RE: FW: - Climate Change Hearings and the roll(?) of nuclear power

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Maybe all of that CO2 being absorbed by plants is not really a good idea.  See.

 

http://www.sciencenews.org/20000325/bob1.asp

 

-- John

John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD  20715-2024

E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)     

 

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Subject: Re: FW: - Climate Change Hearings and the roll(?) of nuclear power

My two cents:

The observation that increased CO2 concentration in the air increases photosynthesis (thereby increasing the fixing of carbon as plant material -- trees and other plants) was made at least 30 years ago.  It is an expression of the chemical Law of Mass Action (increasing the quantity of reactant drives the reaction and increased the quantity of product).  A major question in the whole global climate change discussion is whether the resulting rate of photosynthesis is enough to keep atmospheric CO2 from increasing enough to cause climate change.  Aquatic micro-organisms contribute far more to the earth's photosynthesis than terrestrial plants, including trees.

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
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