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Actually, water vapor is the primary GHG, and the temperature/CO2 relationship is in dispute. Also, look at the chart I posted above, every single model predicted the temperature would be much higher today than it is. Originally Posted by Flytolive
No they didn't. Obviously the global climate is an immensely complicated system. The specific effects are difficult to predict with precision, but the overall story was predicted and in some cases underestimated. Climate change is real, serious, man-made and CO2 is the primary green house gas. Those are not in dispute.
Even if CO2 were the primary GHG, the main source of pollution would be bunker oil used in China, especially shipping, yet that source of GHGs was excluded from the Paris accords. Why does the left always target the US right wing as the main source of CC obstructionism, while they ignore, and put in policies that allow China to continue on this path. It's 100% political, it's a disgrace.
It's time to implement major environmental tariffs on these countries, you kill two birds with one stone here, stopping their emissions, and correcting trade imbalances. I have spoken to Republican leadership about this as the next logical step in the trade war.