What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … « Climate Progress
What are the prospects for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the coming years … « Climate Progress
Dear Mr. Ranck: Thank you very much for you comment on my link. I am an expert in biogeochemistry and forest physiology. I have created models of the effects of global climate change on forests. There are already many disasters that can be linked to putting carbon in to the atmosphere. Yes, CO2 is used by plants. As a farmer, you must know that a balance is needed. Before you plant a crop, it is suggested to take a soil test. If the soil is depleted, it is necessary to put nitrogen, phosphorous or other minerals down. If the pH is not correct, you need to use other chemicals. You MUST know that farming has caused water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay; and dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico!
You most likely use herbicides which kill plants on your farm. You "declare" one plant a pollutant or weed; and then you wipe it out. Pollutants are the same as weeds - there are either too many of them or they are in the wrong place. Carbon is beneficial in one amount; but there has been too much placed in the air by burning fossil fuels. Some of this is falling in to the ocean and altering the chemistry.
You are talking about .0004 of the entire world. How many TONS of fertilizer would you have to put down to change the pH of the soil on your ENTIRE farm? Now multiply that by 50 or more years and by the acreage under farming to support 7 billion people.
Dear Mr. Ranck: Thank you very much for you comment on my link. I am an expert in biogeochemistry and forest physiology. I have created models of the effects of global climate change on forests. There are already many disasters that can be linked to putting carbon in to the atmosphere. Yes, CO2 is used by plants. As a farmer, you must know that a balance is needed. Before you plant a crop, it is suggested to take a soil test. If the soil is depleted, it is necessary to put nitrogen, phosphorous or other minerals down. If the pH is not correct, you need to use other chemicals. You MUST know that farming has caused water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay; and dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico!
You most likely use herbicides which kill plants on your farm. You "declare" one plant a pollutant or weed; and then you wipe it out. Pollutants are the same as weeds - there are either too many of them or they are in the wrong place. Carbon is beneficial in one amount; but there has been too much placed in the air by burning fossil fuels. Some of this is falling in to the ocean and altering the chemistry.
You are talking about .0004 of the entire world. How many TONS of fertilizer would you have to put down to change the pH of the soil on your ENTIRE farm? Now multiply that by 50 or more years and by the acreage under farming to support 7 billion people.
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