John Smith wrote:
On 9/19/2010 3:54 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

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Well, it's not energy per se. It's the gaseous droplets and particulate
matter ejected into the air by volcanoes.

Absolute FACT #1: Carbon dioxide IS a "greenhouse" gas (lets solar heat
in but won't let it escape).
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Actually, cO2 is rather benign and not any real thing to worry about.
Anyone growing marijuana or aquarium plants, and supplying them with
excess cO2, knows the voracious appetite of plants for carbon dioxide.
The effect of adding more cO2 is very dramatic on plant growth. When we
finally find another fuel source, the plants will clean up this problem
very quickly. All life on this planet is carbon based, carbon is a
nutrient, not a poison.

This has been dis-proven. The added vegetation offsets very little net
carbon.

On 9/20/2010 7:00 AM, dave wrote:

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This has been dis-proven. The added vegetation offsets very little net
carbon.

I don't know how they can "disprove" that. Since the main component of
our bodies is carbon, since the main component of plants is carbon,
every plant, every germ, etc.

Obviously, anyone capable of doing the math can figure out they are
lying ... carbon dioxide is our friend. Without it, life would cease to
exist on this planet in short order ... claiming there is too much
carbon dioxide, in the context of nature and the earth, is very similar
to claiming there is too much water, too much dirt, too many deserts,
too many mountains.

The main source of all the carbon a plant is made of comes from carbon
dioxide ... without plants we would have no oxygen to breathe.

Regards,
JS