I thought the Gold Standard of empirical science was repeatability. Both sides of the equal sign are the same and accepted theories are provable by experiment and prediction. If a trace gas in atmosphere can raise the temperature of the earth which is approximately 1000000[1 million) times as heavy, then the available energy per pound must be the reciprocal of the fraction of said trace gas. Napkin numbers are about 28 trillion BTUs/lb. CO2 is either the most energy dense material in the universe or somebody is stretching the truth
I thought the Gold Standard of empirical science was repeatability. Both sides of the equal sign are the same and accepted theories are provable by experiment and prediction. If a trace gas in atmosphere can raise the temperature of the earth which is approximately 1000000[1 million) times as heavy, then the available energy per pound must be the reciprocal of the fraction of said trace gas. Napkin numbers are about 28 trillion BTUs/lb. CO2 is either the most energy dense material in the universe or somebody is stretching the truth