1. What goes up chimneys must be smoke
2. Smoke is made up of tiny particles of carbon
3. Carbon is also known as CO2
Unfortunately, this is why such people are difficult to reason with. They don't understand the first thing about the subject.
Here is one of my favourite pictures. I think it was published in the UK Guardian newspaper to highlight the problems of CO2 "pollution". By the way, the photographer was asked if the picture was doctored and he claimed not. My porkie detector went off at that point.
We don't see water vapor. Water vapor is invisible, just like carbon dioxide.
I wouldn't expect deniers to know that, though--almost none of them know a thing about science. One of them that claims to be a geologist gave an answer a few days ago that implied that water vapor in the atmosphere was at a different temperature than the rest of gases in the atmosphere! Apparently thermodynamics is not a requirement for being his kind of geologist.
As for your "question", if there is smoke coming out of a chimney stack, then without a doubt there is also carbon dioxide coming out.
Because they can fool the uninformed. When you see those smokestacks spewing something in the air, you naturally think of smoke. However, if you look hard enough, right next to the top of the stack it is usually clear. That is like the steam coming out of your steam kettle. Right as it comes out of the kettle it is clear. However, greenies want you to believe that, that is pollution.
Ha! Ha! It is so easy to fool a greenie and their dupes. Their scientistic intelligence is close to moronic. I don't know how many movies I have seen where PhD inspired movies show a nuclear power plant's exhaust and say they are spewing CO2. It is H2O! But greenies don't know the difference. I am sure if they got that movie peer reviewed, they would still say it is bad, and most of those peer review jackles would probably go along with the misinformation. Because it fits their agenda, not science.
It is just journalism, you are writing an article on CO2 emissions, you need a picture to go with it, CO2 is invisible so what do you do? show a picture of power station chimney stacks, all journalists do it.
Canada is the world's 2nd largest nation in geographical size.
Most of Canada in pristine wilderness: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recens...
Canada's been hard hit by global warming for a very long time.
This Canadian news article from ten years ago describes the impact of it at that time:
Link - http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/ne...
And it's only gotten worse since then.
All anyone has to do to experience it for themselves is get off their lazy backsides and visit Canada.
After all: Seeing is Believing. And it's easily done thanks to the wonders of modern international travel.
Sadly, AGW deniers have thus far all proven too lazy and irresponsible to put their opinions to the test of personal experience.
And thereby proved their denialism useless, worthless and pathetic beyond excuse since it's not based on anything they've done, just claims by others who've likewise failed to put their beliefs to the test.
God forbid you point out the obviousness to AGW deniers. Especially Americans.
It hurts their precious little feelings so much it's a wonder they don't run home and cry to momma...
Actually, they usually show the cooling towers which don't have any CO2 emissions at all (just steam). It's just lazy journalism.
