Posted on 07/16/2006 8:59:04 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Vines like poison ivy and kudzu snake through the back yard, girdling trees and strangling shrubs -- thriving, scientists say, on the same pollution they blame for global warming.
From backyard gardens to the Amazon rain forest, vines are growing faster, stronger and, in the case of poison ivy, more poisonous on the heavy doses of carbon dioxide that come from burning fossil fuels such as gasoline and coal.
Complaints about vine infestation have increased tenfold in a decade, said Carole Bergmann, forest ecologist for the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, which serves Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland. Vines have choked gardens, ruined brickwork, disrupted bird habitats, and clogged paths, ponds and air conditioning and electronic equipment.
"This work suggests that atmospheric carbon dioxide is at least partially responsible."
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Drake said his research suggests that most plants grow faster on higher levels of carbon dioxide -- including plants already used as alternative fuels, such as switch grass. If burned instead of fossil fuels, these plants, the theory goes, could form a defense against climate change.
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awferchrissakes ... there was enough CO2 in the atmosphere centuries ago for the plants to take all they want. The only good thing about this report is that they're crying wolf enough for it to be a joke.
One word: Roundup
Good point. Maybe all the Malibu liberals can be persuaded to act on their "beliefs", sell their beach houses for a song. We can buy them up, flip them and retire wealthy. Get the libs off the beach, make money and retire. Sounds like win, win, win to me.
In the very early 60's there were a lot of vines in the woods in our area in upstate New York. Near our house there was a place where kids would swing on them like Tarzan. It always seemed to me that the number of vines decreased over the years and I never saw such large vines around there again.
Hey our crops are growing great,so if you have any more CO2 please send it our way.
"Cow's Itch"
LOL, that's the first time I've seen that name in a long time. A certain mail order nursery is selling cow itch and calling it a "Hummingbird Vine." Somebody's in for a big surprise in a few years, after they plant that crap.
NO. Global warming is merely observable. The argument is over the anthropogenic contribution and its effects on subsequent global temperature trends. The globe has warmed and the globe has cooled and it will again.
Beware of consensus, they may be idiots. Tagline...
Certainly 'cellulosic ethanol.' But the Hag Hillery has enough cellulite to fuel the world.
At least they're that honest--you hould see the way evolutionists write their claims of "creating new species" without so much as a "hopefully".
Sounds more like the fault of a lazy homeowner than global warming........
Mighty Hogweed is avenged
Human Bodies soon will know our anger
Kill them with your Hogweed hairs
Heracleum Mantegazziani
Forget it.... U just don't see the sense of humor in all of it....
Poison ivy is attempting to take over my yard. It is coming up everywhere. In the grass. in the mulched areas. within other plants and even in gutters.
I don't blame CO2, I blame birdsh#t.
The birds spread the evil seed
Specifically, what is the product? I need some. The stuff I have is only marginally effective.
So is dihydrogen monoxide. Yet it causes many thousands of deaths every year.
Good point.
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