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Soot Is Warming the World — a Lot
sciencehabit writes "Soot is bad stuff all around, whether you're breathing it into your lungs or it's heating the atmosphere by absorbing more of the sun's energy. But a new 4-year, 232-page assessment (PDF) of soot's role in climate finds that the combustion product could be warming the world twice as much as previously thought. The study points policymakers toward the best targets for reducing climate-warming soot emissions while at the same time improving the health of billions of people."
Global dimming is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on mankind. There is no evidence of global dimming, man-made or otherwise.
The researchers studying global dimming fudge their results so they can keep obtaining more grant money, it's that simple.
Using your logic dousing myself in lighter fluid every day would also be fine because it won't be the direct chemical effects of the fluid that will harm me.
CO2 increases the ability of the atmosphere to retain heat. A hotter planet is not good for human health.
The effect of restricting CO2 emissions will be to restrict its emissions to the most cost effective forms. Which will almost certainly see petrol cars replaced by electric ones, especially in the city. In addition to limiting warming this will have massive benefits to air quality, as well as reduce traffic noise which should lower stress in the population.