interesting read on climate change...

[miplank]

But that's not saying much when our C02 levels get so high our vegetation begins to release C02 rather than absorbing it; which is what scientists predict will happen.

my plants like CO2

 

[Headholio]

Yeah - I don't get that. One of the biggest increases from CO2 is from deforestation . Plants release oxygen.

Plants release oxygen and CO2 (CO2 especially at night). I don't think there is a net CO2 increase from plant metabolism under any scenario.
But, if you consider plants as storage vessels for carbon, then they also release CO2 when hey are burned, rot, or are eaten by animals and humans.

So in that sense, deforestation --> Increased CO2 --> warming and drought --> fires and plant death --> More CO2 --> etc.

 

[redsamurai]

Droughts are a normal part of our weather pattern.
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of course which is why I think we should detonate the oglalla acquifer. Fuck waiting for the pipeline to do it. Just bunker bust it.

 

[redsamurai]

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Earth has had CO2 concentrations up to 4,000 ppm before. Know what it was like then? A big steamy rain Forrest. Saudi Arabia was a jungle.

oh was that the cambrian period? circa 500 fucking million years ago? Do we have any sweet youtubes of people from back then? what was life like for humans "500"lmao million years ago?

 

[mrplunkey]

oh was that the cambrian period? circa 500 fucking million years ago? Do we have any sweet youtubes of people from back then? what was life like for humans "500"lmao million years ago?

Wow. What an incredibly irrelevant point.

 

[Headholio]

Wow. What an incredibly irrelevant point.

Its very relevant if the argument is that high CO2 levels 500 million years ago should give us comfort.
The sea sponges and jellyfish of the time were perfectly happy, so we shouldn't complain?

 

[billfred]

Plants release oxygen and CO2 (CO2 especially at night). I don't think there is a net CO2 increase from plant metabolism under any scenario.
But, if you consider plants as storage vessels for carbon, then they also release CO2 when hey are burned, rot, or are eaten by animals and humans.

So in that sense, deforestation --> Increased CO2 --> warming and drought --> fires and plant death --> More CO2 --> etc.

I know that is not true. I worked on a project that was going to develop a large gas field that was 45% CO2. We were doing the entire project thru the power plant but the company wanted it to be CO2 neutral. The cheapest solution was planting large forest.

Most of your current climatologist / scientist will tell you the biggest problem with CO2 is deforestation in Brazil and why they do not support ethanol.

 

[redsamurai]

Its very relevant if the argument is that high CO2 levels 500 million years ago should give us comfort.
The sea sponges and jellyfish of the time were perfectly happy, so we shouldn't complain?

He can't even see the most simple of logic strings anymore.

 

[redsamurai]

Wow. What an incredibly irrelevant point.

Are you capable of even adding 2 + 2 anymore?

 

[Headholio]

I know that is not true. I worked on a project that was going to develop a large gas field that was 45% CO2. We were doing the entire project thru the power plant but the company wanted it to be CO2 neutral. The cheapest solution was planting large forest.

Most of your current climatologist / scientist will tell you the biggest problem with CO2 is deforestation in Brazil and why they do not support ethanol.

I agree with the deforestation problem. What did I say that isn't true?