According to these measurements the Earth was cooling by between .07 and .01 degrees C per decade since 1979 up until just a few months ago. After the heat wave this summer the adjusted satellite trend for this decade is up .04 degrees C, but with the expected cooling trend of La Nina this will be erased soon. Also, if combined with weather balloon data for the same period the trend, even to this day, is still .03 degrees cooler than the last decade. Hardly convincing evidence to base proposed draconian regulation of the energy and oil industry upon. Now then let's forget temperature readings for a second and look at the effect of various greenhouse gasses.
Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas.
It absorbs fully 90-95 percent of all that nasty old infrared radiation, while carbon dioxide accounts for around only 5 percent. If you want to make a case for building materials in urban areas increasing the air temperature in those cities then I won't argue with you, but for your own sake you should leave CO2 out of the discussion because the facts just don't agree with that argument. Many people accuse those critics of global warming as being paid corporate shills. For those of you who embark upon this dubious line of debate I should point out that NASA satellites and weather balloons don't get their funding directly from the energy industry. Further one could just as easily point to the fact that unless there actually is a global emergency or problem the need for all those scientists who claim there is a problem suddenly becomes questionable.