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Originally Posted by SV650rules
Plants grow much better with more atmospheric Co2
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unfortunately, that is not as true as once believed (2018 article):
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...nefit-plants1/
The article you quoted is from Marc Morano a Republican climate skeptic who works for a group that denies the scientific consensus on climate change.
yes, CO2 has been higher in the past but not with 7.5 billion people. We lose 50% of food production through wastage but what happens when major crop growing areas no longer are capable of producing - the US mid west for example. CO2 is going to be the trigger for a massive methane release which will be unstoppable. Methane levels are already climbing and methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. There is a wide range of predictions on the amount of methane hydrates store in stable form in the world's oceans ranging from 100 to 500,000 gigatons but it is only stable when kept very cold (and under extreme pressure), warm the oceans and it gets released. As someone in his 60s, I used to think this would not affect me directly but now I am not so sure and it will definitely affect my children.
Personally, I think we're screwed, but I'm unsure whether that's a good thing or not (but I have a cynical outlook). Unless we think of this as a species survival problem we are all candidates for Darwin awards.