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Well ya see Todd --- if they published those Ocean Heat COntent graphs in TEMPERATURE -- the public would laugh their asses into oblivion.. Because the CHANGES in terms of temperature are BELOW 0.1degC (modeled of course to fill the ocean volume). But with HEAT thay can use HUGELY SCARY NUMBERS THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS and make it sound more Sci Fi dramatic !!!!
The energy from four Hiroshima A-bombs every second seems pretty dramatic to me. And, as I know you know, heat content and temperature are not the same thing. There's the small matter of specific pressure and temperature-dependent heat capacity to deal with.
Look at this Chart and tell me what is says about CO2, you Whack Cult Guy