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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (141883)	10/5/2005 9:57:38 PM
From: Tom C	Respond to of 793897

Although plants are net O2 producers and CO2 sinks, they generate CO2 during respiration. Carbon dioxide is an end product in organisms that obtain energy from breaking down sugars or fats with oxygen as part of their metabolism, in a process known as cellular respiration. This includes all plants, animals, many fungi and some bacteria. In higher animals, the carbon dioxide travels in the blood from the body's tissues to the lungs where it is exhaled. en.wikipedia.org

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (141883)	10/6/2005 7:39:29 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793897

I know it's counterintuitive, but it seems that the findings have been documented since at least 2002. We are talking about scientists who have made these findings, not "eco-nuts." Your comment highlights the problem--politics and emotion seem to trump the science. Don't attack the "eco-nutters", attack the science. Good luck. So far, what I have looked at suggests that they are correct. But my review of things also suggests that those who suggest some sort of cyclical pattern at work are probably right, too. What's wrong with both sides of the debate being right particularly since one side doesn't truly negate the other's arguments? Mq. had better take notice. forests.org