Yo, Mr. elementary school biology. Of course, plants and plankton use carbon dioxide but they are also limited by other nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus which is essential to growth. You sound like you envisioned a greening planet due to increased CO2 levels. Before writing about "basic biology" I recommend Campbell's General Biology text . It will give you a good indication of the carbon cycle and the tight coupling that exists between the nitrogen and carbon cycle. Also, you might want to read up a bit on the ice age cycles since you obviously have no idea on that subject matter either. You are most definitely not a climatologist and for that matter neither am I. However, before you criticize any bandwagons that people may be jumping on, you might want to consider making a brief attempt at informing yourself. You might be surprised at your change in opinion.
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Yo, Mr. elementary school biology. Of course, plants and plankton use carbon dioxide but they are also limited by other nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus which is essential to growth. You sound like you envisioned a greening planet due to increased CO2 levels. Before writing about "basic biology" I recommend Campbell's General Biology text . It will give you a good indication of the carbon cycle and the tight coupling that exists between the nitrogen and carbon cycle. Also, you might want to read up a bit on the ice age cycles since you obviously have no idea on that subject matter either. You are most definitely not a climatologist and for that matter neither am I. However, before you criticize any bandwagons that people may be jumping on, you might want to consider making a brief attempt at informing yourself. You might be surprised at your change in opinion.