Well, at least the plants will be happy after we've died off.
On May 11, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice follow up: > > Harrison H. Schmitt and William Happer: In Defense of Carbon Dioxide > > > Of all of the worlds chemical compounds, none has a worse reputation than > carbon dioxide. Thanks to the single-minded demonization of this natural > and essential atmospheric gas by advocates of government control of energy > production, the conventional wisdom about carbon dioxide is that it is a > dangerous pollutant. Thats simply not the case. Contrary to what some > would have us believe, increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will > benefit the increasing population on the planet by increasing agricultural > productivity. > > The cessation of observed global warming for the past decade or so has > shown how exaggerated NASAs and most other computer predictions of > human-caused warming have beenand how little correlation warming has with > concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. As many scientists have > pointed out, variations in global temperature correlate much better with > solar activity and with complicated cycles of the oceans and atmosphere. > There isnt the slightest evidence that more carbon dioxide has caused more > extreme weather. > > The current levels of carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere, approaching > 400 parts per million, are low by the standards of geological and plant > evolutionary history. Levels were 3,000 ppm, or more, until the Paleogene > period (beginning about 65 million years ago). For most plants, and for the > animals and humans that use them, more carbon dioxide, far from being a > pollutant in need of reduction, would be a benefit. This is already > widely recognized by operators of commercial greenhouses, who artificially > increase the carbon dioxide levels to 1,000 ppm or more to improve the > growth and quality of their plants. > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323528404578452483656067190.html?KEYWORDS=HARRISON+H+SCHMITT+ > > > About the authors > > *Mr. Schmitt, an adjunct professor of engineering at the University of > Wisconsin-Madison, was an Apollo 17 astronaut and a former U.S. senator > from New Mexico. Mr. Happer is a professor of physics at Princeton > University and a former director of the office of energy research at the > U.S. Department of Energy.* > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/05/130510-earth-co2-milestone-400-ppm/ >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363536 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
