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Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 222

Thats Mauna Loa actually. And the yearly fluctuations has everything to do with landmass. The northern Hemisphere has significantly more landmass (and therefore, biomass) to absorb the CO2 than the southern hemisphere does. We would need to somehow drastically increase the amount of biomass on the planet in order to get a reduction in CO2, and that just ins't possible

Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 222

Cant dump it in the sea. In an oxygen poor environment the biomass would decompose into methane, and release to the surface. Methane has a much higher greenhouse effect than CO2, and it has a half life around 4 years as well, and decomposes into CO2 itself. We need a method to capture the CO2 but not let it be reintroduced into the carbon cycle

Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 222

That wouldn't work. Natural processes weren't able to keep that CO2 in a gaseous state, so why would exciting them into a gaseous state somehow kickstart a natural warming cycle to sustain the molecules in that state? We'd need some chemical that has a very low freezing point that also has a strong infrared forcing. What temperatures do CFCs freeze at?

Comment Re:I wonder... (Score 1) 222

Water vapor kinda doesn't count. It is added to and removed from the atmosphere at such a rapid rate that it is hard to account for. Some areas have 0% humidity and have miniscule amounts of water vapor, whereas others are at 100% humidity and account for around 4% of local atmospheric mass. Its better to look at everything but water vapor (79% Nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases) and then check water vapor concentration. So 4% water vapor in an area leaves 96% everything else (~19% oxygen, ~76% Nitrogen)

Comment Re:Will it help? (Score 1) 679

Are all libertarians stupid, or just you?

It doesn't matter if you tell yourself that you decided to do better for yourself. 1. Some people can't. They're not smart enough, or physically able, or what have you. 2. SOMEBODY has to do these jobs. Imagine if everyone had an advanced degree to 'better themselves'. We'd have 50 million engineers and nobody to stock our stores.

No matter the job, everyone deserves a living wage. You'd think as a libertarian, you'd be happy to get people off of welfare

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