@monman12 wrote:"Im so relieved that we have a responsible government who are dealing with “ climate change ” that will not beggar our country and destroy jobs."
Both parties give the impression that GHG emissions are nothing more than a political football game played by 3rd division teams before a poorly informed electorate.
If Australia doubled or halved its annual carbon emissions, it would make no perceptible difference to atmospheric CO2 concentration.
The original Kyoto (1997) and subsequent climate talk-fests have had no effect on the inexorable rise in atmospheric CO2 , and in fact the annual variation is accelerating.
Recent Monthly Average Mauna Loa CO2
July 2015: 401.30 ppm
July 2014: 399.00 ppm
Mauna Loa (/ˌmɔːnə ˈloʊ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈloʊ.ə/; Hawaiian: [ˈmɔunə ˈlowə]; English: Long Mountain[3]) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean. The largest subaerial volcano in both mass and volume, Mauna Loa has historically been considered the largest volcano on Earth. It is an active shield volcano with relatively shallow slopes, with a volume estimated at approximately 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km3),[4] although its peak is about 120 feet (37 m) lower than that of its neighbor, Mauna Kea. Lava eruptions from Mauna Loa are silica-poor and very fluid, and they tend to be non-explosive.
I suppose increased levels of CO 2 could be expected from an active volcano.
