Harrison Schmitt (of Apollo fame) and William Happer have an interesting article in today's WSJ. The lead:
Of all of the world's 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. That's 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.
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the whole thing...
I've written about the same thing a few times as well. Plants thrive on CO2. Frankly an increase in CO2 will be good for plants, that will then "breathe" it in and produce more oxygen and balance is restored to the world once again. :)
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