Unknown008
Nov 22, 2010, 12:52 PM
What is your opinion about it?
You do know about the consequences of having too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, don't you?
wagsly
Nov 22, 2010, 01:02 PM
Yes, I do.
All green plants require Co2 in the process of photosynthesis (non sine qua) Green plants will die without CO2 present, thus they will cease to be green.
Hundreds of trillions of tons of coal, oil and natural gas are the result of this process over the past two billion years. The Carbon in the CO2/photosynthesis
Process is sequestered away in these "fossil fuels." To reduce CO2 levels any lower than the present "trace" amounts (380 parts PER MILLION in the atmosphere of earth) and call this "going green" is a non sequitur.
Unknown008
Nov 25, 2010, 12:41 AM
You're right, but what is being asked is the reduction of the levels of CO2, not the elimination of CO2. Plants can live healthily with 0.03% carbon dioxide in the air.
What is happening is that with all those burning and deforestation, the level might rise. And this will amplify the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide. When the temperature rises, you should know what will then follow.
Animals can live without carbon dioxide, and they will always produce it, so that plants will never get 'too little' carbon dioxide. Furthermore, they too respire and hence, they too produce carbon dioxide in small amounts.
Conclusion, even if we succeed to remove all the carbon dioxide, a little will be produced nearly immediately by the billions of people and animals and plants while in some places, carbon dioxide will be released from their trapped form (dissolved for example in water).