US lawmaker: 'Our atmosphere actually needs more carbon dioxide' as he proposes bill that would exem - Polidicks

We could use some more radiation too it will make our skin look more healthy. [img]http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/9/ff/9ffc6d8e6008bd27a0b9cadb968bf631-orig[/img]

[QUOTE=Killuah;43973847]We could use some more radiation too it will make our skin look more healthy. [img]http://cache.wists.com/thumbnails/9/ff/9ffc6d8e6008bd27a0b9cadb968bf631-orig[/img][/QUOTE] And it gives great lift.

[quote]Concentrations reached 600 parts per million at the time of the dinosaurs and they did quite well.[/quote] is idiocracy actually coming true holy fucking shit

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;43973467]You should give a fuck.[/QUOTE] he actually takes Jeremy Clarkson seriously its beyond repair

As someone double-majoring in sustainability/ecology what in the [b]FUCK[/b] is he smoking, and where can I get some?

[QUOTE=ewitwins;43977113]As someone double-majoring in sustainability/ecology what in the [b]FUCK[/b] is he smoking, and where can I get some?[/QUOTE] Crazy stupid gas. Don't even think about it - side effects make Krokodil look mild.

[QUOTE=Reds;43969159]And across the nation, the sound of scientists slamming their heads against the nearest available wall was heard.[/QUOTE] good thing there is a pillow between my head and the wall (I'm in bed not a padded cell) if this guy makes that argument we should fire back that we need more oxygen in the atmosphere for his brain to function properly

B-but plants thrive with more carbon dioxide ! That's true, except humans don't.

oh Utah, actually by saying this he is ALSO going against his party by agreeing with the scientific theory of evolution and that the earth is 4 billion... maybe he isn't a complete wreck unlike some idiots in Kansas or Texas who would have us not teach our children this

I think China is already following his idea

[IMG]http://www.frank151.com/storage/blog/editorial/tabatha/CHINAS.jpg[/IMG] Just look at that clean air.

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;43969196]American Education System[/QUOTE] Every science teacher I had knew that rising carbon dioxide is a increasing problem, and I'm smack dab in the Midwest, he's one retired teacher that was probably offered money to spew this shit out of his mouth.

Concerning the CO2, he's completely whack, but on the subject of O2, N2 and the noble gases, I think he has a point in saying that they don't need to be regulated as much.

Noble gases need to be regulated because we're running out of sources fr them.

[QUOTE=Killuah;44023646]Noble gases need to be regulated because we're running out of sources fr them.[/QUOTE]A rather bitter irony that the second most abundant element in the universe is so rare here on Earth.

[QUOTE=Secrios;43969219]Well to be honest, trees need our carbon-dioxide.[/QUOTE] Carbon Cycle

[quote]Concentrations reached 600 parts per million at the time of the dinosaurs and they did quite well.[/quote] [i]Republican politician disproves Bible[/i]

[QUOTE=OvB;43971425]You fool you'll doom us all. Carbon that high will devastate the ocean. Global fisheries will collapse and millions will die. How is this hard to understand??[/QUOTE] Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were something like 4% when the dinosaurs were around. They're now 0.04%. Don't over blow things. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere might not be a great thing, but it's not going to destroy the world unless we go REALLY overboard.

Who says it's going to destroy the world? All people are saying is that it's seriously going to change the environment, which is the truth.

Yeeeep, because it's not like trees have needed help from us before when we didn't meet our pollution quota... which has been the case for what, 4,000,000,000,000 years? OH SHIT, WE NEED TO MAKE UP FOR A FUCKLOAD OF LOST QUOTA.

Can we get a whitehouse.gov petition going to oust this guy? Seriously, either he is corrupt or incredibly stupid. Absolutely unbelievable.

[QUOTE=OvB;43971425][B]You fool you'll doom us all.[/B] Carbon that high will devastate the ocean. Global fisheries will collapse and millions will die. How is this hard to understand??[/QUOTE] You have no idea how badly I wish I had a legitimate opportunity to scream this at somebody in real life. [editline]24th February 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=TheDecryptor;44026471]Who says it's going to destroy the world? All people are saying is that it's seriously going to change the environment, which is the truth.[/QUOTE] The world might carry on, but humanity as we know it probably wouldn't be going along for the ride.

[QUOTE=sltungle;44025939]Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were something like 4% when the dinosaurs were around. They're now 0.04%. Don't over blow things. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere might not be a great thing, but it's not going to destroy the world unless we go REALLY overboard.[/QUOTE] The oceans were very different then. To keep our already over-exploited ocean healthy and capable to provide for everyone that uses it, it's extremely important we do not let it acidify to extremes regardless of what they were in the past. [editline]24th February 2014[/editline] Especially when the acidification is increasing at a rate which organisms cannot adapt to.

[QUOTE=sltungle;44025939]Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were something like 4% when the dinosaurs were around. They're now 0.04%. Don't over blow things. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere might not be a great thing, but it's not going to destroy the world unless we go REALLY overboard.[/QUOTE] You are observably wrong. One only needs to look at the coral reefs to see the devastating effects of increasingly acidic oceans as a result of atmospheric C02. [img]http://blog.conservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/indonesia-bleached-coral.jpg[/img] Nearly 75% of all coral reefs either already look like that, are actively turning into that, or are in imminent danger of turning into that. Coral reefs sustain approximately 25% of all life in the sea, and at least half of all global fisheries, which are a primary source of food for half a billion people. The loss of only the coral reefs would result in a global economic and ecological nightmare. And coral reefs are only the start. Plankton are also sensitive to ocean acidification, and their loss would compromise the entire food chain. Losing the oceans would be absolutely devastating. Well over a billion people worldwide rely on the ocean as a primary source of protein in a world that already suffers from an underperforming food supply. Combine this with the other obvious effects of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (melting ice caps, worldwide flooding, desertification of once-fertile areas, massive storm systems, bizarre weather patterns), and you've got a perfect mess of calamities that we may not be able to bounce back from. We may not go extinct as a species, but the worldwide economy, food supply, resource chains, and government systems would collapse under the strain. Riots, starvation, homelessness, abject poverty, mass immigration in the face of flooding coastal regions, and the list only gets worse from there. It's really hard to understate how deep the hole we're digging here actually is.