As from the start I'm asserting that this is nothing more than a red herring
Yeah not brave enough to make assertions just weak insinuations to the "fact"
You assume we old you qualified to make such judgements
it's an old spiel your preaching there
God of the gaps...
There will always be extrapolations in science it simply is not possible to track every mol of co2
Every new study fits a new piece to the puzzle and the data is not going in your favour
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
i dont claim to have the answers, and there is significant disagreement among the ACTUAL experts on whether the IPCC's numbers are good or not, in the details, in the broad stokes, not so much.
but if the details are wrong, the broad stokes are merely an impressionist painting, which looks convincing from a distance, but as you look closer it loses cohesion.
but you deny the basic concepts of science, and prefer the simple appeals to authority and assumed infallibility of the IPCC, and... for some reason, Wikipedia.
youre laughably stupid to assume i think MY opinion means a squirt of piss, but youre fucking retarded if you think YOUR opinion matters any more.
the EXPERTS are the ones who will sort it out, and they dont agree on anything at all so far except:
Observed warming over the last 120 years: 1.5 - 2 degrees C +/- 0.5 degrees C
Co2 increases since 1959 when direct observations started: + 81 ppm on mona loa
Does Co2 act as a greenhouse gas? YES
is it super powerful in that regard? NO
is this increase in Co2 concentrations directly attributable to human action? at least some, maybe a lot, possibly most of it
is the sun's radiance increasing? Yep, for the last 200+ years.
does this mean all of the warming since 1950's is man made? nope, maybe 51%, more likely, less than half.
do geologic sources make significant co2? Yep.
how much co2 do geologic processes produce? on land, estimates vary wildly, under the seas, one geologist's guess is as good as any other
are the IPCC's numbers accurate? the IPCC says yes, other scientists say NO, some say they over estimate, other say they under estimate, others say they are spot on, others say they are fucking dead ass wrong.
if you want to believe the IPCC's numbers are infallible, then youre a fool.
i think the ipcc's numbers are a fair average of the general consensus of scientists, but averages dont mean shit
a chemist, a biologist and a statistician go hunting
the chemist shoots at a deer and misses by 5 feet to the left
the biologist shoots at another deer and misses 5 feet to the right
the statistician shouts "Yeah! we got one!"
and a wikipedia editor jumps out of the bushes and says "so how are we gonna carry all three deer back to camp?"