CARBON DIOXIDE IS A NUTRIENT

In our story DOWNTOWN TOMMY BROWN, Tommy was presented with the opportunity to make some money doing research using trees to establish a temperature history of Earth. When he reviewed all the factors he immediately concluded that this would be a "fool's errand": the facts didn't measure up.

Let's review the facts:

Greenhouse gas advocates have claimed that Earth's temperature has risen by 5 to 7 degrees since the Industrial Revolution. Let's put all the facts together to determine if the study of trees could be effectively used to prove this claim.

First, weather controls temperature. Weather is unpredictable and as a result the temperature surrounding any selected tree would not have enough consistency to be an effective tool for this study.

Second, due to the fact that carbon dioxide is a nutrient needed in photosynthesis and that studies have shown that additional carbon dioxide in the air around any plant increases its growth, it could be concluded that the additional growth could be the result of the carbon dioxide and not the temperature.

Sandra and I had a friend who had been instructed by her doctor to cut down her salt intake. She took the counsel so thoroughly that she eventually had a psychotic breakdown. The result was that she had seriously deprived her body of the needed electrolytes to keep her body in balance.

Thus we understand Leighton Steward’s concern that Cap and Trade legislation could affect Earth’s atmosphere negatively and throw it out of balance; his suggestion was that we need more carbon dioxide, not less. Leighton Steward, a noted geologist and awarded environmentalist, who at one time believed that carbon dioxide was contributing to global warming, became so concerned with what his research revealed that he testified before Congress in 2009 about the danger.

Now, let’s use high school science that even the self-proclaimed “simple man” Bill O’Reilly would understand. We constantly hear the statement “green energy”, which in my understanding implies the enhancement of the green vegetation of the earth. One necessary nutrient to increase green vegetation is carbon dioxide. The simple truth is that without carbon dioxide our planet cannot become “green”.

The destruction of the rain forests has created great concern that Earth’s supply of oxygen will be seriously threatened. Let’s put the pieces together: it requires CO2 and photosynthesis to create oxygen. The decreasing of CO2 could contribute to this threat to mankind’s supply of oxygen. 

Should we allow the unreasoning environmentalists to literally suffocate us? It has been suggested that the Earth’s supply of oxygen is presently at a depleted level. Wouldn’t it be more prudent to increase carbon dioxide to ensure that mankind has enough oxygen?

Thousands of studies have shown that increasing carbon dioxide in a plant’s atmosphere increases plant growth which in turn gives mankind its needed oxygen. We need carbon dioxide for a healthy “green” planet.

These two simple facts (1) the ratio off 2583 to 1 between Earth’s atmosphere and the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere and (2) carbon dioxide is a nutrient should be enough to open the debate.