Too much CO2 is dangerous
Dear Editor,
re: Too much CO2 is dangerous by David Desjardins - letters, 27 May 2008
Further To David’s letter about the dangers of too much carbon dioxide I would like to point out that his reasoning is not as good as it might appear. It is by no means an undeniable “fact” that 280 ppm of CO2 is preferable to a higher level. Any evidence that does exist on that subject points to higher levels being far more preferable and 280 ppm is barely enough to support large scale agriculture, but from his letter I get the impression that David prefers pseudo-science to science.
Comparing too much CO2 with drowning in too much water is like asking for legislation to ban buckets, which I regard as imminently dangerous to the gullible, who may be tempted to stick their heads in one after filling it up with said water. Only one gallon suffices to snuff out life, not too much water there then.
After familiarizing myself with the term “too much of a good thing” I’d say there are way too many green zealots running around, each and everyone desperately wanting to reduce life to the pre-industrial age where energy only came from horses and donkeys.
Maybe David uses a hospital every so often? Don’t. Maybe he uses a car or a bus? Don’t. Maybe he lives in a house? Don’t. Maybe he has a job? Don’t. All these “things” are the direct result of producing and using energy, all of it based on carbon, the very stuff of life. David, do you breathe? Don’t. It produces carbon dioxide.
If reducing CO2 was to save the planet, there would be a point to it, but after 20 years of dedicated research and receiving some US$5billion in hand-outs, not one single scientist has produced one single piece of actual evidence that proves that CO2 affects the climate. The reason for that is because it doesn’t. It doesn’t because it can’t. But people like David wouldn’t want to know that, I reckon. Much more sanctimonious to run around shouting how bad man is and how bad his habits are in using all this energy.
Kind regards,
Hans Schreuder
Ipswich, UK
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