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A problem with plants is that when they die, they decompose and release the CO2 again.
by matthews2 3y ago
A problem with plants is that when they die, they decompose and release the CO2 again.
- marginallen 3y ago[flagged]
- Aerroon 3y ago>How do you think the “carbon” got into the ground in the first place. You’re being gaslit. When the carbon deposits formed some parts of plants/animals did not break down, because a microorganism that could break them down hadn't evolved yet. They essentially just piled up for millions of years. Eventually such microorganisms did appear and that's why wood rots. Commercial growers add CO2 to their greenhouses because plants grow bigger when the CO2 in the atmosphere is in higher concentrations. But when the plant dies all that CO2 goes back into the atmosphere. Our problem isn't oxygen, our problem is too much carbon.