Consider this: While his wildfire is burning and producing carbon dioxide, billions of fires are "burning" all over the globe in the cells of man and animal, taking in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide, millions and millions of tons of it. At the same time, plants are decaying in forests, fields and gardens all over the globe, producing more countless tons of carbon dioxide.
These huge masses of energized air then rise into the atmosphere on circular journeys to those same forests, fields and gardens. Plants absorb the carbon in carbon dioxide for the growth of the plant and release the oxygen to replenish the oxygen that was removed during respiration and plant decay. That's the process that keeps our oxygen supply fairly constant. Nature does this over and over and over again, a very efficient use of resources. Nature is first and foremost a recycler.
But man does not recycle. Actually, the carbon dioxide he produces has nowhere to go. The plants of the world have already absorbed their quota of carbon. Man's production accumulates along with the energy that lifted this mass into the atmosphere. It is this energy that is the culprit in global warming. Energy drives the weather, energy disrupts weather patterns which in turn produces climate change. Check this out with "weatherman" Anthony Watts.
— Francis X. Farley, Chico