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Originally Posted by LSCto300C
And these plants and fungi have been doing just fine on the amount CO2 released from volcanoes and other naturally occurring geological events for far longer than we've even been walking on this planet. But you're right, I make the mistake of lumpin in cancer with CO2. I had meant for that to be the case with the mercury and other pollutants that are spewed into the atmosphere. Obviously though, too much CO2 is harmful and even fatal to humans, but in larger amounts than our atmosphere has (or should ever have).
Traffic police in many downtown cities in China live to only be in their mid-forties. And this isn't because they're being shot down or run over in large numbers either. Look at their environment; totally polluted. No environmental standards whatsoever takes a massive toll on their bodies. They are more susceptible to heart disease, nasal infections, various forms of cancer (especially in the lungs and throat), other lung disorders, kidney problems, and many other medical problems. There's a reason many Olympic athletes didn't want to compete in Beijing and why the Chinese government went to such extraordinary lengths to clean their air. We're simply not supposed to breathe the stuff our machines produce... simple as that.
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That's why if anything needs to be done, China and other emerging industrial nations need to have similar standards as the old industrial nations.
CO2 is only being picked on by alleged environmentalists because it links greenhouse gases to oil and cars.
