Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Scientist: Cap and trade will hurt Earth

From WorldNetDaily.com (10/9):

Carbon dioxide emissions are good for Earth and don't cause global warming, a noted geologist and best-selling author is warning Congress.

Leighton Steward, author of "Fire, Ice and Paradise," is storming Capitol Hill to convince senators that a cap-and-trade energy bill could harm the environment by reducing the Earth's CO2 levels, according to U.S. News & World Report.

"I'm trying to kill the whole thing," he said. "We are tilting at windmills."

Steward, member of a nonprofit group called Plants Need CO2, plans to meet with several lawmakers this week. [read more]

I hope he succeeds. That is a very bad bill. What he says makes sense. People and other animals breathe out CO2 and plants and trees consume it and produce oxygen. CO2 is noxious to us but not to plants. It is their food. You can say it is a complementary relationship. We need them and they need us. If you remove CO2 the plants and trees die. If they die then we are screwed. The envirofascists just don't understand.

If you want to remove CO2 the right way it's easy: Just plant more trees and any green-leafy plants.

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