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Ok, I drink the koolaid, I admit. but I have a question.... If CO2 goes up, won't nature (and natural selection) make plant life more likely to survive and hence consume CO2 and turn it into abundant clean air (O2)?
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2009 at 22:15 UTC
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Unfortunately, the rate of CO2 buildup in the atmosphere is far too rapid for increased plant growth to keep up with... by orders of magnitude.
Comment by ILikeMeat at 11/06/2009 at 22:01 UTC
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Yes, over the next several hundred thousand to millions of years this will happen. After we wipe out the majority of biodiversity our great*5000 grandchildren can enjoy the fruits of our labor (those that survive the flooding).