'What Percent Of Our Atmosphere Is CO2?': Doug LaMalfa Stumps Entire Panel With Climate Questions 

How embarrassing and disgraceful it is that people who are in charge literally know nothing about the things they are forcing onto the general public, despicable.

Remarkable how ignorant these people are that push these green initiatives. I’m glad they got exposed.

OMG what a incompetence. And those people are making decisions? We are moving to "Idiocracy".

All he really needed to ask was "Who finances your research" that will tell you everything about what that panel are up to. Embarrassing they didn't know the answer to his first question

My physics textbook from 1970 states CO2 is 0.04%. Now more than 50 years later the answer still is.....0.04%. (Edit: Now it is a year later and I have been inundated with replies (several hundreds). Some are polite and some are nasty and arrogant. I worked in a qualitative/quantitative/thermal analysis laboratory for 34 years at a large university. Please do not insist that atmospheric CO2 is never reported as a percent. That is incorrect. I had a state of the art Gas Chromatograph, and reports were always generated as percentages in scientific notation which makes sense because you cannot report "contents" in different units when the normalized total is 100%. Lastly, the original comment was a simple factoid which for some odd reason offends many people. I am 71, and if I said that "55 years ago I saw something unusual or interesting", why would you countermand it? It was a very simple statement that (at the time) I had no reason to disbelieve or believe; my life has not revolved around this textbook. My basic point is: why is everyone quibbling over 40 to 45 ppm of CO2? Please accept that IMO it is not harmful. If you have a different opinion that is fine with me. IMO, stating that CO2 has risen by a third in the last century means nothing to me. Stating it has risen by 45 PPM in the last 60 years is at least objective. Please refrain from posting comments that are not objective. Thank you.

The ignorance of those who would presume to regulate our lives is staggering.

If this committee worked for me, they'd be gone the very next minute. You're all fired! Done, get out. Next.

Can these people please resign immediately?

It’s a total humiliation that those panelists can’t answer such a simple question while wanting to impose $multi-billion laws. Frankly they should all resign.

If you rephrase "Ban CO2" as "Ban plant food", you see how ridiculous this whole agenda is.

On thing is for sure LaMalfa's got common sense. We just love our farmers!

Thank you Mr. LaMalfa! We need more people like you!

If the people on the panel have any authority then America is stuffed.

How unfortunate that non-technical people are making technical decisions with no idea about what they are doing.

Sad thing we lives in times where people who makes sense with truth are not listened to

I am so glad that RU-vid provides context notes for this. Man I would just be lost if they didn’t tell me how to think.

Politicians are the only people who can get away with being this absurdly incompetent at their jobs.

This is crazy! How on earth is this level of ignorance acceptable from people who claims to know how we should live!?

After following the climate change narrative for decades, and knowing human history, I am far more concerned for the freedom and rights of my children and grandchildren being taken from them in the name of climate change, than the actual effects of climate change.

A classic example of politicians introducing laws for things they totally don’t understand

We can't have these people make decisions for us anymore.

If that isn't an eye opener then what is?? 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nice work by LaMalfa, I've been impressed with him and happy he represents my district.

This is a perfect example of the government jumping into an industry and "just doing something" to make it appear that they are more capable than industry, regardless of the "little" details.

The ignorance of the so called experts is absolutely overwhelming.

glad they thought it was funny ... gives us all a lot of confidence

...this is outrageous... none of them ever took time to check the validity of the concepts they are pushing?!! These people can be "used" by any lobbyist to do their bidding...

Rep. Doug LaMalfa exposed that Ship of Fools.

For me growing up in The Netherlands in the 80s California was always synonymous for The American Dream but now it’s definitely The American Disaster.

If i was asked to reduce CO2 the first thing I would look at is what the current measure is, these folk are unreal. Something tells me its nothing to do with CO2

How much does it matter if the % of CO2 in the atmosphere is a big or small number?... How much arsenic are you going to take? Even though the quantity is very small, that does not mean it is not lethal. I understand the man's disagreement, but it makes no sense that his argument is based on the fact that the % of CO2 in the atmosphere is small.

They want to set the rules, and claim to be the experts, but they don't understand the basics of the topic. What else is new?

When I was a child ( a long time ago) we were told that in under 50 years we would run out of oil and coal and then given all of the scary things that this would create. We were given lists of animals that would be extinct in 20 years, including tigers and elephants. We were told that sea levels would rise and London would be flooded, we were told we were heading for a new ice age and would all freeze to death, we were told that the ozone layer would be depleted within 100 years and we would all fry to death. You would think that they would have at least got one nearly right - unfortunatley due to simple entropy there are some animals that will die off, there will be various changes in climate and the natural world but killing off human beings through poverty and famine to try and stop it is clearly not the answer.

This speaks volumes for exposing the scientifically derelict minds of politicians

His point about how plant life starts dying at 0.02% CO² is the really critical number here, at that tipping point , the biosphere is unable to replenish carbon dioxide and plant life starts towards a death-spiral taking us with it because those plants are what produces the oxygen we breathe... 😒

The ignorance of those who are causing so much damage to the economy, society and life on the planet is astounding!

It's like watching five year olds fix the world's biggest problems.

Thank you

As an ex maths teacher (only for 10 years) I`m aware of the maths concepts that many pupils learned by rote for exams and never really understood. Percentages was one of them. Consequently the fact that CO2 at 0.04% is only 1 part in 2,500 of the earths atmosphere is completely missed.

C02 is heavily than air. I'd like to see them explain to the world how it all gets up there in the first olace when its heavier than air?

My high school level of chemistry allowed me two decades later to guess “less than .1 percent”. It’s baffling that people who make their living out of it not only don’t know the actual number but actually missed it by a factor of 100-200 times…

When they said 5%, I actually felt upset. It upset me to think that they could even think that. Fun fact: a concentration of 0.5% C02 is the US occupational safety limit for an 8 hour period. 1.5% is known to cause light symptoms in some people, at 3% more severe symptoms can present, and at 7% - 10%, there’s a significant chance of a human falling unconscious and suffocating to death. 5% wasn’t just a bad answer, it’s an answer that shows such a fundamental lack of knowledge on one of the core elements of what their panel is meant to assess, that it’s impossible for me to feel comfortable with these people dealing with anything emissions related.

Knowledge is more accessible than ever, yet we seem to know less and less as time goes by...

Its terrifying that they still don't know the percentage 'today', but use it as a cudgel to force the continued scaremongering...

I learned the proportions of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and CO2 in 7th grade earth science. Not sure what’s worse….the fact that no one on the panel knows this, or the fact that these panelists have never been curious enough to find out. Or the fact that obviously these panelists have never had anyone ask this question to them before. Sad on all sides.

❤ TRUTH is POWER ❤

Wow, that seems so unlikely, but this is the world we are in. Asking that question in a social situation is a good way to kill any further social contact with that person. I've done it few times and it's "deer in the headlights" time. One guy went right to "oh, you are a denier". I've never been able to ask my next question - what does ECS mean and what is the value? Trick question, of course, I wouldn't expect any reasonable answer as there isn't one really.

All you have to do if you are wondering why America is falling hard...watch videos like these.

Democrats and common sense don't mix.

That's right, some in Ca know and care, good on ya Brother!

True perspective on CO2 and the electric vehicle myths.

Rep. LaMalfa, you're one of the few remaining hopes in government we have left in CA. Thank you.

"We have put together, i think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics." - Brandon

The smartest people in the room "Experts" So sick of the establishment!! #DefundDC

The Fallacy of Small Numbers: just because a number is small does not necessarily mean that what it refers to has no impact. Impact and size are two different issues. Aside from that, I am shocked that these guys have no idea how much CO2 is in the atmosphere. It means they don't know the science on which their actions are supposedly based.

What’s even more concerning is they don’t know, but want to overhaul an entire industry. 🙄

The ignorance of policy makers is unbelieveable. If they don't even know that, how can they even begin to understand all the other absurd, hopeless and corrupt proposals thrown at them?

No need to go electric, you can go amish.

From .03 to below .02 and plant life starts dying off, then it's obvious what a drastic change from .03 to .04 can do to the world around us, by your logic

So I used to be a commercial diver. Gas mixtures, pressures, and how your body reacts to different breathing mediums under different pressures was nailed into our heads. We were taught the atmosphere contains roughly 21% oxygen and roughly 75% nitrogen. That leaves 4-5% left for "other gasses." And these people think CO2 makes up 5-8% of our atmosphere. Incredible.

The man did his homework, good job Rep.

The question is a red herring and the actual percentage of CO2 is kind of irrelevant for our purposes. A lot of people find this out and think that since it's "only 0.04%" it's nothing to worry about. Notice that he also says that "it's gone up from .03 over the last couple decades". THAT is the statement that should be riling people up in the comments! That is a 33.33% increase "over the last couple decades". That is the only relevant fact here, and the politicians being questioned are right to want to reduce it, even if they don't know the current level.

Fascinating

This should be shown to the world. They're advocating for someone they don't even understand.

There is a rock on the shore in Plymouth that marks the level of the highest tide and every time the tide is at its highest point it's never covered this rock completely. The reason I mention it is because it has a date carved on it. The date is 1620... So much for rising sea levels and global warming sinking 20% of the islands of the Pacific!

Its bad that folk don't know the basic facts. It's also bad to suggest that, because its a small percentage, it doesn't need to cause concern.

Not knowing that is ridiculous

Whenever someone pretends to not hear a clearly worded question, you know they’re in trouble.

And by an extraordinary coincidence, 0.04% also happens to be the collective IQ of this panel.

According to Park Maitland’s website, the school is run by Spring Education Group. Spring Education Group itself is owned by a Chinese-based investment group, Primavera Capital Group.

This is a cheap shot. I work in a chemistry lab unrelated to weather and report numbers in PPM. ( parts per million or milligrams per kilogram. ( then there are volume/ volume units too. ) 1 % is 10000 PPM. When you ask people who use the numbers they often forget to think 1% is 10,000 0.1% is 1000. 0.04 % is 400 PPM. 400 PPM CO2 is higher than it has been in many thousands of year. It is not surprising that under pressure someone who has been reading the in PPM has an awkward moment. On the left I am frustrated by people saying things like we need a state committee right away to plan for sea level rise of I think it was a few Centimeters in the next 20 years. On the right articles like this to make the problem seem small. In my life CO2 has got up from under 300 to over 400 PPM..Not a trivial amount. Exactly what the consequences will be I have not studied enough to form strong opinion other than it has got a measurable bit warmer. Policy makers should avoid cheap shots like this to embarrass their opponents. It just clouds the discussion.

Science lesson: If carbon dioxide is currently roughly estimated at 400 PPM. Then it would be .04% of the troposheric content. CO2 only holds about 40% of the infrared radiation striking the Earth's surface. Even that eventually makes it out of our atmosphere back into space. It's like a blanket that self regulates, or like a thermostat that maintains a comfortable surface temperature. There are a lot of misnomers about the greenhouse effect. If the greenhouse effect could so easily run away and heat the surface of the Earth to an unlivable Venus like temperature, then it would have occurred many times in the past, and none of us would be here. Earth has experienced what are referred to as greenhouse periods in geologic history. The P.E.T.M. 56 million years ago, for example. But it was the orbital variances and the axial tilt of Earth that were responsible. Not carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide levels only rise when the co2 molecule is excited by heat. Heat on the surface is caused by infrared radiation exciting molecules, which is friction, which causes heat. Another misnomer is that methane is the most potent of all greenhouse gases. Technically, It is. But methane can not exist for too long in the presence of oxygen because it oxidizes into water and carbon dioxide, Ending it's role in the carbon cycle. Anthropogenic warming theory leaves out water's role as the most prevalent greenhouse gas. Al Gore made that statement very early on in this conspiracy theory. It's in his "fictional movie." Water vapor is the only reason why any of us are alive today. Water vapor contains a specific amount of carbon dioxide from winter to summer, from greenhouse period to glacial period. Water absorbs carbon dioxide when it is cold, and it emits carbon dioxide when it is warm. It rises and falls with the amount of infrared radiation that is striking the earth's surface. Take the money out of the climate change conspiracy theory, and nobody will be talking about it anymore.

The woman claims "... we know that transportation causes 49% of CO2..." which is also completely wrong. According to the EPA , "greenhouse gas emissions from transportation account for about 27% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions". It is embarrassing how ignorant those so-called "experts" are.

This is why I still believe in American Democracy!

As a farmer you should know a small thing can effect crops and increase in co2 can cause melting arctic ice which can increase rain and storms and effect harvest and crop sales. You must not have been a good farmer because if you were you would still do it and not work for congress

I used to live in San Francisco and I'd ask that question to every vapid Climate Alarmist I met. Not once did they know the answer is 0.03-0.04%.

Common sense spoken aloud is always such a breath of fresh air. Look at how calm and collected he is, in contrast to the stunned people being questioned.

Just because the quantities are small it doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. How would he feel if I added 0.04% of his body weight of arsenic into his diet. The scientists worked out decades ago what this tiny amount of CO2 is doing to global temperatures, we just need the politicians to take action.

He speaks in a very respectful and persuasive way, but his argument has flaws. First, I don’t expect my politicians to have the composition of the atmosphere memorized. I expect them to listen to scientific community that studies these things. Second, a small percentage can have a big impact. He said himself that a reduction to 0.02% would negatively impact plant life. So why is it surprising that an increase to 0.04% has another negative impact? From 0.03 to 0.04 is a 33% increase! Here’s an example: People make up about 0.01% of all living things by weight, but we are very important and have the ability to make lots of changes to the area around us.

Putting this in perspective: Imagine asking the executive team at Ford how many cylinders there are in a V8 and they don't know.

This is EXACTLY correct, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is pathetically small, plants are right on the edge of suffocation. If we put more CO2 in the atmosphere plant life would explode with vibrancy & then when the trees began to multiply the global temperature would become milder. They do NOT want more life on Earth, they want LESS.

Unfortunately the greenies I know think similar and don't know the extra pollution involved in making EV vehicles and importing goods rather then trucking in from other states.

Always the same! Those in power know best.....One wonders why we have 'experts in their field of knowledge' when politicians make policies they know little about.

Thank you for exposing the ignorant liars and criminals.

I cannot fathom - apart from plain malice - why we are governed by people who are doing everything they can to destroy life.

Absolutely shocking!!!! How can these people be so ignorant?????😢😢😢

These people are akin to me ( a carpenter ) barging into a surgery and proceeding to demolish the work done on the patient by the resident surgeons. THEY HAVEN’T A CLUE YET ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE THE EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT.

Saying these people are qualified to make laws, is like saying a McDonald's employee is qualified to build a nuclear reactor.

The fact that we are only .02% away from reaching a point where there won't be enough CO2 for plants is perhaps the most alarming part of this. If anything, it sounds like we need more CO2 in order to make sure we keep a buffer to keep plants alive.

In Australia, our trees offset the carbon emissions massively, in fact, we can offset our region. Who's knocking down our trees? Btw, oil prices, like petrol prices go up and down. Without competition, electricity prices only go up so you have now giving the power for all transportation to the electric company boards. Clap clap clap. Genius.

Finally someone questions the idiotic idea that "climate change" is an emergency. Finally. Call their bluff.

The fraction of politicians that are actually highly educated and experienced in what they talk about is seemingly about the same as 0.04%.

You know back when I was a kid, they used to teach us in school. To just plant some trees to offset the CO2 in the atmosphere. Plants and plants some grass... Why do we got to spend all this money to offset CO2?

If a drop below .03 can make it so plants don't grow then obviously a leap from .03 to .04 and beyond is a big deal it goes both ways and this guy kind of ruined his own point...global warming is real and a small change matters.

The ignorance of these peoples is astounding ! !

Frightening to see how ignorant these officials are.

My heart goes out to all those farmers. It's EVIL, what's being done to them! I pray we can help them sooner than later.

We need to have protest like the unions do and run out these criminal criminal woke politicians!!!

When I was a young lad learning my trade as a chemical engineer the back of my steam tables had the CO2 levels as 300ppm. Now, as a retired engineer, I'm told the levels have reached 400ppm and, if true, this is not good.

In addition to what he taught them, the human contribution to that is 1/100th (which is. 0004%!). This whole thing is MADNESS. People with their hearts in the right place, but whose ignorance on basic aspects of this is so badly exploited. Absolute MADNESS.