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Originally Posted by Darkland
Well maybe I didn't make myself clear or you didn't gather what I was saying. CO2 is a naturally occurring gas in our atmosphere that in and of itself is NOT a pollutant. I made no mention of emissions and if I had I have seen studies the contradict one another. 1. We are not producing anymore CO2 than what is normal and 2. We are emitting far more than what is normal.
If we tried to abolish all CO2 in our world and atmosphere we would cause more harm than having to much. We NEED CO2 in out atmosphere. Again, I said nothing about curbing emissions.
You act as though I am one of those saying man could NEVER have a negative effect on his environment. I never said that.
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But nobody's talking about abolishing all CO2 emissions including the natural ones... if only because that's absolutely impossible.
Though, I guess, half a billion square miles of saran wrap could go a long way... hmmm.
But back on topic, it is an absolute certainty that we are releasing far more CO2 than is normal. You don't even need any studies for that (though there are many out there), just some common sense: there are billions of metric tons of CO2 stored in the petroleum, natural gas and coal we burn each year. By burning that stuff, we release the CO2 into the atmosphere. Meanwhile, it took various organisms many millions of years to die off and thereby store their carbon underground in the form of coal, oil and natural gas.