Originally Posted by
Happy Feet
Confusing two issues; renewable resources and carbon footprints. The atmosphere does not discriminate between varying sources of CO2 gas, whether it comes from fossil fuels or wood. CO2 is CO2. Arguing one form is good and one is bad is kooky.
Arguing that all carbon dioxide is bad is much more kooky. The planet
needs carbon dioxide just as it needs oxygen. Without it, plants can't grow.
I'm not confusing two issues. I've been working in renewable energy sources for 35 years. The whole point of utilizing them is to reduce fossil fuel usage and the attendant excess carbon dioxide they release by using crops that use short rotation carbon dioxide stored in the plant. People have decided that
all carbon dioxide is bad because they don't understand this concept.
No, I can't tell you where a carbon dioxide molecule came from but I can tell you that there is excess in the atmosphere. The
excess needs to be removed but
only the excess. Remove more than than and you set off a whole cascade of other problems that may be more severe than the excess.