I took the time to read all of the references and went deep with it all this AM because I AM interested in learning about such subjects. There’s one chart which shows that the reflective difference between a CO2 laced atmosphere compared to only the water vapor at the same 12 - 15 um wavelength isn’t as large as I might have thought. While CO2 does fill in (overlaps) some of the water vapor caused absorption at those wavelengths, conveniently buried in the footnotes is the statement that water vapor is the largest single contributor to greenhouse gases. Burt Rutan talks about that in his one hour youtube video. And doesn’t water vapor then cause clouds which both cause absorption of energy (bad) AND drop off a little rain now and again to sustain us all (good)?
Elsewhere, they’re saying the earth’s average surface temp has risen ~0.6 to 0.9 deg over the last century with a likely rise of an additional 0.6 deg in response to the CO2 induced absorption of outgoing reflected energy in the next. Conveniently left out is the fact that warmer temperatures allow longer growing seasons which then allow feeding of the populations. It’s all tied together but the rocket “scientists” who write these papers seek only to stir up their parochial believers into a frenzy. And I have charts which shows that the concentration of CO2 was FAR greater thousands of years ago than it is now … why was that. Were too many cave people driving too many miles in their V8 Fords ?
Frankly, I don’t see what everyone is worried about. AOC says that we (now) have less than 12 years to go so … no matter what we do … we’re already doomed. When someone of these technical paper writing geniuses writes a paper about reducing the population of the planet, then I’ll pay attention. Trying to make me believe that a few contrails will change everything … not so much. It’s much akin to reading a corporate earnings summary … it can be written two ways depending upon what the writer wants the reader to believe.