The Erf is, like, Doooomed...
Posted on 03/20/2015 8:46:38 PM PDT by grundle
Editor’s Note: Patrick Moore, Ph.D., has been a leader in international environmentalism for more than 40 years. He cofounded Greenpeace...
Human Emissions Saved Planet
Over the past 150 million years, carbon dioxide had been drawn down steadily (by plants) from about 3,000 parts per million to about 280 parts per million before the Industrial Revolution. If this trend continued, the carbon dioxide level would have become too low to support life on Earth. Human fossil fuel use and clearing land for crops have boosted carbon dioxide from its lowest level in the history of the Earth back to 400 parts per million today.
At 400 parts per million, all our food crops, forests, and natural ecosystems are still on a starvation diet for carbon dioxide. The optimum level of carbon dioxide for plant growth, given enough water and nutrients, is about 1,500 parts per million, nearly four times higher than today. Greenhouse growers inject carbon-dioxide to increase yields. Farms and forests will produce more if carbon-dioxide keeps rising.
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Save The Earth Eat Burritos!!
I heart CO2 at less than 2%.
Patrick Moore? That’s going to leave a mark on Bill Nye.
Actually that woul create methane,not carbon dioxide.
The Erf is, like, Doooomed...
“Actually that woul create methane,not carbon dioxide.”
The methane cycle is a sub-cycle of the carbon cycle.
Had 4 Bean Burritos for Supper
I believe in blue skies and changing climate. My climate changes 6 times daily. None of it is man made. There is no global warming. The Arctic is frozen solid. The whole thing is a consummate hoax to take your stuff and give it to poor people who don’t work like you do.
Not if you light them
This concept is nothing new. I believe that, in my profile, I have a link to an article about CO2 that was written several years ago.
Plants need CO2, and, in turn, convert it to forms of carbon useable to other life. They need a certain concentration in order to be able to extract it from the air. Below that concentration, they can’t extract it, so they die.
For a while, it will seem like CO2 stays constant in the air since each time a plant dies and decays, its carbon is released back into the air as CO2. But, eventually, with the carbon sequestration schemes that global warming fanatics keep hatching up, the quantity of plant life will dwindle, and the overall biomass that the planet can support will shrink.
As things are going, life will end on earth not because of some disaster or because the sun runs out of fuel. Rather, life will go extinct long before then because the CO2 will have run out.
The quantity of CO2 in the air has steadily decreased throughout the existence of life on earth. I do not know if anyone knows exactly why that is.
Every time I see someone trying to raise a panic about CO2, I want to scream. We need it—it is absolutely necessary for life. Quit plotting to remove it from the air, you global warming fear mongers, you’re going to kill us!
What percentage of scientists agree with this logic? Did they publish that? I mean, this is science after all. When are they going to poll the “scientists”?
(sarcasm)
It’s amazing to watch people’s faces when you explain or remind them about a few things:
1) The volume of the sun is about 1,300,000 times that of earth.
2) The sun is an ongoing violent nuclear reaction. It is not a light bulb - incandescent, CF or otherwise - that puts out constant energy levels.
3) The earth is 2/3 water i.e. deep oceans
The idea that human activity on any scale is a significant driver of atmospheric change given the simple facts above is either simple hubris or the usual power grab or both.
Far too many of these ‘movements’ are comprised of vain fools seeking a simple means of flattering themselves, especially when they know their science knowledge is lacking and wish to conceal that fact.
Follow the link and read the whole article, worth it. I agree with Green Peace!
This article is awesome. But I still want to pay the tax.
Because I am hot blooded, I got a fever of a hundred and 3.
The earth isn’t 2/3 water - deep oceans or not.
The earth’s surface is 2/3 water.
Wonder about the ozone hole? err Off topic.
Yes, but methane breaks down much quicker the CO2.
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