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To: Land Shark who wrote (52784)5/30/2014 3:51:22 AM
From: Bilow1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 86355
 
Hi Land Shark; Re: "You've not covered 0.001% of species extinct. ";

Life has existed on this planet for something like 500 million years. At any given time there's perhaps a million species and, on average, one goes extinct every year. So, back of the envelope, there are something around a half billion extinct species. Big deal. Name me one that was made extinct by man-made CO2.

Re: "I suggest you start here for more complete lists:";

I went through *all* the mammals that have been declared extinct in the last 20 years. I found zero were made extinct by man-made CO2. You're the one that is claiming that climate change is making species extinct.

So name one. You've got a "more complete list" to begin with.

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As with other lefty emotional ideas, you really haven't thought this one through.

Suppose mankind decides that CO2 is really bad and decides to quit using fossil fuels. Where is the energy going to come from?

Here's a hint. The biggest thing that industry does to make species go extinct is the elimination of their natural habitat. Suppose we start growing hemp for cellulosic ethanol. We will be taking unused (marginal) farm land that is currently supporting diverse species and turning it into factory farms for hemp. What's that going to do to habitat? Why do you think the environmentalists reversed themselves on ethanol? It's because the program took a lot of fallow land and turned it into factory farms.

Already wind farms are making a dent in the California golden eagle population. Environmentalists are opposing the use of desert for solar power because of the resulting habitat loss.

Your program to reduce fossil fuels is turning the world into an industrial waste of factory farms (with the inevitable pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer use), industrial wind farms and solar collectors.

-- Carl
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