(02-26-2019, 07:52 PM)Rajvik Wrote: Labster, I apologize for not responding directly to you, when. I have a real keyboard I will give you a full answer. The short answer is that we have been industrializing for the last 200-250 years and it is the height of arrogance to think that we could cause such a drastic change over that short a time frame. It is also arrogance to think that the sacrifice of the first world's energy base will negate or reverse in 10-20 years what it took the previous 200 to cause.
It is also amazingly stupid not to consider the correlation between humanity industrializing in that time and the corresponding, provable increase in atmospheric CO2, nor is it wise to discard any and all studies of the traits of various gasses, including their tendency to scatter and reflect certain frequencies of light.
We are seeing an increased retention of radiated infrared light because CO2 is pretty good at reflecting and scattering infrared light, and this means that the Earth is on the average not losing as much heat as it was at a given temperature compared to when CO2 values were lower. A new equilibrium will establish itself eventually, but that equilibrium will be notably higher than it was 200, 250 years ago.