(11-25-2020, 10:39 AM)Gene C Wrote: I learned in school that the sun controlled the earth's climate/weather.
But that was long ago before we knew better and learned that through helpful government regulations, the government could control it.

The world emits about 43 billion tons of CO2 a year (2019). Total carbon emissions from all human activities, including agriculture and land use. This was an all time high, breaking the previous record from 2018. From 1850 to 2019, 2,400 gigatons of CO2 were emitted by human activity. Around 950 gigatons went into the atmosphere. The rest has been absorbed by oceans and land.
(Source:
The World Counts)
Gene, would you happen to know how many gigatons of CO2 that the dinosaurs put into the atmosphere, by comparison? Oh, by the way, did you know that the sun was around at that time too?
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch