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Originally Posted by Bill14564
There is no "conflating the two," you just don't seem to (be willing to) understand the processes involved.
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Do you understand that the spectrum of energy that is absorbed and reflected by C02 molecules is already 100% saturated?
Can you process what that means? It means that no matter how much CO2 is in the atmosphere, the ability of C02 is already maxxed out in it's ability to affect the Earth.
Specifically, CO2 molecules absorb energy in several distinct infrared bands, called vibrational modes. The most significant absorption bands of CO2 occur around 2.7 μm(micrometers), 4.3 μm, and 15 μm. These absorption bands are related to the vibrational modes of the CO2 molecule.
How much of the Sun's energy are they currently absorbing in those bands? It's almost 100%.
Get it yet? If 100% of the atmosphere were CO2, it would still be absorbing the SAME amount of energy. 400ppm, 1000ppm, 10,000ppm, would have exactly zero change on the amount of warming that CO2 is doing.