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Study: CO2 emissions up 2.6% in 2012
Reuters
Published: 11.12.12, 07:23
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1. More U.N. nonsense. CO2 is essential for plants to grow
Rivkah   (12.11.12)
that then give off oxygen that is essential for humans and animals to live. The planet needs MORE CO2 not less, so that more oxygen can be produced. What idiots work at the U.N. and other groups who want to reduce CO2 levels. What utter idiots. I hope they all go to hell for destroying industries and jobs for people who are not harming the atmosphere.
2. #1 Wrong
EGGM ,   Petah Tikva, Israel   (12.11.12)
The question isn't whether CO2 is necessary for the planet, the question is how much of it there is vs. how many plants there is. Forests worldwide are shrinking at an alarming rate, especially in developing countries, so we certainly don't need more CO2 emissions. One could argue that if the world's forests grew every year (like they do in Israel) we might need more CO2. Probably not, just like if the world population doubles we won't have an oxygen shortage. But at least one could argue...
3. 2 EGGM: Forests worldwide are shrinking because land is
(12.12.12)
being diverted from forests to farms. Also, worldwide, there are chemtrails being sprayed of aluminum, barium, and mycoplasm fungi to damage the soil so people will have to buy Monsanto aluminum resistant seeds to grow anything from plants to shrubs to trees in the soil. Get a clue.
4. Human CO2 emissions = 2% of global
BioBob ,   USA   (12.14.12)
So, they ESTIMATE that industrial emissions grew by a couple of percent ? Big deal eh? Nope. Total human CO2 emission is estimated to be less than 2% of global emissions. Ants and termites emit more. Bacteria emit A LOT more. Since everything is an estimate, its likely the error/variance is larger than the estimate. We guess. In any case, the amount of CO2 is ~380 parts per MILLION. The nasty little secret is that water vapor is many times more abundant and has the same effects as CO2 but we cannot measure that concentration accurately either. More chicken little
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