I hate climate alarmism as much as the next guy, but this argument is poor. It doesn't help our side except making us look ignorant.
In general the carbon cycle would keep CO2 levels stable. Most CO2 the plants "breathed" is released back into the atmosphere when they die. Food would be CO2 neutral, except fertilizer manufacturing releases extra CO2. Therefore meat results in a lot of CO2 emission.
I have no doubt that this is a way to pay lab meat cronies/pump up their stock prices with a fat military contract. There are better ways to reduce CO2 than lab meat.
Sure. The amount of plant mass on earth could increase as a result, and lower the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere a bit, but a new equilibrium would be established pretty quickly.
There is a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere, and more every day. There is no danger of running out or having the plants die from lack of it. Going "carbon negative" is a pipe dream of the greenies and would either take a spectacularly massive amount of green electricity or.......
They kill us all and make the survivors dirt poor. That's the real danger, not plants running out of CO2 to breathe.
If we reduce CO2, what will the plants breathe?
I hate climate alarmism as much as the next guy, but this argument is poor. It doesn't help our side except making us look ignorant.
In general the carbon cycle would keep CO2 levels stable. Most CO2 the plants "breathed" is released back into the atmosphere when they die. Food would be CO2 neutral, except fertilizer manufacturing releases extra CO2. Therefore meat results in a lot of CO2 emission.
I have no doubt that this is a way to pay lab meat cronies/pump up their stock prices with a fat military contract. There are better ways to reduce CO2 than lab meat.
Don't you have better plant growth with higher CO2 levels though?
Sure. The amount of plant mass on earth could increase as a result, and lower the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere a bit, but a new equilibrium would be established pretty quickly.
There is a lot of CO2 in the atmosphere, and more every day. There is no danger of running out or having the plants die from lack of it. Going "carbon negative" is a pipe dream of the greenies and would either take a spectacularly massive amount of green electricity or.......
They kill us all and make the survivors dirt poor. That's the real danger, not plants running out of CO2 to breathe.
Yes you're right, I'm just saying that more plant mass on earth is better for us generally.