Raymond Inauen: “Excellent website: The World of CO2” | Tom Nelson Pod #397

Raymond Inauen, a graphic artist with 35 years’ experience, presents a free website of downloadable charts (PDF/PNG/ZIP) meant to teach CO2, climate, and energy basics or serve as a single reference. Charts cover CO2’s molecule, atmospheric composition (about 420 ppm), natural vs anthropogenic emissions (4.9% manmade), ocean/land fluxes, plant physiology (stomata), C3/C4/CAM plants, photosynthesis, and a logarithmic CO2–temperature relationship. He also includes long-term temperature/CO2 history, Holocene and recent warming, sea-level rise since the last ice age, and glacier/tree-line evidence from the Alps. Energy charts break down global fuel use and electricity sources. He adds references, a CO2 mascot “Conrad,” discusses reduced social-media reach, and shares a visual condensing atmospheric CO2 into a 16×16 km cube.

00:00 Meet Raymond Inauen

00:32 CO2 Molecule Basics

01:09 Atmosphere Composition Explained

02:17 Natural vs Human CO2 Sources

04:18 CO2 Cycle In and Out

05:21 Plants and CO2 Benefits

06:35 C3 C4 Plants and Greening

08:36 Plant Respiration Day Night

09:10 Logarithmic Warming Idea

10:16 Design Sources and Trace Gas

12:11 Exhaled CO2 Context

13:01 Deep Time CO2 and Temps

14:41 Human Body Carbon Link

15:11 Climate History Overview

16:13 Ice Ages and Holocene Temps

17:45 Modern Warming and Sea Levels

19:23 Glaciers Tree Lines Debate

23:02 Global Energy Charts Tour

28:19 Need a Scientist Narrator

30:07 Downloads and Conrad Mascot

31:49 Social Media and CO2 Cube

34:30 Wrap Up and Website Updates

https://x.com/theworldofco2

https://www.the-world-of-co2.com/co2

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