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But the CO2 levels in our atmosphere are 20% higher than 50 years ago Floffe Send a noteboard - 21/02/2013 08:49:29 AM
Contrary to what you may believe, we actually NEED CO2 in our atmosphere. Remove the CO2 and all the plants (you know, those green things that use sunlight and convert CO2 into oxygen through a process called photosynthesis) die. Shortly after the plants are gone, so are we.

Atmospheric CO2 content is a red herring.

And there's also much more carbon in the seas, as mentioned by Roland. Plus there's no real alternative to oil for transportation yet, so just because we stop adding carbon from coal plants doesn't mean that the levels will plunge.
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