Plants, via photosynthesis, do this all the time.

Post #405,294 by a6l6e6x 10/12/15 9:37:51 AM Reply	Plants, via photosynthesis, do this all the time. But, with all the deforestation for land use by agriculture we're going the wrong way. We're replacing carbon sequestered in biomass with CO₂ and plants that are small and don't use that much of it. Photosynthesis needs to be used or replicated. Make room for those cords of wood! :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #405,297 by Andrew Grygus 10/12/15 10:59:12 AM Reply	Photosynthesis can't keep up. We're burning the photosynthesis of millions of years in a few decades. It is believed that the last global warming was ended by a huge bloom of aquatic ferns all over North American waters. Today, these same ferns are considered pests and are constantly cleared from recreational waterways in the U.S. and Canada.
Post #405,298 by a6l6e6x 10/12/15 11:07:46 AM Reply	Yep, fossil fuel is the worst culprit. Even peat takes thousands of years to build up. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #405,314 by Ashton 10/12/15 11:59:09 PM Reply	Sadly, just a few rather simple factoids like these are pretty discouraging to anyone with a a soupçon of clear comprehension of just some basic math, not very complex physics and ... a close look at the historical-fact that Waste has been the rich-countries' Largest and most consistent Product, ever since Conspicuous Consumption became the general indicator of Mine's Bigger, for the billions living high on that perennial hog. Changing such habits of so many/so quickly is likely a task well beyond the most manipulative-minds who fancy their mob-psych. skillz. Probably our best Hope would be for a demi-Tragedy {I can't conjure up an outline for one of those} just adequate to Get the ATTENTION of ALL* of us* complicit co-conspirators/facilitators of what may prove to have been: the Final gross-error of all previous human 'fantasies of the futchah''. That which aimed us Here. How's That! for fun-with the subjunctive tense, word-jockeys?

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