Mythbusters tests global warming theory - does CO2 warm air?

They build transparent boxes, fill some with CO2 and methane, then monitor temperature differences.

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[Tina Anderson]

correct... so, to save the earth from global warming we have to reduce the number of breathing humans... right? (sarcasm intended)

[integratednature]

THis is pointless, they dont tell you what levels of CO2 or Methane they used, or what the levels were in the controls everything depends on that... its either purposeful misleading or a shitty experiment

[fbyau23]

co2



[Tina Anderson]

here's another one: Hasn't the world been melting since the last ice age?

[Tina Anderson]

Question of the century: what do humans breathe out? 

[Karl Low]

What you fail to realize is they tested for that.

[NewAgoraTube]

Did the controls have CO2 in them? It didn't seem like they did. So comparing 350 ppm to 0 has an effect. Adding 350 ppm CO2 = .4 increase in temperature.

Consider that we are apparently adding 2.1 ppm to the atmosphere with ambient CO2 of 350 ppm per year: 2.1/350 = .006 CO2 increase per year.

Taking into account only CO2, and none of the dozens (that we know) of other factors affecting climate, we can expect a .0024 degree of temperature increase per year. Or 2.4 degrees in 1000 years.

[Jowan Collier]

Guys, the Daily Mail is like our Fox News.