Would removing CO2 from the atmosphere to pre-industrial levels have an immediate or longer term effect on our climate if at all?

Question

Ive read that our carbon emissions have basically started a cascade effect that we can’t limit now. IS this right or wrong?

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Answer 1

Yes, it would have an immediate affect and long term affect. The problem, it’s that it would likely still not be enough due to other gasses that have been released that are far more potent, like methane.

The warming we’ve already had has released tons of other, more potent gasses.

Think about it like this. There’s someone in a bed with sheets and some thin blankets on it. People start adding more thin blankets to it. Occasionally someone drops a thick wool blanket. Sometimes someone puts a really thick comforter/quilt on it.

Eventually, the person complains of being too hot and asks for the light blankets to be removed. All the light blankets get removed, but the thick wool blankets, comforters, and quilts remain, so the person is still warmer than they were originally.