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Map Node  Human related url anchor

Question Node  What are the human related arguments? url anchor

Answer Node  Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions url anchor

Tags:  anthropogenic emissions, co2

Pro Node  The oceans, land and atmosphere exchange CO2 continuously so the additional load by humans is incredibly small. url anchor

The oceans contain 37,400 billion tons (GT) of suspended carbon, land biomass has 2000-3000 GT. The atmosphere contains 720 billion tons of CO2 and humans contribute only 6 GT. The oceans, land and atmosphere exchange CO2 continuously so the additional load by humans is incredibly small. A small shift in the balance between oceans and air would cause a much more severe rise than anything we could produce. url anchor
Tags:  land, oceans, co2
Reference Node  http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/ten-global-warming-myths/ url anchor
Reference: http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/ten-global-warming-myths/

Con Node  The natural cycle adds and removes CO2 to keep a balance; humans add extra CO2 without removing any url anchor

Reference Node  http://www.skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm url anchor
Reference: http://www.skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm

Answer Node  Breathing contributes to CO2 buildup url anchor

Tags:  breathing, co2

Pro Node  If Senator Wong was really serious about her science she would stop breathing because you inhale air that's got 385 parts per million carbon dioxide in it and you exhale air with about ten times as much, and that extra carbon comes from what you eat url anchor

Pollution; none of us are supporting putting substances into the atmosphere or the waterways that might be pollutants, but carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. If Senator Wong was really serious about her science she would stop breathing because you inhale air that's got 385 parts per million carbon dioxide in it and you exhale air with about ten times as much, and that extra carbon comes from what you eat. So that is absolute nonsense. url anchor
Reference Node  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2550682.htm url anchor
Reference: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2009/2550682.htm
Tags:  Professor Ian Plimer

Con Node  By breathing out, we are simply returning to the air the same CO2 that was there to begin with url anchor

Reference Node  http://www.skepticalscience.com/breathing-co2-carbon-dioxide.htm url anchor
Reference: http://www.skepticalscience.com/breathing-co2-carbon-dioxide.htm
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