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==Carbon Dioxide Propaganda==
==Carbon Dioxide Propaganda==
[[Environmentalist]]s predict doomsday [[global warming]] scenarios at the hands of carbon dioxide released by mankind. They attempt to classify carbon dioxide as 'a planetary problem' but a number a factors are in dispute. In addition, the planet naturally gives off carbon dioxide, like volcanoes, and it is not bad for the Earth. The claim that too much CO<sub>2</sub> is a problem can also be said of too little CO<sub>2</sub>. Our planets coldest years have occurred when less CO<sub>2</sub> was present.
[[Environmentalist]]s predict doomsday [[global warming]] scenarios at the hands of carbon dioxide released by mankind. They attempt to classify carbon dioxide as 'a planetary problem' but a number a factors are in dispute. In addition, the planet naturally gives off carbon dioxide, like volcanoes, and it is not bad for the Earth. The claim that too much CO<sub>2</sub> is a problem can also be said of too little CO<sub>2</sub>. Our planets coldest years have occurred when less CO<sub>2</sub> was present.
In fact, higher levels of CO2 in the atmosphere would boost the growth of plants, as it is an essential fuel for [[photosynthesis]]. Increased [[plant]] growth would have many beneficial effects for humans, such as greater crop yields and alleviating the effects of a growing human population. As increased plant groth would also [[sequester]] more carbon in the bodies of the plants it would also have a limiting effect on any additional carbon released into the atmosphere, eventually achieving a new balance point, in spite of the predictions of doom from [[environmentalist]]s.
==See also==
==See also==