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Google says that about 25% of global CO2 emissions are captured by plants. That's not trivial.
by slibhb 3y ago
Google says that about 25% of global CO2 emissions are captured by plants. That's not trivial.
- stouset 3y agoWhat, exactly, do you think plants did before we started burning massive amount of oil and natural gas? The Earth was in rough equilibrium before this. The only way this factoid is even remotely plausible as a permanent store is if Earth’s total plant biomass is growing at rate proportional to our CO2 emissions. Do you genuinely believe that to be the case?
- slibhb 3y agoAll I did was point out that the greening earth as a result of more CO2 is a negative feedback loop, i.e. as the carbon content of the atmosphere increases, plants grow more and will sequester more CO2. Per the article I linked, over the past ~40 years, an area the size of the contintental US has greened and about 70% of that is attributable to CO2. I didn't say the greening earth will totally offset climate change. You should ask yourself why you felt the need to spew nonsense in this thread. I find it baffling.