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Chris Martz ignores the greenhouse effect

In several recent posts on X (formerly Twitter) Chris Martz has made it clear that his way of dealing with the greenhouse effect is to ignore it.

Instead he bases a set of objections to the existence of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) on fallacies and red herrings.

So, on this page I'm going to address some of the key "objections" and put them into perspective.

I'm going to use the text in this tweet from Chris Martz (click to see the original) as a basis for explaining Chris's various pieces of trickery.

CO2 is not a pollutant

I absolutely agree.

But which AGW supporter says CO2 is a pollutant?

Come on, Chris Martz, which reputable scientific authority says CO2 is a pollutant?

There are health hazards with CO2 levels much higher than atmospheric levels are now, but those relate to levels indoors and are nothing to do with AGW which is driven by atmospheric levels.

CO2 levels are nowhere near where they have been

That is true.

But when talking about Earth's history bear in mind that homo sapiens has only existed for a tiny part - the most recent part - of that history.

And before home sapiens evolved life forms came and went as environmental conditions varied over millions of years, and whole species went extinct for a variety of reasons.

What matters to us now is how conditions are now, not how they were millions of years ago.

CO2 levels are higher now than they were at the time of the last glaciation

CO2 levels now are at the highest level they have been during the existence of homo sapiens, and they are rising.

What is the correct level of CO2

What?

Does Chris Martz not know what the ideal level is?

If he doesn't, why didn't he do some research - there's plenty of material available.

Most authorities put the ideal level at about 350ppm.

Here are some links:

 

Anybody would think you believe AGW supporters want the level to be as low as 180.

We don't.

350ppm would be fine.

So, what about the greenhouse effect?

Chris Martz just ignores the greenhouse effect.

Why?

The greenhouse effect is the problem, not any "toxicity" of CO2.

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