"We actually get paid to do this."
Posted on 11/15/2008 4:59:02 AM PST by Libloather
Marijuana growers have been pumping increased amounts of CO2 into pot plants for years. Yeah, it increases the amount of plant material significantly.
Does that mean if we start scrubbing CO2 out of the atmosphere, I don’t have to mow the lawn as much?
I don't know anything about this study, but it would appear to me the only reason to test the response of trees to elevated levels of CO2 is too check the increase in growth rate (read: increased CO2 absorption rate).
Such a study is much more likely to oppose global warming than to support it. This is one study I would like to see continued.
An outcome supporting global warming would be a decrease or no increase in growth rate. If they are looking for support for global warming, why not publish now if they have the data? Now maybe the scientists are afraid they will have to end their study and get a real job. That is another story.
The U.S. Department of Energy, however, which is funding the project, has told the scientists to chop down the trees, collect the data and move on to new research. That plan has upset some researchers who now have to find a real job.Gentlemen, there go our phony baloney jobs!
'Global Warming' is the new Lysenkoism. That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.
In greenhouses, the rose growers (fresh market cut flowers) have CO2 generators to pump more gas into the confined environment. If it wasn’t having a positive impact, I really do doubt the rose growers would be using the system.
Applied Ag Science 101
I wrote Fox and Friends this morning to report on how much carbon tax Oprah would have to pay for the CO2 emissions from her burning house and yard.
Why “favorite part of the story”? This study has shown how CO2 in the atmosphere benefits plant growth and how younger forests benefit most, which leads to the conclusion that cutting mature trees is good forest management.
This may not be what all the researchers wanted to find but there it is.
Global warming on Free Republic
bttt
The U.S. Department of Energy - demanding trees be cut down?
I'm in pig heaven.
The Tree SolutionAs Greenpeace expanded to become the world's largest international environmental organization, Moore's star steadily rose and he eventually became vice president of research. Then he did something even more unexpected than joining the organization in the first place. He packed up and quit... In the months before his departure, Moore had begun talking heresy. "The environmental movement had gone astray and lost its perspective on forests," Moore says. "Rather than cutting fewer trees and using less wood, we should be growing more trees and using more wood." Greenpeace branded him an eco-Judas. Now comes the biggest surprise of all. Recently published research suggests that Moore is right. Cutting down old trees could be the best way to thwart global warming.
by Jim Wilson
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