Why can't our climate agreements and policies reduce atmospheric CO2 trends?

All those G6's flying to the climate change conferences surely can't be helping.

Not enough taxes?

The quickest answer? No one is holding the primary emitters accountable.



The part of the answer climate alarmists want to ignore:



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Earth's total annual out-gassing of CO2 via volcanoes and through other geological processes such as the heating of limestone in mountain belts is newly estimated by DCO experts at roughly 300 to 400 million metric tonnes (0.3 to 0.4 Gt).

Volcanoes and volcanic regions alone outgas an estimated 280-360 million tonnes (0.28 to 0.36 Gt) of CO2 per year. This includes the CO2 contribution from active volcanic vents, from the diffuse, widespread release of CO2 through soils, faults, and fractures in volcanic regions, volcanic lakes, and from the mid-ocean ridge system.

In many world regions, tectonic outgassing (emissions from mountain belts and other plate boundaries), particularly in cool night temperatures, can cause dangerous levels of CO2 close to the ground -- enough to suffocate livestock.

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Is the frequency of volcanic eruptions increasing or is the technology to detect the eruptions simply better?

Because it is all theater. China and India are the only ones who can actually make a dent in the trend and they have no intention in doing so.

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I don’t see shite being done in China, India and other countries that look like they are putting forth any effort.

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The underlying theme of climate change is to elevate developing nations and restrict developed nations. Global socialism.

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I don’t see shite being done in China,

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To be fair they have made huge strides in renewable energy. But they already pollute so damn much due to the demands of their massive population it’s hard to see any results.
The bad thing is however is their spread to other nations to harvest minerals and oil. China and India just have too many people to restrict carbon usage without a massive fallout.

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Volcanoes and volcanic regions alone outgas an estimated 280-360 million tonnes (0.28 to 0.36 Gt) of CO2 per year.
Human activity emits 100 times more, about 35 Gt.

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Please cite your source for this statement.

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In many world regions, tectonic outgassing (emissions from mountain belts and other plate boundaries), particularly in cool night temperatures, can cause dangerous levels of CO2 close to the ground -- enough to suffocate livestock.

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I just want to make a simple scientific observation about this comment. CO2 hugs the ground because it is the heaviest constituent in the atmosphere:

Nitrogen (N2): molecular weight 28.
Oxygen (O2): molecular weight 32.
Argon (Ar): Atomic weight 40.
Carbon dioxide (CO2): molecular weight 44.
Water vapor (H20): molecular weight 18.

I include water vapor in the list to show that it is the lightest of the major atmospheric constituents and the fact that it is the lightest allows it to rise, change phase (condense) and rain.

CO2 is the heaviest and migrates to the lowest elevations. That's why plants tend to grow really well at low elevations.