Re: Off Topic: NMD/Environment was: (Re: Ada and the NMD)

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Basically, if its green and grows in dirt, it inhales CO2 and exhales
oxygen. So if there is lots of CO2 around, plant life ought to flourish
quite well - consuming the excess until it once again reaches a balance
point. (Oxygen is obviously poisonous to plants so we're kind of doing them
a favor by making CO2. So get out there and drive that SUV and do your part
to restore the rain forests, the spotted owl habitats, the wetlands and all
that other good stuff. :-) There's probably a whole slew of bacteria and
other living things out there that breathe CO2 as well, so they'll be having
a field day.

MDC

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"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
news:slrn9pg2l9.35r.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no...
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2001 18:52:07 GMT, Darren New wrote:
> > Err, do you have a cite for this? Everything I've read shows north
> > america as being a net consumer of CO2, not a producer.
>
> You must be joking, right?  What is it that consumes CO2 and what is it
> turned into?
>
> Preben Randhol