00136% figure- here it is
The atmosphere contains just 0.04% greenhouse gases (including CO2) from both nature and man- man’s contribution of just CO2 stands at just 3.4% of that 0.04%
3.4% of 0.04% = 0.00136%
our atmosphere weighs approx 6 quadrillion tons- the amount of man’s CO2 is so minuscule compared to that that it is absolutely asinine to suggest it can be causing climate change- even slightly
I was making a facetious argument, just say that the mental attitude that humans have messed up the environment is surely not also one that would trust human endeavors to intentionally mess with it to “correct” something.
As far as CO2 and the environment, you were preaching to the choir.