Don’t focus on CO2 - it’s a distraction and not a lagging indicator. There are many times in main ice core data where it lead vs where it lagged temperature. We have no idea.

I say it’s a distraction because it gives oil and energy companies a pass on the real harmful effects, mainly of burning coal and processing oil, which are all local. Rates of death, cancer, etc. go up in a direct proportion to the distance from one of those facilities, it’s not really debated. But when you say “carbon” is the issue, then Exxon want to do carbon capture instead of stop burning.

CO2 is not the issue with current energy fleet, it’s local human deaths when we have other technology options.