[rktman]

What the............. Somebody is kidding us right? We all know that evil rainforests harbor evil things. Right? And since they mention Nasa instead of NASA, they've gotta be pulling our collective leg. Right? Must be Brit humor.

[Texas Eagle]

Scientists previously believed tropical forests emitted carbon dioxide

What the hell? You mean the science wasn't even settled on THAT???

[Telepathic Intruder]

Plants don't like CO₂, that's just a right-wing conspiracy. The only way we can save the trees is to eliminate all the CO₂ and ban guns.

[Westbrook]

Jaw-dropping, drooling, pie-eyed drivel.

These “scientists” are rabidly insane.

[ElkGroveDan]

Save the rainforests! Give me back my lightbulbs!

[sr4402]

Oceans Found to Absorb Half of All Man-Made Carbon Dioxide - National Georgraphic Article

Gee, if the rainforest absorbs half and the Oceans the other half, what is the problem?

Plants grow and reproduce more with more CO2.

[Sawdring]

This is an interesting satellite map of carbon dioxide emissions.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

But, but we were fed the line that WE were destroying the rainforest and we were all gonna die!

[TomGuy]

Fair Plan 5: A Critical Appraisal of Five Congressional Bills to Reduce US CO2 Emissions

... US Congressional climate bill, H.R.5271 in 2014, proposes to reduce US emissions of carbon dioxide relative to their 2005 value by 80% in 2050. This bill does not provide a rationale for this rapid phase down of CO2 emissions. ...

and 3) The phase out of CO2 emissions begins as late as possible in the 21st century ... and reduces the world’s emissions to zero in 2100. ...
[Emphasis added.]

By meeting the zero mark in the year 2100, these idiots will be long dead and, thus, not responsible for the damages they caused.

Of course, these are idiots probably closely related to the Zero Population idiots who would not mind seeing their policies and plans result in a life-free planet. Without CO2, we could well be on our way to becoming the new Mars by 2100 or shortly thereafter. Isn't that something to look forward to.

[MasterGunner01]

Going back to my Science 101 in junior high school, I was taught that plants TAKE IN carbon dioxide and GIVE OFF oxygen. When did rain forests not contain plants — grasses, vines, trees — green stuff? When did these so called scientists think the plants were giving off carbon dioxide and taking in oxygen? Has anyone ever heard of photosynthesis? Did these “scientists” get their basics from a prize in a box of Cracker Jack?

[MasterGunner01]

OK, are we to assume that these “scientists” did not know how to apply a process that has worked — photosynthesis — for tens of thousands of years? Where did these people get this idea that photosynthesis did not apply to tropical rain forests? What about nontropical rain forests? At the very least, a thinking person has to question if they were this wrong about something so basic, what other wrong things are they passing off as “fact”? Getting it so wrong on the basics invalidates any subsequent “findings”.