RE:RE:RE:Climate change Actually you are wrong retired. CO2 makes up .04% of our atmosphere. So actually 100x less than what the poster claimed. And of the only a small fraction (4%) is a consequence of man.
You Asked: If CO2 Is Only 0.04% of the Atmosphere, How Does it Drive Global Warming?
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Why does CO2 drive global warming when there is only 0.04% of it in the atmosphere? And why isn’t water vapor the major driving factor?