Actually there is a group of highly respected engineers and scientists trying to prove what you are talking about. A global mass balance on CO2 and I think other gasses has been worked on for the past couple years. They are near to closing it, but the last major part has to do with the amount of CO2 that is contained somehow in the permafrost of the russian tundra. Because of the very odd seasons over there and of the land's history, apparently there are possibly tons of CO2 sitting there being steadily released to the atmosphere as the frost melts.
Anyways, it's not done yet, I think the last I heard about it, there are 10 gigatons of CO2 still unaccounted for, but so far indications show that industry has made a meaningful impact on the environment, but the question now is how much. That should be answered if the mass balance is closed.
Most of this information was from my Chemical Engineering professor who is one of the many people working on the tundra problem (he gets to go up to the artic and russian outback.... wheee)
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Actually there is a group of highly respected engineers and scientists trying to prove what you are talking about. A global mass balance on CO2 and I think other gasses has been worked on for the past couple years. They are near to closing it, but the last major part has to do with the amount of CO2 that is contained somehow in the permafrost of the russian tundra. Because of the very odd seasons over there and of the land's history, apparently there are possibly tons of CO2 sitting there being steadily released to the atmosphere as the frost melts. Anyways, it's not done yet, I think the last I heard about it, there are 10 gigatons of CO2 still unaccounted for, but so far indications show that industry has made a meaningful impact on the environment, but the question now is how much. That should be answered if the mass balance is closed. Most of this information was from my Chemical Engineering professor who is one of the many people working on the tundra problem (he gets to go up to the artic and russian outback.... wheee)