Climate Change thread

[El Cid]

6 hours ago, The_DADDY said:

Maybe he is. Maybe your reliance on mainstream media means you're missing something 🤔 

That is a big factor in how people think. 

People watch GB news and believe it being based in Russia makes no difference.

[HumbleNarrator]

9 hours ago, sibon said:

 

 

Maybe you could withdraw your bull**** claim now.

 

That would be the most honest thing to do.

Bill gates is a powerful and influential man who is in lock step with the WEF who have big plans apparently for how us minions should live our lives. Bill Gates has bought in - he's an "agenda contributor" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/bill-gates

 

We know what BG is all about it's on public record:

 

"Rich nations should switch entirely to synthetic beef" https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/14/1018296/bill-gates-climate-change-beef-trees-microsoft/ this why he's buying up the farmland that that is used for meat production and putting it out of use.

 

But of course this is  all tin-foil-hat-conspiracy theory, there's nothing to see here, everything's hunky dory. 🙄

[Guest makapaka]

5 hours ago, El Cid said:

That is a big factor in how people think. 

People watch GB news and believe it being based in Russia makes no difference.

Most of the nonsense posted on here is supported with a link to GB news.

[HumbleNarrator]

 

[trastrick]

Now "Here's Greta" On the Greatest Threat to Humankind!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/08/greta-thunberg-climate-delusion-greenwashed-out-of-our-senses

 

Wonder if she write her own speeches?

[Chekhov]

We have mentioned this before, but since photosynthesis (the formula that means we can all live) is basically Water + Carbon dioxide = Oxygen + Sugar (food) then increased levels of CO2 must surely mean more photosynthesis, which uses up more CO2 !

 

The Times - 10 Oct 22 p8 :

Rising carbon emissions make trees grow bigger

Trees feasting on increased CO2 emissions have grown thicker and larger researchers at Ohio State University suggest.

Academics examined the volume of trees in ten temperate forest groups across America and found that the volume of tree trunks was up 30% bigger than 30 years ago.

The phenomenon, known as Carbon fertilisation - when an influx of CO2 increases a plant's rate of photosynthesis - is likely to be replicated across the world.

 

Call me a cynic, but I cannot help thinking this will be disparaged by those intent on a zero carbon answer, we must all suffer. You must be made to feel guilty about driving and, especially, flying off to some sunny warm country during our cold wet dark winter (even if the birds have the sense to do it, so why can't we ? )

In fact the confirmation of CO2 mega dosing is even more positive because all our food comes from photosynthesis (directly or indirectly) , and if photosynthesis is working better that's more food for everyone. A double bonus (but keep quiet about it, or risk the wrath of the hair shirt zealots).

Edited October 12, 2022 by Chekhov

[El Cid]

1 hour ago, Chekhov said:

 

The phenomenon, known as Carbon fertilisation - when an influx of CO2 increases a plant's rate of photosynthesis - is likely to be replicated across the world.

Is the prediction that climate change will cause food shortages?

We have enough now, but we waste a lot of it.

With more areas of land under water, the remaining fields growing food will need to be more productive.

Predicting the weather/climate is very difficult, we have had a warm spell this year and plants in my garden struggled to grow, but that is because it was also dry.

[Annie Bynnol]

57 minutes ago, Chekhov said:

We have mentioned this before, but since photosynthesis (the formula that means we can all live) is basically Water + Carbon dioxide = Oxygen + Sugar (food) then increased levels of CO2 must surely mean more photosynthesis, which uses up more CO2 !

 

The Times - 10 Oct 22 p8 :

Rising carbon emissions make trees grow bigger

Trees feasting on increased CO2 emissions have grown thicker and larger researchers at Ohio State University suggest.

Academics examined the volume of trees in ten temperate forest groups across America and found that the volume of tree trunks was up 30% bigger than 30 years ago.

The phenomenon, known as Carbon fertilisation - when an influx of CO2 increases a plant's rate of photosynthesis - is likely to be replicated across the world.

 

Call me a cynic, but I cannot help thinking this will be disparaged by those intent on a zero carbon answer, we must all suffer. You must be made to feel guilty about driving and, especially, flying off to some sunny warm country during our cold wet dark winter (even if the birds have the sense to do it, so why can't we ? )

In fact the confirmation of CO2 mega dosing is even more positive because all our food comes from photosynthesis (directly or indirectly) , and if photosynthesis is working better that's more food for everyone. A double bonus (but keep quiet about it, or risk the wrath of the hair shirt zealots).

Sorry to demolish you latest Conspiracy Theory, but there is nothing new in the fact that carbon dioxide is a main limiting factor in plant growth and has been well understood for decades. Even King Charles III caused a right fuss in 1986 when he suggested that talking to plants encouraged growth, but many a horticulturalist and botanist pointed out that the high levels of CO2  in exhaled breath could benefit plants. 

 

[Guest makapaka]

3 hours ago, Chekhov said:

We have mentioned this before, but since photosynthesis (the formula that means we can all live) is basically Water + Carbon dioxide = Oxygen + Sugar (food) then increased levels of CO2 must surely mean more photosynthesis, which uses up more CO2 !

 

The Times - 10 Oct 22 p8 :

Rising carbon emissions make trees grow bigger

Trees feasting on increased CO2 emissions have grown thicker and larger researchers at Ohio State University suggest.

Academics examined the volume of trees in ten temperate forest groups across America and found that the volume of tree trunks was up 30% bigger than 30 years ago.

The phenomenon, known as Carbon fertilisation - when an influx of CO2 increases a plant's rate of photosynthesis - is likely to be replicated across the world.

 

Call me a cynic, but I cannot help thinking this will be disparaged by those intent on a zero carbon answer, we must all suffer. You must be made to feel guilty about driving and, especially, flying off to some sunny warm country during our cold wet dark winter (even if the birds have the sense to do it, so why can't we ? )

In fact the confirmation of CO2 mega dosing is even more positive because all our food comes from photosynthesis (directly or indirectly) , and if photosynthesis is working better that's more food for everyone. A double bonus (but keep quiet about it, or risk the wrath of the hair shirt zealots).

The ramblings of a madman.

[Magilla]

13 hours ago, Chekhov said:

We have mentioned this before, but since photosynthesis (the formula that means we can all live) is basically Water + Carbon dioxide = Oxygen + Sugar (food) then increased levels of CO2 must surely mean more photosynthesis, which uses up more CO2 !

 

The Times - 10 Oct 22 p8 :

Rising carbon emissions make trees grow bigger

Trees feasting on increased CO2 emissions have grown thicker and larger researchers at Ohio State University suggest.

Academics examined the volume of trees in ten temperate forest groups across America and found that the volume of tree trunks was up 30% bigger than 30 years ago.

The phenomenon, known as Carbon fertilisation - when an influx of CO2 increases a plant's rate of photosynthesis - is likely to be replicated across the world.

They die much much quicker too...

 

Shorter lifespan of faster-growing trees will add to climate crisis:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/08/shorter-lifespan-of-faster-growing-trees-will-add-to-climate-crisis-study-finds

 

 

13 hours ago, Chekhov said:

In fact the confirmation of CO2 mega dosing is even more positive because all our food comes from photosynthesis (directly or indirectly) , and if photosynthesis is working better that's more food for everyone. A double bonus (but keep quiet about it, or risk the wrath of the hair shirt zealots).

Nope, because yields drop significantly too.