Posted on 02/07/2016 3:30:09 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
Unfortunately few observers have remarked on the obvious religious nature of the Warmers' critique; after all, the screed of their cult begins with human hubris and misdeeds, claims those sins produce utterly fantastic results, predicts catastrophe for generations yet unborn, and demands immediate reform and pietistic obedience to inerrant authority. The cult is Biblical in its self-assurance. Any belief system so constructed should bear a heavy burden of proof before it hijacks governmental power.
Of course the dispute continues, but note, please, that it is now fueled by the (simple, but irrelevant) fact that industry produces many tons of carbon dioxide each year. The statistic not mentioned is that the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere is small, and humanity's contribution of the gas is a minuscule amount of the total. Nor is it noted that CO2 has a logarithmic effect as a greenhouse gas, becoming less influential per additional unit of the chemical as its volume in the atmosphere increases. Finally, the fact is that while humanity currently struggles along with just over 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the air, everyone would benefit if that figure could be raised to 600 ppm. You know why that is true because you read this newsletter -- but most people would be horrified by the claim that more CO2 in the air is an excellent idea.
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Remember your high school botany? The oxygen/CO2 cycle. Humans inhale oxygen and breath out CO2. Plants absorb CO2 and the photosynthetic result is oxygen(O2). Plant more plants! Grass!
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