Posted on 09/19/2021 3:46:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Trying to establish political dominance over weather is destined to invite tremendous skepticism.
Back in 2006, three Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers suffocated when they fell into a crevasse. Cause of death was attributed to naturally occurring carbon-dioxide gas. Mammoth is a sleeping" volcano, and various gasses ooze out of it from vents that reach down into the bowels of the Earth. The local toxicity from the outgassing is such that trees have been eliminated from much of its higher surface, making it an ideal place for skiing. The CO2 output is estimated to be 1,200 tons per day.
Lurking beneath this reality is the explanation of how plant life began. Photosynthesis requires atmospheric CO2 in sufficient abundance for plants to produce carbohydrates. Before humans began to burn fossil fuels (made from carbohydrates), there had to be naturally occurring CO2. But from where? Again, the bowels of the Earth.
In actuality, CO2 cycles around and around, from atmosphere to plant to fossil fuel (dead biomass) and then back to atmosphere. Meanwhile, the bowels of the Earth continue to add to the mix. Kind of diminishes the significance of human activity in all of this.
Some climate activists rely on the slogan "bury carbon" to describe a means to compensate for the continuing increase emanating from the ol' bowels. Fossil fuels are the result of nature burying carbon. The activists would obviously prefer that we left that carbon where it lies. Viv Forbes mentioned on these pages that, as atmospheric CO2 concentration increases, it becomes less effective, per molecule, as a heat-trapper. It's not a linear progression.
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The left needs stupid people. That explains their war on those smart enough to see their manipulative games to control people.
Degrees in Political Science should be, more appropriately named Politically Manipulated Science.
I remembered learning about photosynthesis in middle school, and thought “wouldn’t it be bad if we got rid of all CO2?”
The greatest source of carbon dioxide in nature are the oceans. Annually, oceans will produce more CO2 than any natural or manmade source, by far. Carbon dioxide in the air is absorbed into the ocean, then is used by the life living in the ocean. Many organisms will use carbon dioxide in the water.
The ironic thing is that the more CO2 we have the better plants like it.
But “Green” people hate that. They should be called “Brown”, the color of a dead plant, not Green.
How would they feel if plants decided there was too much Oxygen in the air?
just for a laugh:
18 Sept: Bloomberg: U.K. Meat Warns of ‘Massive Disruption’ in Two Weeks Without CO2
By Megan Durisin
U.K. food and drink makers could run out of carbon dioxide within two weeks in the wake of an energy crunch, with meat production particularly vulnerable, an industry group warned...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-17/u-k-meat-plants-risk-running-out-of-vital-co2-within-two-weeks
Most, if not all, of the hydrocarbons on Earth are not from fossils. There are oceans of hydrocarbons on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. I sincerely doubt that those hydrocarbons are from the ancient savannas on those moons. We have no idea just how much oil and natural gas are under the surface of the Earth. We have only drilled a few short miles into the Earth.
I have a poster I made on my desk for quite some time that reads “Large Carbon Footprints Make For Happy Trees.” C02 is plant food. The wackos have so bastardized the English language that carbon is turning into a negative. Absolute insanity, but so is liberalism.
I used the photosynthesis argument a week or so ago on another site and they all agree we could not plant enough trees. Stupid answer.
From POPULAR SCIENCE, Feb 1980..
PS/What’s News ....
page 73
Changing the weather intentionally or otherwise weather modification..(Earth cooling vs Greenhouse effect)
“Do you suppose we can learn enough, soon enough, to pull off a balancing act with the CO2 blanket saving us from another ice age?”
I’ve talked to some of these people about CO2, they are clueless about the critical role it plays for life.
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