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Originally Posted by moyself
You forgot one thing... this is about 5% of the CO2 only. Since CO2 makes up only about .0360(source taken from searching "element percentages in atmostphere" on google, clicking first link, then clicking the link on that page).
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You forgot the percentage sign. It is 0.0365% of the atmosphere calculated by the PPM of CO2 in 1998
shown here.
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When you find out what percent of CO2 we cause out of all the atmosphere, you find that it we account for 0.000018% of the CO2 in the air.
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Your math checks out here. I got 1.825 x 10^-5.
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So I'm guessing you could change 0.000018% of the air in my room to toxic nerve gas, and I would be okay. If .000018% of my room was filled with ebola... it might be different 
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I think you are missing the point that InfiniteNow was trying to make.
Just because something is a small percentage of the total does not logically imply that it has no significant effect.
Analogies such as nerve gas and ebola are not useful when considering CO2 in the atmosphere. I suggest studying the IPCC data some more. Why do you think they make a connection between a potential 200ppm CO2 increase and the related environmental effects?
