“As fossil fuel emissions quadrupled since 1959, the airborne fraction* of CO2 that is from fossil fuels has declined. This negative correlation is the exact opposite of what should be occurring if fossil fuel emissions were the driving factor in CO2 increases.” ~ Kenneth Richard

However…

Mainstream media outlets, UN, World Bank, IMF, EU, Obama/Biden administration, and a long list of so-called environmental national and international “non-governmental organizations” (NGOs), U.S. Democrats and left of center parties in all countries show the global atmospheric CO2 like the following graphic from the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii island. This is basically fear mongering:

(1) The graphic is severely distorted by compressing the left hand Y axis to a range of 310 ppm to 420 ppm. This creates an impression on the general public which greatly exaggerates the rate of growth of atmospheric CO2.

(2) What is being measured is total atmospheric CO2. The human contribution to the total CO2 is not being measured. The human CO2 contribution is based on estimates of estimates which are loaded with uncertainty and assumptions. (I address that uncertainty in another post on this blog.) But they do not mention any of these facts. 420 ppm is an approximate de facto measurement of the total average CO2 concentration. That is 0.042% of the atmosphere. A trace gas is generally defined as less than 1%. Thus total CO2 is a very minor trace gas in the atmosphere, but that trace amount is absolutely necessary for all life on earth. Without at least 150 ppm in air (or 0.015%) all land plants will die, and we all die. The human contribution to that total trace gas (i.e. to the 0.042%) according to IPCC AR6 Working Group I, Chapter 5: Global Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles is approximately 144.7–149.87 ppm; this is based also on multiple assumptions and estimates. For example, they assume that the entire increase in total CO2 (i.e., 144.7–149.87 ppm) since before the industrial revolution is due to humans. The evidence for that assumption is shoddy. Relative to the 2024 global average of 422.7 ppm, this translates to about (144.7 / 422.7) ≈ 34% to (149.87 / 422.7) ≈ 35% of the total CO2 in the atmosphere being due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel combustion and deforestation. That is, 35% of 422.7 equals the UN IPCC claimed fraction of the atmospheric that is due to humans; so, according to them the human-driven CO2 increase is approximately 0.01447%–0.01499% (144.7–149.87 ppm out of 1,000,000 ppm total atmospheric volume). Even if we were to accept the shoddy UN IPPC claim (which is correctly rejected by sentient people), the warming due to approximately 0.01447%–0.01499% (144.7–149.87 ppm) CO2 in air is so small it is not measurable. It is less than the variation due to noise, which in analytical sciences means it cannot be distinguished from the signals due to random noise variations, therefore it is statistically insignificant and should be ignored. However, most meteorologists, climatologists, politicians, main stream media and academics neglect to point out these scientific facts.

Why mention and write about this?

Ladies and gentlemen, until you tell your elected representatives at city, county, state, national level to reject this global warming/climate change agenda and then VOTE based on your representative’s actions in response, then nothing will change. Their scam will continue to fill their pockets and empty yours. You must act. They rely on the probability that you will do nothing.

Please do reply in the comments. Why are they doing this? I would love to read your replies.

1. The airborne fraction is a term used by climate scientists to describe the proportion of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions that remains in the atmosphere after human activities release it, rather than being absorbed by natural sinks like oceans, forests, or soils. It’s typically expressed as a fraction or percentage. For example, if 100 units of CO₂ are emitted, and 45 units stay in the atmosphere while 55 units are absorbed by sinks, the airborne fraction is 0.45 (or 45%). Scientists calculate this by comparing annual CO₂ emissions to the observed increase in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, accounting for natural absorption processes.