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There is nothing bad in CO₂ . When all of the now buried alive CO₂ was in the atmosphere, the planet was a tropical paradise and could support tall heavy cold-
by aboardRat4 1y ago
There is nothing bad in CO₂ .
When all of the now buried alive CO₂ was in the atmosphere, the planet was a tropical paradise and could support tall heavy cold-blooded reptiles.
We need to burn more coal and return more land nowadays covered by permafrost into the agricultural circulation.
- vouaobrasil 1y agoWhoa are you serious? During past fluctuations of CO2, the world had millions of years to adapt. Though, I think tall, cold-blooded reptiles would be preferable to the current state...
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- aboardRat4 1y ago>During past fluctuations of CO2, the world had millions of years to adapt We won't need to explicitly "adapt". The excess released carbon dioxide is going to make Sahara and Gobi greener, because it will be easier for the plants to grow with a higher concentration of CO2 in the air. In other words, it's not going to stay in the atmosphere for a long time, it's going to become embodied in the trees and other plants. Unless we diligently self-destruct by cutting literally all the trees living on the planet. (Possible, but unlikely.) But even if we just keep doing what we are doing now at the same pace, it's going to be more or less enough. The excessive CO2 is _already_ making the planet greener. (I guess it's a good idea to plant more trees anyway.)
- toephu2 1y agoAre you talking about dinosaurs? The scientific consensus is that most dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
- aboardRat4 1y agoReally? I need to have a look. They were called reptiles in my textbook.
- tremon 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeothermy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeothermy > Homeothermy is one of the 3 types of thermoregulation in warm-blooded animal species > Some homeotherms may maintain constant body temperatures through behavioral mechanisms alone, i.e., behavioral thermoregulation. Many reptiles use this strategy And specifically with regards to dinosaurs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantothermy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantothermy
- Larrikin 1y agoThey seem to actually have nearly all been birds or what birds evolved from. A simple check on your favorite dinosaur to see if it still was probably a reptile is whether it's legs come out of the side like a crocodile or Komodo dragon Dinosaurs look way less cool covered in feathers, but hopefully we get some new Jurassic Parks where the people start getting victimized in snowy environments too.
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