Comments on: Our CO2 emissions are not the half of it http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/09/our-co2-emissions-are-not-the-half-of-it/ Taking the heat out of global warming Tue, 22 May 2012 08:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Clarence Kay http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/09/our-co2-emissions-are-not-the-half-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-67782 Clarence Kay Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:49:16 +0000 http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/?p=11584#comment-67782 If (red) China was omitted from your top graph, the rest of the world would look remarkably flat. "Nature absorbs about 40% of our emissions" is a bit light. The figures I've seen wobble around between 50% and 55%. Of course, it's always possible that Nature absorbs 100% of our emissions and that the poorly correlated atmospheric increase has some other natural cause. If (red) China was omitted from your top graph, the rest of the world would look remarkably flat.

“Nature absorbs about 40% of our emissions” is a bit light. The figures I’ve seen wobble around between 50% and 55%.

Of course, it’s always possible that Nature absorbs 100% of our emissions and that the poorly correlated atmospheric increase has some other natural cause.

]]> By: Andy http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/2011/09/our-co2-emissions-are-not-the-half-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-67691 Andy Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:00:23 +0000 http://www.climateconversation.wordshine.co.nz/?p=11584#comment-67691 <em>I’ve seen a couple of efforts around the internet, including at Sceptical Science, but I don’t automatically trust everything John Cook presents.</em> In case you don't know, things have been heating up a bit recently between John Cook's SkS and Bishop Hill, amongst others http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/9/20/cooking-the-books.html I’ve seen a couple of efforts around the internet, including at Sceptical Science, but I don’t automatically trust everything John Cook presents.

In case you don’t know, things have been heating up a bit recently between John Cook’s SkS and Bishop Hill, amongst others

http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/9/20/cooking-the-books.html

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