| || | The Benefits of Carbon Dioxide January 22, 2012 - Rick
Burdt I’ve noticed lately that there are more and more studies
with some interesting conclusions. It seems that CO2 may not be
considered a greenhouse gas. In fact, the science shows that CO2
levels actually follow warming trends, negating the idea that
CO2 causes them. So, what is wrong with higher levels of CO2
anyways? Plants like it, it’s vital to their survival. Higher
levels of CO2 make plants sturdier, more water efficient, and
produce more. Nurseries all over the world spend lots of money
on machines that pump CO2 into their greenhouses. The fact is,
the earth’s population hit 7 billion last year and the current
rate is another billion every 12 years. The planet is not
getting any larger, but we will have to grow more food to feed
more people and there is only so much fresh water. Fortunately
for us, we are in a natural warming cycle which will gradually
expand arable land. To help that along, the rise in CO2 levels
that follow the warming