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Reducing CO2 does not lead to "clean" air.
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Correct! But I didn't say that. Too much fossil fuels which contain CO2 is what makes air dirty.
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Reducing CO2 does not change the colour of water.
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Correct! And I didn't say that either. However, the oceans absorb CO2, and too much CO2 will make the oceans too acidic, destroying some life in it. And if too too much life is lost, it can affect the food chain.
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More people die every year from cold weather than from hot weather.
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Correct! But I didn't say this either, and, your point is moot. If the weather gets too hot, it will be harder to grow crops, raising the price of food. Ice caps can melt raising the ocean. Warmer oceans can result in longer, stronger storms, flooding, etc. Hot weather is already blamed for deaths in the United States each year.
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More animals die every year because of government efforts to "control" the climate than die from the climate actually changing.
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I had not heard that before. Links?
I found this :
7 Species Hit Hard by Climate Changeā€”Including One That's Already Extinct
Is it wrong?
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And poachers.
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Poachers are real bastards.
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The greatest lack of common sense is spending trillions of dollars and impoverishing millions of people in an attempt to finely tune and control the levels of an essential and life enabling trace gas in the atmosphere.
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CO2 in the atmosphere, in the natural balance, is normal, natural, and beneficial. It's good for plants and helps keep the planet at a nice comfy average temperature.
The problem is TOO MUCH CO2 (and TOO MUCH Methane and other "greenhouse gasses"). Too much CO2 reflects some heat of the planet which normally escapes into space, back towards the ground, quickly increasing the average temperature of the planet. We are tipping the balance and upsetting the Natural ratios of gasses, temperatures, chemicals etc of our planet, and that is the problem.
Peace.