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Mull this over for a minute: In our planet’s multi-billion year history…?

CO2 levels HAD to have been higher than they are now. It’s just common sense. Think about the era of the king lizards–the dinosaurs. During that era, the temperature was generally warmer, but guess what happened? Instead of mass extinctions and deserts planetwide, there was a flourishing of creatures not seen before or since. And then, at the end of the Cretaceous, CO2 levels had to have skyrocketed with the asteroid impact, which would have triggered volcanic eruptions–which would pour the gas into the atmosphere. It was during this period that mammals–pre-pre-humans, came into the fore. So, heh, I gues you would say that to say GW is bad would be to put a blot on our own birth, so to speak. This isn’t scientific, it’s speculation, but to me at least, it makes sense.
Toponga: Thank you for your report…I appreciate it. Now, as for the CO2, I didn’t know quite so many factors influenced global temp and climate–and apparently, neither do a lot of the alarmists I talk to, seeing as how all they do is harp about the CO2…and that’s also really the only one we can do much about to change…as far as I know, no one has developed terraforming or true total weather control–and water vapor is essential for life, so we’d better not mess with that…
Eash: you don’t make any sense. The Ice Age occurred AFTER the dinosaurs went extinct, not before…

What would happen if there were no more deserts?

I’m curious as to what everyone’s ideas would be. Scientifically the deserts are an important ecosystem, so what do you think would happen if we turned them all into farmland? I am looking for doomsday ideas. This is a worst case scenario that I haven’t come accress yet.
I’m talking about if the deserts could be made into farmlands, then what kind of problems would it cause to have it all turned into working farms. I’m envisioning problems with mineral depletion, over production of oxygen, and maybe say a “plant plague”

Would a vegan/vegetarian have to revert back into slavering carnivores in a outdoor survival crisis?

I watch survival shows starring these outdoor experts dropped alone (along with their camera crews) into swamps, deserts, snowdrifts, etc. and I notice that no sooner have they made fire/found water/made shelter than they’re looking for some nasty lizard/varmint/grasshoppers, etc. to kill & eat, either raw or burnt to a crisp, of course alongside the nuts/edible plants….

Would a vegan survivalist skip the critters altogether and just toss a salad?
(I messed up the grammar in the main question, I know- wasn’t paying attention)

Do you think Trees that grow 20 feet or more a year could be genetically engineered soon?

could trees like these be used to help reverse global warming by the fact they’d obviously have to consume CO2 very rapidly? Could they could be engineered so they wouldn’t require great deals more water then regular trees. Could they could be used for a natural resource allowing rainforests and other natural forests to be preserved. Could they be easily identified simplely by there level of growth to keep them from overtaking natural species of trees? Could they be used to reforest areas that have been clearcut and to reverse the spread of deserts? Is all this possible? I know that teqniques to add and remove genes have been recently discovered, is this one of the first areas it should be applied to especially since unlike genetically modified food, people don’t eat wood products? Just imagine trees as tall as redwoods in 30 or 40 years where previously there had been none.

Would a vegan/vegetarian have to revert back into a slavering carnivore in a outdoor survival crisis?

I watch survival shows starring these outdoor experts dropped alone (along with their camera crews) into swamps, deserts, snowdrifts, etc. and I notice that no sooner have they made fire/found water/made shelter than they’re looking for some nasty lizard/varmint/grasshoppers, etc. to kill & eat, either raw or burnt to a crisp, of course alongside the nuts/edible plants….

Would a vegan survivalist skip the critters altogether and just toss a salad?