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Originally Posted by Yug
Is there a link (demonstrable and directly-proportional) between any of that information and temps?
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CO2 traps heat in the atmosphere by its very nature, because it absorbs visible light and rereleases in infrared wavelengths (which transfer heat, when you feel heat on your face when you're near a fire it's from the infrared wavelengths). From a logical standpoint, it's easy to say that if you raise CO2 and other greenhouse gas levels in the lower atmosphere, where the weather occurs, things will get hotter on average. There is also evidence from things ice cores, tree rings, and sediments that points to a direct correlation between atmospheric CO2 and average global temperatures. Here's the graph again in case you missed it. It's from ice core analysis, which is a very accurate way of measuring long term temperature and atmospheric composition.
And as for the China/India situation, I guess we'll have to wait and see. They are at least making some progress. The free market will make solar cheaper for everyone anyways within a couple of decades.