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Originally Posted by IamBatman
does anyone know how much weight in hydrocarbons (oil, coal, natural gas) the world pump from the ground annually? How much of that is burned and released into the atmosphere? How much is that compared to the total mass of the atmosphere? how much of an increase in "green house gas" will it take to increase the average temperature to say.. 1F degrees? 
I don't want to get into another global warming thread... but I'm interested in the numbers. |
I'm not sure if anyone knows with ~100% certainty how much greenhouse emission it would take to warm the Earth by 1ºF. As you hinted at, the way to answer that is not by measuring output, but rather by measuring the overall non-water vapor greenhouse gas % of our atmosphere. CO2 content is under 0.39% of our atmosphere. If we could find a way to break the habit of mideast oil, it would be best for us. The positive eco-karma of an electric car is a sham as long as it's plugged into a coal plant.