Readers Catch Everything! -- March 3, 2018 -- February, 2018 - Atmospheric CO2 FWIW

Two days ago I posted a link to a Bloomberg article that said gasoline consumption declined 0.0006 percent, year-over-year, 2017-over-2016, the first time there had been any decline in consumption in the US in five years ... and then went on to blame President Trump winning the election. Wow.

But 0.0006% is the same as 0.000006 or six parts per million, about the same amount as atmospheric CO2 has changed in the past year.

Speaking of atmospheric CO2, the February 1, 2018, data is here.

The March 2, 2018, data:

What was the March, 2017, number? 407.05 ppm.

There appears to be some change in the reporting date, so keep that in mind when looking at the charts.

But using the reporting date, 408.67 - 407.05 = 1.62 parts per million.

So, that decline in US gasoline consumption kept the yearly jump in atmospheric CO2 to less than 2 parts per million.

2/1,000,000 = 0.0002% (or 0.000002).

2/407.05 = 0.5%.

The scariest things for the warmists: if atmospheric CO2 ever stays stable year-over-year, or heaven forbid, actually declines.

Has atmospheric CO2 ever been higher in the past two years? Glad you asked. In June, 2017, the number was 208.84.

But, atmospheric CO2 varies with the season.