¡Eso es mierda del toro! CO2 is PLANT FOOD! If anything, the crops should be MORE nutritious, not less!
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Posted on 06/09/2014 4:59:49 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
This is professionally stupid .... sounds like the three amigos of climate fakery are involved (Jones, Hansen and Mann).
Hello..green plants LIKE CO2..it is necessary for them to grow.
And here I was taught long ago in school that plants liked CO2, used it to build up fiber and mass.
Guess my old teachers were all wrong.
Actually, this is probably true. As CO2 levels rise, plant life grows thicker, quicker, and will, therefore, require more nutrients from the soil. So yes, nutrient levels will drop. But Nature has a funny way of balancing herself: more dead plant matter means more nutrients returned to the soil. And more food means less competition amongst plant-eaters, so they thrive and therefore slow the nutrient-taking rate.
In the short term, yes, less nutrients. but in the long run, it all evens out.
¡Eso es mierda del toro! CO2 is PLANT FOOD! If anything, the crops should be MORE nutritious, not less!
Does somebody have the list of things caused by Global Warming on hand?
Weakest link in EPA's climate rule?
Global Warming on Free Republic
That's because there ISN'T one, in my opinion.
Plant growth vs CO^2 levels in greenhoiuses. Presumably, this would be true for open field levels, too.
Most plants, or at least their wild ancestors, evolved in and for a much higher CO^2 level "normal". Optimum looks like around 3 times current atmospheric levels, giving about 250% of "normal growth" (actually stunting from abnormally low CO^2 levels).
This chart came from a supplier of commercial greenhouses and greenhouse CO^2 enhancers, as well as other equipment for large producers/growers. Growers have been using increased CO^2 levels for decades.
Thanks for the ping.
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