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ilovenotohio t1_ituoaqz wrote

Reply to comment by NekuraHitokage in Move over, diesel: Ohio gets ‘first of its kind’ renewable gas station by redingerforcongress

Why do we need less CO2? If you plan to feed the world a vegetarian diet, most crops are at peak productivity around 1000-1300 ppm of CO2. They also use 10-15% less water for that output.

We are currently at 450ppm CO2. Plant death occurs at 150ppm CO2.

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NekuraHitokage t1_ituyfgo wrote

Well, if you plan to have humans to feed, turning the planet into a literal greenhouse - the entire reason they are called "greenhouse gasses" - isn't exactly beneficial to those humans. They don't do well in high heat, high CO2 environments.

CO2 traps heat. Less than methane, but for a longer period of time. If you wanna make a super carbonated environment indoors in a real glass greenhouse... By all means. Doing that to the planet is a very, very bad idea for humanity. For many reasons.

Unless you like the idea of acidic, overflowing seas and a return to the paleolithic environment.

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