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hatrack

(59,583 posts) Wed Jul 7, 2021, 07:35 AM Jul 2021

Mauna Loa June Atmospheric CO2 Content 418.94 ppm; June 2020 416.60 ppm; June 2019 414.16 ppm

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/data.html

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Mauna Loa June Atmospheric CO2 Content 418.94 ppm; June 2020 416.60 ppm; June 2019 414.16 ppm (Original Post) hatrack Jul 2021 OP

Going back to the beginning of that data set... -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #1

Oh, that's only 213 billion tons of CO2 - I'm sure Exxon's algae fuel project will absorb it!! hatrack Jul 2021 #2

Yeah, 'specially if them algaes is kinda hungry! -misanthroptimist Jul 2021 #3

-misanthroptimist

(808 posts)

1. Going back to the beginning of that data set...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 08:36 AM

Jul 2021

...we find that in June 1958 atmospheric CO2 was just 315ppm. In less than my lifetime, atmospheric CO2 has increased by more than 100ppm. No signs of that pace slowing, either.

hatrack

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2. Oh, that's only 213 billion tons of CO2 - I'm sure Exxon's algae fuel project will absorb it!!

Reply to -misanthroptimist (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 10:12 AM

Jul 2021

-misanthroptimist

(808 posts)

3. Yeah, 'specially if them algaes is kinda hungry!

Reply to hatrack (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 7, 2021, 11:00 AM

Jul 2021

Greenwashing at its finest. I'd expect no less from Exxon-Mobil.

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