No. Higher CO2 concentrations don’t increase crop yields, just like higher O2 concentrations don’t grow stronger or healthier animals. We take the chemicals out of the atmosphere that we need for our metabolism.
Category: Climate Change
Do Higher CO2 Concentrations Help Grow Plants?
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Some Lady Changed Her Position on Climate Change–But Is That Important?
In response to the meme here, a reader notes: Anika Sweetland isn’t a climate scientist. There are only about a half dozen climate scientists alive that are still publishing who question AGW (anthropogenic global warming). Exactly. If you are honestly …
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Climate Change “Debate”
At left is a post from a Facebook group on climate change, to which I replied: I don’t have a “belief,” because the word is (properly) used in conjunction with opinions or issues of faith. For example, I believe that …
How Healthy Are Greenland’s Glaciers?
At a dinner party a few years ago, I had the good fortune to be seated next to a guy from JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who was leading a team of scientists who were studying the interior of glaciers. Since …
Trump and Climate Denial
There’s no way to know for certain, but I believe most Republican politicians understand and accept the theory of AGW, Anthropogenic Global Warming, but so many of their constituents are ignorant, and so they figure that they must play along. …
Climate Deniers Are Out in Full Force
CO2 is not a poison, but it is a greenhouse gas. It would be interesting to know which oil company is behind the “CO2 Coalition.”
Climate Change Conspiracy Theories
Here’s are a few comments on social media about the meme at left: Yes, insane. Imagine the stupidity of the people who actually fell for it. CO₂ is not a bad thing. CO₂ is the gas of life. Without it, …
Conspiracy Theories Abound
Regarding the cartoon at left, a reader notes: Yeah, because NASA landed a man on the moon and flies drones on Mars by fudging numbers. Exactly. We live among people who believe that our climate scientists are all in on …
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Why Are We Not Mitigating Climate Change?
Yes, but the billionaires will get richer, and that seems to be the only thing that really matters.
Stopping Science in its Tracks
Without doubt, the most effective way to prevent science from revealing the truth about awkward matters that may impede our country’s billionaires from getting richer, e.g., that we’re baking our planet, is to shut down the research centers that employ …
