Thursday, July 10, 2008

Scientific Discovery: Plants Love Carbon Dioxide

Believe it or not, Agence France-Press reported Tuesday that crops love all this extra CO2 (emphasis added):

Increasing exposure to carbon dioxide appears to boost crop yields, Hans-Joachim Weigel of the Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute for rural areas, forestry and fisheries in the central city of Brunswick told AFP.

"Output increased by about 10 percent for barley, beets and wheat" when the plants were subjected to higher levels of carbon dioxide, Weigel said.
Hmmm. So, what happens when you do what Al Gore wants and reduce the amount of CO2 plants are subjected to?

Strangely, global warming obsessed media aren't interested in that answer.

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