[namirez]

> There is no physical phenomenon that causes the log-linear trend, its just a model that happens to fit for a small select period of history.

Of course it's a model. Please look up the Kardashev scale and correlations that people have developed based on it [1]. The energy output is not necessarily coupled with the CO2 emission unless we burn fossil fuels to generate power.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Current_status...