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If I was a student in your chemistry class and you were spewing about global warming I'd be showing you that by Avogadro's Law, volume (at same T, P) is proportional to moles because you taught me that. And going throigh the math, I'll assume that CO2 was 275 ppm in 1800. Since the atmosphere has roughly 1.8 x 10^20 moles of air, that would mean 275 x 10^-6 x 1.8 x 10^20 giving 4.95 x 10^16 moles of CO2 (showing my math). As a chemistry teacher dealing with science, you'd say, "lawrocket you are correct."
Then I'd say 4.95 x10^16 divided by 1.8 x 10^20. So a mole fraction of .000275. Then we'd go up to 400 ppm to make it .0004. A .000125 mole fraction increase is going to wreak all kinds of havoc on us. Or is it going to do what the observations suggest - a mild increase in temperatures?
One can imagine the drastic effects on the ocean. What is it? Probably in the range of 10^23 moles of water? Yep. It leads to ocean acidification by an increase of what kind of mole fraction? Yes, I am familiar with Henry's law limiting the carbon sink capabilities of the oceans.
Tell me from a chemist's standpoint what is wrong about what I wrote? Sure, it just scratches the surface, but what is wrong with it? I understand that if I started pulling this "increase in mole fraction" crap I'd be tossed out of your class. Or started running through the calculations of the net increase in HCO3 and H2CO3 in the ocean due to absorption of C02.
No - my knowledge of chemistry does not approach yours. But there are some simple concepts (like .000125 fractional increase in CO2) that seem a bit more relevant that "400." Another nice round number set up as an arbitrary line in the sand. (It was 380ppm a few years ago, but that didn't stick).
[Reply]It is past insulting listining to your ill informed rants and retoric on a subject that you continually know nothing about.
You use the word "nothing." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. And this sort of thing is what destroys your credibility. Do you really think I know "nothing" about the subject? If so, that's a problem. If not, that's the point I'm making - you are making points ineffectively.
[Reply]The only reason that you persist is because so many think you have some sort of understanding and you go unchallanged here on this forum.
I take it back. You really DO think I know nothing. That I have no sort of understanding.
My wife is hotter than your wife.
The IPCC is or as of this writing released its 5 year update. That's an organization funded by the UN, NATO, and a few others....

The latest evidence is dammning...
thats conclusive that man has and is contributing to GLOBAL Warming on an unprecedented scale.
The IPCC has shown that most of the current Climate Models are "Considerabley" underestimated.
I just wanted to give you Ostrachices a heads up so that you can come up with your latest Krotch brothers, oil clonglomerate funded babble....and once again show us your ignorance and short sighted monkey see monkey do view points....
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