Taking some of these statements at face value would mean vegetation would vanish with lower CO2 levels. [960x713 - 142KB]

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When I ran planted fish tanks, I used to add CO2 to keep the plants growing quickly and keep them lush.

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Yes. It's often pointed out that commercial growing operations will pump greenhouses full of CO2 as a way of promoting growth.

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Never mind the monolithic warehouses and car parks that completely eliminate aerable land.

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"...then wrote it all down to the progress of man."

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"Where the air smelled like snakes, we'd shoot with our pistols.."

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That song kind of strikes a chord with me, because the land around where I grew up was stripped by Peabody. It was reclaimed, but the land will be scarred for centuries as trees try to grow back.

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CO2 is necessary for plant life, therefore it is necessary for animals and us. When ((they)) say we must reduce CO2 levels, they mean reduce human levels.

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You are the carbon they wish to reduce.

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