Mauna Loa shows that reducing economic Activity has NO EFFECT on CO2

[CrusaderFrank]

Just to throw a little math in here. During the pandemic, GHG emissions fell by a maximum of 5.4 percent. The current annual rate of CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere is 2.5 ppm. So the pandemic caused a maximum drop of 2.5 x 0.054 or 0.135 ppm. That would be about one-fourth of the smallest division on the OP's graph, and it came on and off gradually. Anyone here think that should be visible? It's about the size of one of those bumps on the black line and is almost the full width of the chart.

I question your 5.4% number. Like current inflation, it’s off an order of magnitude

 

[BackAgain]

Build inland.

It’s like Sam Kinison to say about starving people who live in the desert.

MOVE!

 

[Crick]

I question your 5.4% number. Like current inflation, it’s off an order of magnitude

"However, while carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 5.4 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continued to grow at about the same rate as in preceding years."

Why Didn't Atmospheric CO2 Fall During COVID? — Caltech Magazine

The COVID-19 pandemic decreased air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions within a few weeks. However, while carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 5.4 percent in 2020, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continued to grow.

magazine.caltech.edu

Where is your source that shows it down by 54%

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Don't know about that but your graph shows steady growth in CO2. Doesn't that worry you?

No! Why should it worry me?

 

[jc456]

Don't know about that but your graph shows steady growth in CO2. Doesn't that worry you?

Why should we be worried?

 

[alang1216]

No! Why should it worry me?

Good point, we'll all be dead before whatever happens, happens. However, being a grandparent makes me worry about the unknown.

 

[alang1216]

Why should we be worried?

Because we don't know what will happen? Me, I find insurance often makes a lot of sense.

 

[westwall]

Because we don't know what will happen? Me, I find insurance often makes a lot of sense.

Insurance is good. Impoverishing the world isn't insurance. It is idiocy.

 

[alang1216]

Insurance is good. Impoverishing the world isn't insurance. It is idiocy.

Good insurance is expensive isn't it?

 

[jc456]

Because we don't know what will happen?

what can happen exactly we should be worried about?

If you don't know what will happen, how do you know we should be worried about anything?

 

[jc456]

Good insurance is expensive isn't it?

insurance for what exactly?

 

[westwall]

Good insurance is expensive isn't it?

What part of impoverishing the world do you not understand?

 

[alang1216]

what can happen exactly we should be worried about?

If you don't know what will happen, how do you know we should be worried about anything?

How about sea level rise for one?

 

[alang1216]

insurance for what exactly?

Effects of possible rise? More powerful storms?

 

[alang1216]

What part of impoverishing the world do you not understand?

What part of insurance do you not understand? For example, I have health insurance so I'm not impoverished by an unforeseen illness.

 

[jc456]

How about sea level rise for one?

Where? From what?

 

[westwall]

What part of insurance do you not understand? For example, I have health insurance so I'm not impoverished by an unforeseen illness.

I understand insurance very well. What part of destroying the economy of the world to the point where insurance no longer matters.....do you not understand?

 

[jc456]

I understand insurance very well. What part of destroying the economy of the world to the point where insurance no longer matters.....do you not understand?

For what?

 

[jc456]

Effects of possible rise? More powerful storms?

How powerful? What rise?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Build inland.

It’s like Sam Kinison to say about starving people who live in the desert.

MOVE!

You live in the fucking desert!