Mindmeld, you started to lose it when you brought up the "theory of compound interest," as if CO2 emissions itself causes more CO2 emissions.
Unfortunately you are incorrect, not Mindmeld. The historical record indicates just that: positive feedback. Temps start rising, then CO2 starts rising, and temps keep rising. If you could tease the causes apart, it looks very much like some cyclical cause of lower amplitude, which is amplified by greenhouse gas. Note that the positive feedback saturates at some point. That is good. Unfortunately, with us spewing it into the atmosphere, the saturation part in the historical record provides no comfort for predicting the future, as I'm sure you can appreciate.
I might note one important saturation mechanism which the anti-global warming, pro greenhouse crowd misses: Although CO2 is an "aerial fertilizer" for plants, and increased atmospheric concentrations of it will promote plant growth, increased temps can inhibit plant growth, and the temps cannot be a whole lot hotter than what we have now. It is worse in high humidity IIRC. Basically photosynthesis shuts down in the middle of hot humid days, so plant growth decreases. |
