Why is “Green” used to refer to CO2 reduction?
Since CO2 is one of the three necessary ingredients for photosynthesis, there would not be any green plants without CO2. Why do the Anti-CO2 crowd call themselves Green? Should they be called Anti-Green?
As someone who is passionate about global warming and other environmental issues, I’d have to say I absolutely hate the word "green". And you’re right, it doesn’t make any sense.
The word green is much older than knowledge of global warming; it started in the 60′s and 70′s by the old environmentalists, who were complaining about deforestation, air pollution, endangered species, etc. It should be a bit more obvious why "green" was a better name for those issues.
When global warming first started to be recognized as a significant problem, people adopted the tried and true word "green" once again to describe actions to reduce it.
There is no "Anti-CO2" crowd, and I’ve never in my life seen someone with beyond a 5th grade education propose that we eliminate ALL CO2 in the air. But we should consider whether the copious amounts of CO2 that are being unnaturally released into the atmosphere could have serious, unintended and unknown effects on the environment.
It’s a bit like Vitamin A: our bodies depend on it, but if you consume 50,000% of your daily value for several days straight, I guarantee you will not be feeling 50,000% healthier.
Yes I think they should.
Without it plants will die.
Let them try to outlaw the ocean, it puts out more than all the people put together.
Has it ever occurred to you that there could be too much CO2 in the air? Don’t be ridiculous.
There won’t be any green plants with too much CO2 either. Too much CO2 will kill a plant just as fast as too little. Since the reduction of industrially produced excess CO2 will aid green plants, it is appropriate to call the reduction of excess CO2 "green".
Most of the gaseous emissions from the use of fuels are emitted at temperatures higher than ambient temperature. This mass of gases, when mixed with ambient atmosphere, increases the atmospheric air temperature. Fuels today release both CO2 and H2O, along with hot air temperatures, in their exhaust. Of these, the non-condensible CO2 continues to increase.