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_Projects t1_j3vxdtd wrote

Reply to comment by Traciatim in The ozone layer is on track to recover in the next 40 years, the United Nations says by ascendingthemountain

If you think climate change is going to be good for crop yields I have some bad news for you

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chazmosaur t1_j3vye6u wrote

We’re trashing our souls with mono-agriculture and pesticides but I haven’t heard that CO2 is bad for plants?

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PatsFanInHTX t1_j3w07zh wrote

They said climate change not CO2. Disruptions in weather patterns is undoubtedly bad for crop yields. Best condition for optimizing is steady state.

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_Projects t1_j3w2ra6 wrote

CO2 is good for plants so idiots make the argument that increases in CO2 will actually be good for agriculture, it's simpleton thinking.

First it's not enough CO2 to help plants, second it's fucking up the water cycle and 90% of the earth will see drought and/or flooding, for generations, which is very bad for plants.

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Traciatim t1_j3wdpi7 wrote

CO2 stops the earth being a frozen wasteland. If you think removing it is positive you just have a hatred of humanity and life itself.

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_Projects t1_j3wnusn wrote

Ever hear the phrase "the dose makes the poison"?

Nobody said CO2 was bad, it's too much that's bad.

Heat is good, too much heat is bad.

Not that hard to understand

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Traciatim t1_j3wygc7 wrote

Too much isn't bad until you get to about 100 times what it is now. If too little is bad and too much is bad, what is the ideal amount? I'd argue it's somewhere in the 1000-2000ppm level for ideal plant growth and largest land areas being the most productive. Why is it never studied that way, do you think?

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_Projects t1_j3x6kw1 wrote

Animals, including humans, start to feel like shit at 1000-2000ppm. Drowsy, headache, difficulty breathing.

Wait are you a bot?

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FartOfGenius t1_j3x65ga wrote

Convenient of you to view CO2 levels in isolation without any considerations for how the resulting climate change will negatively affect crop yields far more via extreme weather e.g. droughts, flooding, heat waves, storms…

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