OK look. I’m not at all taking a “there is horrible global warming and we’re going to die” position here, but this is perhaps the most ignorant article I’ve ever read. Of COURSE there are benefits to CO2. Pretzels are made with lye. There is cyanide in apple seeds. But it doesn’t mean any are harmless.
But CO2 in high concentrations is toxic and WILL KILL YOU. Making it sound like cool tea on a hot Southern day is stupid and dangerous.
Townhall, or whatever it is, needs a thorough review of who writes for it as I see a large raft of ignorance emanating from it. That is not a political position but a factual one.
Unbelievable.
What I find unbelievable are people who think CO2 is rising to harmful levels.
But CO2 in high concentrations is toxic and WILL KILL YOU.
So much for your not taking the "we're all going to die" position. If that was your intent, you failed in the 2nd paragraph.
Heck, water in high concentrations WILL KILL YOU. So will most other things.
Normal background levels are 250-350 ppm.
A normal room with adequate ventilation is usually between 350-1000 ppm.
Workplace requirements limit someone to 5,000 ppm in an 8 hr period.
Environuts are screaming about 400 ppm.
Yes, too much CO2 is deadly. But to get to those levels in an open atmosphere would be near impossible.
Most things in "high concentrations is toxic" will kill you. The war against CO2 is BS.