If you wanted to predict the CO2 levels in the atmosphere in 30 years given levels of fossil fuel combustion we had in the 1960s, which trendline would you use? The long-term trendline? The earliest trendline? The middle trendline? OR the late trendline? (Choose one of the 4 choices.)
Please Explain your choice
Solution:
The answer is the long-term trendline.
It is because the long-term trendline of fossil fuel combustion shows a significant increase in the combustion of fossil fuels in future years.
It helps to predict the estimated potential in the current and the future.
It also signifies the maximum potential of fossil fuel combustion in the year 2100.
The investigation was actually based on the long-term pathways of the production of fossil fuels.
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