I read along time ago that 10 speed bikes and jumbo jets tie for the best energy efficiency. No references to prove it.
Also, CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is a function of the global temperature, not the reverse. What goes flatter first, an open bottle of soda(pop) in the refrigerator, or the same bottle of soda(pop) sitting on the counter at 70 degrees, or so? The bottle on the counter, of course. The same goes for CO2 dissolved in the ocean.
When you have more clouds, you have less sunlight reaching the surface and warming the planet, plus more rain, all of which cools the planet. And, when you have fewer clouds, more sun hits the surface, and you have less rain, both of which warms the planet.
Clouds form when you have condensation centers. The more condensation centers you have, the more clouds you have. Cosmic rays create condensation centers when they hit particles in the atmosphere and split them into pieces. The more cosmic rays you have, the more condensation
centers you have, the more clouds you have, and the cooler the earth. The fewer condensation centers, the warmer the earth.
The Earth is surrounded by the Van Allen Radiation belts. These belts are a shield against cosmic rays. The more they are charged, the better they shield, and fewer cosmic rays get through, so there are fewer clouds so the Earth warms up.
Sun spots charge the Van Allen Radiation belts, so the more sun spots there are, the more the belts are charged, the fewer cosmic rays get through, and the fewer clouds there are, the warmer the Earth. The sun spots change polarity every 10 years, so a full sunspot cycle is 20 years. That's the base cycle. There are other cycles superimposed on the base, so sometimes the sunspot number peak is greater than average, and sometimes smaller.
When there are few sunspots, the Van Allen belts let more cosmic rays through, so we get more clouds, and a cooler Earth. The last I heard, last year, was that the sun spot number was even less than it was during the Maunder minimum. This is just anecdotal, so it's not data, but CA had a late spring, and KS had major flooding, as observed by several of my siblings. The Conservation Core dam(n) on our place was a few feet from going through the emergency spillway, and that's the first time that has happened since it was built in the early 70's.
Last I heard, satellite data showed the Earth hadn't warmed for at least 10 years, and might be slowly cooling.
IBTL!
