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The Environment / Could Olivine cure climate change?
« on: 31/01/2009 19:48:34 »
Hi Vern
I'm not sure I understand your reply. I take it you're not suggesting that the present level of CO2 is a good thing? (Apart from agricultural monocultures I'm don't think there's an awful lot of flora left on the planet to enjoy the increased levels, ha ha). Anyway, it's the subject for a different discussion and I could be wrong but my belief is that it is largely a fallacy that plants always 'breath in' oxygen and 'breath out' CO2.
I think most people would agree that we have already created a situation we can't reverse. Any action now is purely damage limitations.
Are you concerned that my grand plan to save the world might work too well and leave us short of CO2? Or are you just trying to put the cat among the pigeons in an attempt to encourage debate?
I've no idea what the consequences would be if we actually had too little CO2. What do you think? I certainly agree that tinkering with the environment is very dangerous, even if it is an attempt to put right our mistakes form previous tinkerings. My old Nan always used to say ' if you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging'. Mind you she also thought she was an alien at one point, so who knows!
I'm not sure I understand your reply. I take it you're not suggesting that the present level of CO2 is a good thing? (Apart from agricultural monocultures I'm don't think there's an awful lot of flora left on the planet to enjoy the increased levels, ha ha). Anyway, it's the subject for a different discussion and I could be wrong but my belief is that it is largely a fallacy that plants always 'breath in' oxygen and 'breath out' CO2.
I think most people would agree that we have already created a situation we can't reverse. Any action now is purely damage limitations.
Are you concerned that my grand plan to save the world might work too well and leave us short of CO2? Or are you just trying to put the cat among the pigeons in an attempt to encourage debate?
I've no idea what the consequences would be if we actually had too little CO2. What do you think? I certainly agree that tinkering with the environment is very dangerous, even if it is an attempt to put right our mistakes form previous tinkerings. My old Nan always used to say ' if you've dug yourself into a hole, stop digging'. Mind you she also thought she was an alien at one point, so who knows!